The Chinese New Year  is celebrated on Feb. 5, marking the beginning of the year of the Pig ...

“Loyal, Smart, Sensitive and Brave” are the common words to describe the Year of Dog—the Chinese New Year ...

A crimson comb untrimmed on the head,All in white, a rooster walks nearby.In his life, seldom a single ...

Chinese New Year 2016 falls on Feb. 8, marking the auspicious beginning of the Year of the Monkey.

Xun Shuang wrote about traditional values and etiquette during the Han Dynasty, quoting the classics in hopes of ...

According to tradition, Chinese New Year celebrations continue until the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day ...

The idiom "going astray in a complex situation" originates from an ancient Chinese story about the search for ...

This year, Feb. 19 marks the beginning of the Year of the Goat, from which we will enter ...

By the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (A.D. 317–420), most affairs of state were entrusted to eunuchs ...

The Chinese idiom 舉棋不定 (jǔ qí bù dìng) translates as "lift up a chess piece and hesitate about ...

 During the Eastern Han period (A.D. 25–220), Xun Shu served as a local governor of the state of ...

This idiom is used to describe how a couple should treat each other with mutual respect.

The Qi Xi Festival (七夕節, qī xī jié) is an important traditional festival in China. Literal to the ...

The Lantern Festival is one of the most important of five traditional festivals in China. Always on the ...

Ling Mengchu (A.D. 1580–1644) was a famous author from the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368–1644). He is best known ...

The Chinese New Year in 2014 is celebrated on Friday, Jan. 31, marking the beginning of the Year ...

The Chinese idiom 馬到成功(Mǎ Dào Chéng Gōng), which literarily means attaining success upon arriving on a horse, can ...

While saying farewell to the celestial dragon, we welcome the intelligent snake. Chinese New Year in 2013 falls ...

In a story from the Spring and Autumn period (770–221 B.C.), a thief broke into a rich family’s ...

The “last touch added to a drawing of a dragon” is a Chinese idiom that means “to get ...

Occupying the fifth position in the Chinese zodiac, the dragon is the free spirit of the zodiac. People ...

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four most important holidays in China. The holiday falls on the ...

A long, long time ago, there was a happy young couple who lived near the Kunlun mountains. The ...