Our weekly cultural post
Macau makes 7 times as much money from gambling as Las Vegas does. Macau is rich and is only getting richer with a GDP per capita of 81000 $, 3rd in the world after Luxembourg and Switzerland and an unemployment rate of 1.9%. It got so rich thanks to gambling. Read more…
Exactly 70 years ago, Mao proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China from atop Tian’anmen after decades of political instability. “同胞们，中华⼈人⺠民共和国，中央⼈人⺠民政府 ，今天成⽴立了了 !” “Fellow citizens, the People’s Republic of China, the Central People’s government, are established today !” Soon after its founding the newly born PRC had to Read more…
The Water-Sprinkling festival is a traditional festival of the Dai minority which falls the celebration of the Lunar New Year, it usually takes place in April. It isthe most important festival observed by the Dai ethnic people of the Xishuangbanna Prefecture and it involves three days of celebrations that include Read more…
The Dragon Boat Festival or ‘Duanwu Jie’ in Mandarin Chinese is celebrated in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and elsewhere around the world. The people of China generally receive a three-day break from work in order to celebrate with friends and family. The Duanwu Festival is celebrated on the fifth Read more…
Ranked as the third biggest country in the world, obviously, China offers countless beautiful destinations for people to enjoy their holidays. Among several attractions, the most famous should be the Forbidden City a Beijing, which is the biggest royal palace in the world and has been built more than six Read more…
Chinese writing is one of the oldest and most used in the world, and it is also one of the most fascinating. The first form of Chinese characters was found in the site of Banpo. Chinese handwriting was originally pictographic, that means words, phrases or ideas were represented by a Read more…
Sugar figurine is a typical Chinese dessert which has become popular more than six hundred years ago. Making sugar figurine is a traditional Chinese craftsmanship: all the craftsmen pick a box which contains the heating stove, the sugar and tools. The sugar is made of sucrose and maltose and they Read more…
Customs in China can be a bit confusing for a foreigner, especially during meals. Indeed, simply learning how to properly use chopsticks may be a real challenge for some people. But if you master chopsticks use, it is now time for you to complete your Chinese etiquette knowledge! When arriving Read more…
Shanghai, one of the four municipalities in China, is also known as “Paris of the East”, “Pearl of the East”: in fact, it is considered as one of the most fashionable metropolises of Asia. Located on the Yangtze River’s Delta on the central coast of China, Shanghai is the largest Read more…
Taoism has no founder and no founding date. It grew out of various religious and philosophical traditions in ancient China, including shamanism and nature religion. Zhang Daoling became the first Celestial Master and founder of the first organized Taoist school of thought. This tradition continues to the present day, with Read more…