Chinese Culture Events in Beijing – August 2022

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!

With the drop in case numbers lots of activities are resuming in the capital! Here’s our round-up of activities connected with Chinese culture for August in Beijing! Continue reading “Chinese Culture Events in Beijing – August 2022”

The lotus: Simply a flower?

In midsummer, Beijing parks and river banks entice us with the delicate perfume of the water lily or lotus (liánhuā 莲花 in Chinese), “the buds of which still keep the fragrance of the goddess of the Luo River,” as we read in the poem ‘Lotus’ by Wen Tingyun, a great lyricist of the Tang Dynasty.

Read on to find out all about the meaning of the lotus in ancient China!

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