Chinese Tradition

Greetings For Chinese New Year

Posted under Chinese Tradition on Saturday, 6 March 2010 by Andrew
Only a few days, we will enjoy the Chinese Spring festival with family and friends.I believe you have to say something for the coming year. Here are some common options with rough English translations for greeting Chinese in Tiger Year.Nǐ 你 and nín 您 can be interchanged depending...
Greetings For Chinese New Year

Chinese Lion Dance

Posted under Chinese Tradition on Tuesday, 1 December 2009 by Andrew
The Chinese Lion Dance goes back some one thousand years. The first record of the performance of an early form of the Lion Dance dates to the early Ch’in and Han Dynasties (Third Century B.C.) From the fourth day to the fifteenth of the New Year, lion dance groups would tour from village to...
Chinese Lion Dance

Chinese Lunar Calendar

Posted under Chinese Tradition on Sunday, 22 November 2009 by Andrew
The Chinese lunar calendar is very important on agriculture,ceremony,Chinese festival,wedding,etc for Chinese people. It is not special to belong to China, but followed by greater other Asian countries. It is often referred to as the Chinese lunar calendar because it was first perfected by the...
Chinese Lunar Calendar