3 February 2022
What is the Lantern Festival?
On Tuesday 15th February, many people in East Asia will be finishing a two-week period of Chinese New Year celebrations with the Lantern Festival...
19 January 2022
The Legend of Chu Xi – Chinese New Year’s Eve
The Legend of Chu Xi is a fantastical story that marks Chinese New Year’s Eve. The legend goes that, in Ancient China, a monster...
18 January 2022
Traditional Chinese New Year Food
With the Chinese New Year fast approaching, many Chinese families are preparing for the celebrations. One of the most important preparations is food, as...
17 January 2022
How learning a language can help combat depression
Blue Monday, coined in 2005, is the name given to the day of the year that is considered the most depressing. Normally assigned to...
14 January 2022
A Successful Start With Wickersley Partnership Trust
Monday marked the start of one of the largest teaching programmes Dragons Teaching has ever undertaken. We have paired with Wickersley Partnership Trust to...
4 January 2022
The Year of the Tiger: Chinese Zodiac 2022
On 1st February 2022, a new lunar year begins in the Chinese calendar and marks the Year of the Tiger. This is the third...
30 December 2021
A Round-Up of 2021 for Dragons Teaching
Dragons Teaching has had a busy 2021! While there have been challenges – just like any other business navigating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic –...
30 December 2021
The Origins of the Chinese Zodiac
In Chinese astrology, the year in which a person is born is considered the most important factor in determining their personality and their fate...
23 December 2021
What is Día de los Santos Inocentes?
Día de los Santos Inocentes, or ‘Holy Innocents Day’, is a celebration of religious origin, marked on 28th December each year, that is popular...
22 December 2021
Christmas Traditions Around the World
Christmas, although originally a Christian festival, is now celebrated in around 160 countries worldwide. Whilst each country, region and people have their own individual...