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On the first two days of October 2026, two programmes opened a few kilometres apart in Wuhan. At the Guqin Terrace, a national-level inheritor of Guangling-school Guqin playing performed with his students and put historical instruments on display. The next morning, from the south gate of Guishan, a parade set out in which a Brazilian […]
About 170 students, teachers and family members filled the Brussels Chinese Cultural Centre on October 10 for a Mid-Autumn poetry recital and lecture staged under the title “Sharing This Moonlit Moment”. They came from the University of Mons, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the University of Louvain, the Brussels Confucius Institute and the centre’s own Chinese […]
Giving gifts is a great way to show appreciation, gratitude, or love, but there are a few things that shouldn’t be given as gifts in chinese culture. Some are due to double meanings, others due to symbolism, but just to make sure you don’t slip up and accidentally give your friend a taboo gift, pay attention to these key gift taboos!
The Qingming Festival is coming up soon! Learn more about where this holiday came from and some things that you can do to participate in celebrating it, both in the way of the ancients and the way that people do now.
Different flowers have different but very important meanings in Chinese culture. Here are the basics on what some of the most important and commonly seen flowers mean.
Have you ever wondered about the animal motifs on your hanfu and what they stand for? Why are there so many dragons in traditional Chinese art? And what’s up with the monkey statues everywhere? Let’s delve into the symbolism of animal motifs. It will only take about 5 minutes of your time, and hopefully, you’ll […]
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