The following are six things you should know about End of Heat.
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Heat, (Chinese: 大暑), the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 22 and ends Aug 6.
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Heat, (Chinese: 小暑), the 11th solar term of the year, begins on July 7 this year and ends on July 22.
Minor Heat, the 11th solar term in the traditional Chinese Lunar calendar, begins on Wednesday. As the weather begins to heat up, do you know what traditional foods are eaten during Minor Heat?
Zongzi are to the Dragon Boat Festival what eggs are to Easter or roses to Valentine's Day.
Let's take a look at some essential dishes on the New Year's Eve dinner table!
Chinese people start their preparations for the Spring Festival more than 20 days ahead. The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called la yue, so the eighth day of this lunar month is la yue chu ba, or laba.
Mutton is a popular dish in Taicang, especially during autumn, and mutton noodle roots in the city can be dated back to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The combination of mutton and noodles is especially popular.
The Taicang Yangtze Delta Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) is an ideal place for residents of Taicang, a county-level city in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, to try some traditional food from Northwest China's Shaanxi province.