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...
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
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...
21 December 2021
What is the Dongzhi Festival?
The Dongzhi Festival is celebrated in China on the shortest day of every year – also known as Winter Solstice. Dongzhi translates to “arrival...
13 December 2021
Chinese New Year’s Eve Traditions
Chinese New Year is famous worldwide, but Chinese New Year’s Eve, or Lunar New Year’s Eve (大年夜) is just as important, if not more,...
7 December 2021
Chinese New Year: Key Symbols
Also known as Chunjie (春节) or the Spring Festival, Chinese New Year is a major international event, celebrated by more than 1.5 billion people...
10 November 2021
Singles’ Day – what’s it all about?
Seen as the antithesis of Valentine’s Day (for which the Chinese also have their own celebration with the Qixi Festival), Singles’ Day is a...
4 November 2021
DragonsConnect receives MEP endorsement
DragonsConnect, the online Mandarin learning platform from Dragons Teaching, has been recognised as a recommended resource for the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP). The Mandarin...