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While Cultural Keys can be considered your go-to for a variety of traditional Chinese culture activities, there are of course plenty of other fun and interesting cultural events happening around the capital every month!
Here’s our round-up of activities connected with Chinese culture and history for May in Beijing! Continue reading “Culture Events in Beijing – May 2023”
Special occasions call for special celebrations!
Spring Festival, also known as Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year, is the main festival in the Chinese calendar. It is traditionally 15 days long with celebrations starting on the last day of the lunar calendar (Spring Festival Eve, January 21st 2023) and ending with the Lantern Festival (February 5th 2023). It’s the perfect opportunity for themed events, so if you’d like to plan a celebration but don’t know where to begin, Cultural Keys can help!
Continue reading “Celebrate Spring Festival 2023 with Cultural Keys!”
In response to online discussion about further promoting traditional Chinese culture in the classroom, the Chinese Ministry of Education (MoE) recently said that education about traditional Chinese culture and cultural confidence is and always has been a high priority for the ministry. New curriculum standards show how foreign language learning can support this.
As you may have read in our recent article, CK was interviewed in March by Wen Meng Xin of China News for a feature on our company and what we do. Some volunteers kindly joined us for the event. The video is now out! Read on to watch the interview.
Continue reading “Cultural Keys’ ‘China News’ Interview: The Video!”
At Spring Festival there are many ways to decorate, but one of the most common is to paste the character ‘fu’, 福, on doors and windows. There is evidence that this custom dates back to the Song dynasty (AD 960 – 1279).
福 is pronounced fú and means ‘blessings’. It is traditionally handwritten in black or gold ink by itself on square red paper, with the corners pointing in the directions of the compass, and it is hung up facing outwards to keep bad luck away and bring good luck to the home. It is often hung with other decorations, such as couplets and red lanterns.
Read on to learn about this auspicious character and see some more examples!
Continue reading “China’s Luckiest Character: 福 – 2022 Edition!”