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This year 2017, the Spring Festival falls on Saturday, Jan. 28th. However, generally Chinese people only get 7 days off. Chinese family members away from home would come back home to celebrate the most important festival. Food is the cornerstone of the celebrations. When mentioning Chinese new year food, what would first come into your mind? In this article, we will introduce the most common Chinese New Year food includes dumplings, fish, tang yuan, spring rolls, and niangao. 1. Dumplings 饺子 jiǎo zǐ The Chinese dumpling becomes quite popular all over the world. According to historical records, it was very popular to eat dumplings at midnight on Chinese New Year's Day in ancient times, not only in North China, but also in South China. Maybe it's because rice is becoming popular, very few people in Southern China ate dumplings in Chinese New year. Having dumplings together expresses people's hope for a year of plent. 饺 consist of 饣and 交, radical 饣means food, 交 means 交...

The Chinese New Year is nearly upon us. It's popularly known as Spring Festival, which is the biggest and the most significant holiday for Chinese people. It's a time for families to be together. The Chinese zodiac follows a 12-year cycle with an animal representing each year. The year that you are born determines your animal sign. This New Year is a year of the Monkey, which is regarded as a good year for innovation and improvisation. Below are everything that you need to know about the Chinese New Year. The Origin of Chinese New Year How Do Chinese People Celebrate Chinese New Year How to say Happy New Year in Chinese Popular Chinese New Year Greetings Chinese Food during Chinese New Year Chinese Red Envelopes Chinese's New Year Gift-Giving Guide Taboos During Chinese New Year The Origin of Chinese New Year The Chinese meaning of this festival is Guo Nian ., nian is the Chinese word for Year, literally means passing the year. The origin of the Chinese New Ye...

The Chinese character system is one of the oldest writing systems in the world. More than just communicative, it records the developmental history of Chinese culture. Chinese lifestyle and worldviews are expressed deeply in the way of making and combining a Chinese word. Chinese characters are ideograms, and composed of a square block of strokes. There are six basic strokes of Chinese characters. They are the horizontal stroke "一" (heng 横) , the vertical stroke (shu 竖) , the left-falling stroke (pie 撇) , the right-falling stroke (na 捺) , the dot (dian 点) and the rising stroke (ti 提). Here are some basic rules of Chinese character writing. 1. From top to bottom Take 二 (two) as an example, it is written with the top stroke first and then the lower stroke. This rule also can be used in other characters, such as 古，the top is 十，and the bottom is 口. 2. From left to right The character 好（good）is firstly written the left part 女，and then the right part 子。Other characters...

Look at the picture above. You will find that simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese characters are relative. If there are more than two Chinese characters forms of one word, then the one with more strokes form, we call it traditional characters, the less strokes one is simplified characters. There are many debates about traditional and simplified Chinese in recent year. What is the difference between traditional and simplified Chinese? And which one is better to learn? Keep reading and you will find your answer. Difference between traditional and simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese: Traditional Chinese refers to Chinese characters that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. Where are traditional Chinese characters used: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau. Advantage: The traditional Chinese, most of them are hieroglyphic. It conveys more significant than simplified Chinese. Here are some examples: 爱 ài (love) : As we saw i...

 

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