BilingualbeesMay 9, 20211 minPing Pong - 乒乓球 (pīng pang qiú)Did you know that Ping Pong originated from 1880s Victorian England? It was invented by the upper classes as an indoor alternative to...
BilingualbeesMar 19, 20212 minAre native Chinese-speaking children better at math?Numbers are surprisingly easy to learn in Chinese because they are simply logical. Once you have learnt how to count from 1 to 10 in...
BilingualbeesFeb 10, 20211 min年糕 (nián gāo) - New Year Cake 年糕 (nián gāo), New Year Cake, is one of our favourite traditional dishes that we would eat during Chinese New Year. It’s a simple sweet...
BilingualbeesMay 31, 20201 minWhy are traditional Chinese chopsticks 7.6 inches long?Since ancient times the length of a pair of chopsticks has been 7.6 Chinese inches long, representing our 7 emotions and the 6 senses.
BilingualbeesJan 15, 20201 minHotpot Hotpot Hot diggity pot - 火锅 (huǒguō)Hotpot is a Chinese cooking method similar to fondue, is a very popular Chinese New Year dish. Find out why!
BilingualbeesJan 2, 20201 minWhat kind of animal are you?Do you know the meaning or significance of the Chinese zodiac system and what each of the 12 animals represent?
BilingualbeesNov 15, 20191 minEat; Sleep; Football; Repeat. Our children have started playing football matches in the local school league and as you can imagine it's now Eat, Sleep, Football,...
BilingualbeesSep 9, 20191 minTang Poem (唐诗) -《静夜思》李白 Thoughts on a Tranquil Night Li Bai, 李白, one of China's most prolific poets, used 4 lines of 5 Chinese characters while he reminisced about being with his family.
BilingualbeesAug 15, 20192 minGhost Festival 鬼节The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, 鬼节 (guǐ jié) is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in certain...
BilingualbeesMay 12, 20192 minRemarkable Mothers, this one’s for you.Behind every great man is a great woman, or so the saying goes, which generally implies that the great women is often the wife or...
BilingualbeesMar 12, 20192 minTang Poem (唐诗) -《清明》杜牧 Qing Ming by Du MuQing Ming 清明 is a day for the Chinese to celebrate life and honour their ancestors. This is a popular Tang Dynasty poem written by Du Mu...
BilingualbeesFeb 3, 20191 minYear of the Pig - 猪年2019 is the Year of the Pig starting from Feb. 5, 2019 (i.e. Chinese New Year) to Jan. 24, 2020. The Pig is the twelfth animal in the...
BilingualbeesJan 20, 20191 minChinese New Year Greetings to Impress the Relatives!If you want to impress the in laws, grandparents or the other halves during Chinese New Year, here are few basic phrases (if you don’t...
BilingualbeesJan 12, 20191 minChinese Paper-cutting - 剪纸Chinese paper-cutting (剪纸 jiǎn zhǐ) originated from traditional ancestral and deity worship, and it is one of the oldest and most...
BilingualbeesJan 7, 20191 minDIY Training Chopsticks 筷子DIY Training Chopsticks in 3 Simple Steps You will need: A rubber band A pair of disposable bamboo chopsticks (including the paper...
BilingualbeesDec 30, 20181 minThe Humble Chopsticks 筷子The Chinese are thought to have used chopsticks as early as 1200 B.C., firstly as a cooking utensil. It was not until A.D. 400 that...
BilingualbeesNov 25, 20183 minHow to make 饺子(jiǎozi)In our previous blog post we wrote about the many types of Chinese dumplings and a brief history of its origins and importance. We...
BilingualbeesNov 12, 20182 minThe many types of Chinese dumplings - 饺子(jiǎozi)饺子 (jiǎozi) or Chinese dumpling is a quintessential dish in China that is consumed and appreciated throughout the country all year round...
BilingualbeesOct 26, 20182 minTrick or treat! 不给糖,就捣蛋Trick or treat! 不给糖,就捣蛋 (bù gěi táng, jiù dǎo dàn) Unless you have been too flustered with the kids this half term, you'd probably have...
BilingualbeesAug 18, 20181 minQixi Festival 七夕节 - Chinese Valentine's DayQixi festival (七夕节), falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the Chinese calendar and is also known as the Chinese...