Chinese culture blog

White wedding and Red veil

Written by Che Wang Friday, 18 September 2009 15:13

Wedding ceremonies in China nowadays can be a mixture of both traditional Chinese and western style. if browsing a list of wedding companies in China, you wouldn’t be surprised to find something like this: “Cinderella wedding services” offers wedding themes of Venice, Madrid, Prague, Provence, and the Aegean Sea...

For many young people, a wedding ceremony is more about getting married. It is an occasion to demonstrate one’s “Mianzi” (面子, face) and “Guanxi” (social networking relationship).

One moon, one cake

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Written by Che Wang Tuesday, 08 September 2009 16:33

There are many stories about the moon in traditional Chinese folklore and mythologies. Zhong Qiu Jie (中秋节), or the Mid-autumn Day is the second largest festival in China. It falls on the 15th day of eighth month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar, and this year the festival will be on the October 3rd.

On that day, Chinese people all over the world celebrate the festival by enjoying the full moon, lighting up lanterns and eating moon-cakes.

According to a Chinese legend, Chang’e, Goddess of the moon, lives on the moon with her jade rabbit, under a sweet osmanthus tree...

Meeting and mingling of the local and global

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Written by Che Wang Thursday, 03 September 2009 11:24

Welcome to Cheryl's Chinese culture blog!
Looking forward to travelling cultures with me from here?
Hopefully this journey will bring you ideas and insights about traditional Chinese culture in a contemporary world.
So to start with, let's take a glimpse at English names and "Bai Jia Xing" first...

It’s rather common for a Chinese to have an English name, especially young people who speak the English language. And it has become very popular for those who work for international companies to be called by English first names. The popularity of English names as well as speaking a mixture of Chinese and foreign language indicate the influence of western culture.