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This phrase is often used by Chinese housewives, because it is them who are responsible to the “Chai mi you yan” of a family. Here, “chai” means “firewood”; “mi” refers to “rice”; “you” means “oil” and “yan” is “salt”. These are the basic materials for cooking. In the agricultural city, the basic concern of a […]

Literally, the idiom “xian yue ye he” means “free clouds and wild crane”. It is not a meaningless idiom. It refers to the people who live a quite free life and have no other concerns and worries except his or her own life. In ancient times, there were many famous people who did not get […]

There was a Chinese man of the state of Qi who was worrying that the sky might one day fall down, the earth might sink, and he would not know where to hide himself. This so much troubled him that he could not eat or sleep. Someone went to reassure him about this, saying, “the […]

“Music of the Dance in Colorful Feathered Dress” is a very famous singing and dancing lyric in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in China. It was created by Emperor Xuan after his visits to the Moon Palace. On the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, Luo Gongyuan, a Taoist priest, accompanied Emperor […]

The Lord Rabbit is a typical Chinese toy for the children. In the past, the dolls of Lord Rabbit were customarily given to children on Mid-Autumn Festival. When people worshipped the moon, they would make an offering to the memorial tablet of “the Moonlight Buddha”. The offering was actually a sheet of paper. At the […]

In China, the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most popular, traditional and important festivals. Falling on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, it was also called “Duanwu”. “Duan” means “beginning”, “wu” means five. Therefore, “Duanwu” means “the first fifth day of the fifth lunar month”. At the beginning of the War […]

The best-known story about the Dragon Boat Festival is related to the commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278BC). He was born in the State of Chun in the Warring States Period (275-221BC), he became a minister when he was only 20. An aristocrat named Zilan and a treacherous court official named Jin Shang slandered him in […]

In recent years, archaeological studies and a number of unearthed cultural relics have proved that the festival started from a kind of totemic worship among the ancient Wu and Yue people in south China about 4 or 5 thousand years ago and the custom gradually spread to the north after the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). […]

There were countless boats, each of which had a dragon head and a dragon tail carved its hull (borrowing the implication of “wrath” from the figure of the dragon); 20 strong men were seated on both sides of the boat, each holding big wooden oars (borrowing the implication of “bold and intrepid” from the strength […]

In ancient times, when a family got together for a reunion on the Dragon Boat Festival, served on the table were Five Yellows: soy bean sprouts, yellow croakers, rice field eels, cucumbers and realgar wine, which were thought to eradicate diseases and improve health. In some regions, realgar wine were even sprayed inside and outside […]