The Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival: the Woman in the Sky
For the Chinese, September comes with the sound of dice hitting the surface of porcelain bowls. It’s Mid-Autumn Festival season, and that only ever meant two things: mooncakes and Pua…
Passion and Paradox: Celadon’s Top 2 Shares Their Ideals and Advice
Editor’s Note: The outgoing and the reserved. The wild and the contained. The storm and the calm. Stephanie Sayson and Aldwyn Tan are the President and Executive Vice-President respectively of…
Stories and Issues: Reads for Chinese Valentine’s Day
The Qixi Festival serves as the Chinese version of Valentine's day. The festival also has different names such as the Double Seventh Festival as it is celebrated on the seventh day…
A Chinese Timeline of a Timeless Tradition: The Chinese Wedding
“Citizens followed the tradition of several variations to ensure the success of continuing their long line of descendants…” Have you ever been fascinated by those old Chinese weddings you see…
Forbidden Love?
Chinese-Filipino relationships are commonly thought to possess Mano Po-esque plots. Most, if not all of us, have an idea about the existence of unspoken rules that currently govern Chinese-Filipino romantic…
Bahay Tsinoy: The Past in the Present
Strategically located inside the “Old Walled City” known as Intramuros and housed inside Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center, Bahay Tsinoy aims to highlight the role of the Chinese Tin the Philippines.…