Back in 2017, my husband and I, along with some friends from Belgium, attended our traditional Chinese wedding in Huainan,
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How did the coronavirus impact Overseas Chinese
Since December I have been paying close attention to the ‘Unknown Wuhan virus’ which at that time infected tens of
Continue reading15 August – a day with so many names
Today 15 August is a national holiday in Belgium, coincidentally, it also has quite some other significance in different other
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Happy Chinese New year! 祝大家猪年快乐，诸事顺利！
今年超级特别，爸爸妈妈不远万里来到比利时和我们过新年，他们第一次坐这种长途飞机，先天就晕车晕机的妈妈休息了一整天才缓过来呢。 This year is really special, my parents came all the way from China to Belgium to spend 2019 Chinese
Continue reading2018: My crazy year 我的疯狂2018
I know it is already late to write a year review for 2018, I wasn’t planning to, but since I
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Video of our Chinese wedding
Finally got the wedding video, click on the below picture to view: 优酷视频在这里 More about Traditional Chinese wedding: 0. Introduction
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Lost in translation of Chinese language
When talking about loan words or translated words in Chinese language, we can immediately distinguish if a Chinese word is
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Chinese wedding traditions: 12. Our wedding program 2 – 婚宴The lunch ceremony
There are quite some rituals on the lunch or dinner ceremony of a Chinese wedding, most of the time the
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Chinese wedding traditions:11. 接亲流程 Our wedding program 1 – Fetch the bride
“Fetch the bride” is an important step on a Chinese wedding, the process is groom departure, gate crash (door blocking
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Chinese wedding traditions: 10. Our wedding lunch menu
Depending on the regions in China, the lunch/dinner menus on a Chinese wedding are different, the venue we reserved provides
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