Gong xi baa cai!
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 […]
Tag Archives: Chinese traditions
Nice Buns! Cheung Chau Bun Festival
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 […]
The Mysteries of Chinese New Year
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, […]
Chinese Drinking Rules
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 […]
Happy Birthday Tin Hau! 1,053 years-old today…
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 […]
Five things not to do in Cheung Chau
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 […]
Dong Life: The Movie
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 […]
Hong Kong Scenes: A Lion comes to Cheung Chau!
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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