Chinese New Year
LIVING IN CHINA
Home Bound
Once a sacred family obligation, the annual migration home for Spring Festival increasingly brings feelings of alienation and culture shock for China…
NEWS
Viral Week Ep.184
Jilin explosion, lewd textbook, two-faced toll worker, taught by bamboo, and more—it’s Viral Week
SOCIAL CHINESE
Pig Mouth
China may have fallen in love with Peppa, but the pig still has a sorry reputation in idioms and proverbs
ARTS
Peppa Pig and Product Placement
Viral “tearjerker ads” have become an annual Spring Festival tradition
ANCIENT HISTORY
Spring in the Forbidden City
The Palace Museum gives an inside look on how emperors celebrated the lunar new year
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Down With Dumplings!
Northern Chinese have been lying about what foods the nation eats during the holidays. We southerners have had enough
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Cock-a-doodle-doo from TWOC
Goodbye Year of the Monkey. Hello Year of the Rooster.
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Who is the Rooster-Riding Immortal?
The story behind an auspicious symbol for this Spring Festival season
NEWS
Invasion of the Ticket-Snatchers
Booking train tickets during the Spring Festival migration can be like war; businesses are here to help
ARTS
The Other Gala
CCTV’s live broadcast of the Vienna New Year’s Day concert has been a Chinese tradition for 30 years
