The Chinese New Year will fall on February 10, 2024. It’s a time for family, festivities, removing the old and bad, and inviting New Year’s blessings. Remember, the Chinese New Year celebration, or the Spring Festival, is not a single-day event, but a period celebrated for 16 days. The festivities last from Chinese New Year’s ...
A young man worked for a boss who was raising fish in the sea and it was the young man’s job to feed them. The boss agreed to pay the young man a monthly salary of US$750, but he would have to provide his own food. The boss had a total of 500 enclosures in ...
In the book Dream of the Red Chamber, author Cao Xueqin said, in the words of one of his characters: “An external force does not destroy a family, but by internal struggle or internal fighting by all means.” Internal conflicts can be more destructive than poison, shaking the family’s roots until they break their foundation. ...
Do we actually inherit rewards for the goodness accumulated by our ancestors? Some religions believe that we do. Is there a tangible connection between the virtuous lives of our ancestors, their sacrifices, and the prosperity bestowed on later generations? Chinese society is very patriarchal, and they will consider the future of their male offspring in ...
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