Blog Category - Chinese Culture
When you think of Chinese food, what comes to mind?
Whether killing two birds with one stone or trying the octopus, these idioms will help you up your Chinese.
English has long padded out its vocabulary by adopting so-called "loan words" from other languages.
![Mandarin Monday: "It’s so Hot I Don't Recognize My Parents" and 24 Other Ways to Complain About the Heat](https://www.thebeijinger.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_list_image/public/thebeijinger/blog-images/394868/weixin_image_20250716145653.jpg "Mandarin Monday: "It’s so Hot I Don't Recognize My Parents" and 24 Other Ways to Complain About the Heat")
Let’s grab some creative sayings about how ding dang hot it is!
These colors were associated with a complex schematic that involved everything from astrology and metaphysics to food and medicine.
Yes, it's hot. But locals know how to make it cool.
Festival handicrafts are a vivid expressions of China's cultural heritage.
See the bridge that gave the Tianqiao neighborhood its name.
Have you ever tried to order something spicy at a Chinese restaurant, only to be frustrated by the language barrier?
Learn a bit of chili pepper vocab before you head to this year's Hot & Spicy Fest.
Originating more than two thousand years ago, shadow puppetry is considered one of China's oldest performing arts.
Here are our five favorite Chinese phrases that we wish existed in English!
The curious case of why some place names in Beijing appear to have the wrong pronunciation.
Kites have long been a significant part of Chinese culture – a tradition that dates back over 2,000 years.
Qingming Festival entails many rituals however, chief among them is a day spent visiting and tidying ancestors’ graves.
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