It is said that on the third day of the Chinese New Year, if you carefully look around the corners of the streets, you will...

Although different regions in China have different traditions, 正月初二 (zhēng yuè chū èr – the second day of the New Year) is widely accepted as...

An important activity during the Spring Festival is 拜年 (bài nián) – to pay a New Year visit, starting from the lunar New Year’s Day....

除夕(chú xī) – the Chinese New Year’s Eve – falls upon the last day of the Chinese lunar calendar, and is the most important day...

As I have mentioned in the past, we generally meet with the kids' language teacher twice a week.  Because we homeschool, we also travel a...

Chinese New Year is just 3 days away and we're getting ready for the big 16-day celebration of the Year of the Snake. Starting on...

[caption id="attachment_1470" align="aligncenter" width="533"] I am from China / Wǒ láizì zhōngguó 我来自中国[/caption] In My First Chinese Reader, lesson number four is called What is...

  While Christmas (圣诞节: shèngdànjié) isn’t an official Chinese holiday, it is still a holiday that is enjoyed unofficially by many. Just as in the...

I feel very strongly that learning a foreign language takes time.  In order to become fluent in a second (or subsequent) language, one must devote...