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Tag Archives: Chinese traditions

Gong xi baa cai!

February 18, 2015by Joanna James Leave a comment

In Chinese, the year that starts at midnight tonight the Year of the Yang (羊 yáng). Yang is an umbrella term that encompasses both goats and sheep – anything that […]

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Yakety Yak
Buns, Cheung Chau

Nice Buns! Cheung Chau Bun Festival

May 8, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

I stand corrected. After four years living on Cheung Chau and almost four years of telling people that it was kind-of-lame and best avoided, I’ve finally done the Cheung Chau […]

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China

The Mysteries of Chinese New Year

February 2, 2014by Joanna James Leave a comment

In 2013 I spent Chinese New Year in Zhaoxing, a tiny village in Guizhou. The resultant food-and-firework-related trauma led me to put together a survival guide to the experience. Happily, […]

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Chinese Drinking Rules

September 6, 2013by Joanna James 1 Comment

Another week, another wedding-related hiatus here on Little Yak. (Mr Yak and I celebrated our wedding for the second and final time with a Chinese banquet on Cheung Chau last […]

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Food, People

Happy Birthday Tin Hau! 1,053 years-old today…

May 2, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

Last weekend, Cheung Chau was roamed by lions and mythical beasts in honour of Tin Hau’s birthday. The legend of Tin Hau, the Goddess of the Sea, has built up […]

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People

Five things not to do in Cheung Chau

April 23, 2013by Joanna James 6 Comments

As some of you may have gathered, Little Yak recently moved from Hong Kong Island to Cheung Chau. For the uninitiated, Cheung Chau is a small island about an hour […]

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China

Dong Life: The Movie

March 3, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

After two weeks of thinking about editing my Guizhou videos, I finally sat down and muscled through them this afternoon. And you know what? I really enjoyed putting it all […]

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China, People

Hong Kong Scenes: A Lion comes to Cheung Chau!

January 26, 2013by Joanna James 1 Comment

On a recent visit to Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong, we were lucky to catch the opening party for a friend’s shop. The friend, Ah Kei, makes papier mâché heads for […]

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