Mid-Autumn Festival: A Reminiscence
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a popular festival being celebrated across different parts of Asia (e.g. China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam). Despite the differences in traditions, these countries celebrate during the 15…
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…
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…
Everyday Love
Everyone knows the standard romantic comedy plot: the meet-cute between the two lovers; the inevitable courtship filled with awkward shenanigans; the first kiss; the fight that ends up with the…