Different cats celebrate new year of Tiger together The cat family is big. But only the fierce tiger is one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs. During the year of the Tiger in the past, Chinese used the vivid and lifelike tiger paintings as the decorations. The traditional tiger paintings clearly shows the people, who…
“Chinese wooden architecture elements at Chi Lin Nunnery” video of Frank the tour guide Frank the tour guide uses his snapshots to make his short “Chinese wooden architecture elements at Chi Lin Nunnery” video. The video shows the saddle roof, beams, bracket systems, eaves tiles, columns and windows of the wooden buildings in Chi Lin…
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 2021 Today (21 September 2021) is the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the time for family members to reunite, enjoy moon cake and say hello to the big full moon. Frank the tour guide hopes everyone has a happy festival. Fully vaccinated Frank looks forward to sharing Chinese culture with clients in the…
Layover travelers should take the chance to see Hong Kong Hong Kong is eager to keep the status as the international aviation hub. So Hong Kong Airport builds the third runway. The ceremony for the completion of third runway pavement was on 7 September 2021! When everything can get back to normalcy after…
Overseas Chinese should stay in hotels in Mong Kok Mostly overseas Chinese have lived in foreign countries for a long time. When overseas Chinese travel to China, they want to experience the Chinese culture and local culture of their destination cities. Made in Hong Kong Frank the tour guide thinks hotels in Mong Kok…
Old overseas Chinese fulfill their desire in Hong Kong private tour Most senior overseas Chinese, Chinese Americans, British Chinese etc., hope they can tell their grown-up children and grandchildren their Chinese origins. However, the young and the kids may be lukewarm about the Chinese culture after eating a lot of hamburgers and fish and chips…
Interesting sand painting shows you the facts about Dragon Boat Festival Today is Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. To keep the good result of the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, most dragon boat races in Hong Kong are cancelled or postponed to avoid public gathering. You can still see the fun facts about this interesting festival through…
Reasons for “Winter Solstice is as important as Lunar New Year” Today (21 December) is the Winter Solstice on Chinese Lunar Calendar. Although Hong Kong is under the 4th wave of Covid-19 outbreak, citizens still have big meal at home to celebrate. Chinese old saying, “the Winter Solstice is as big as the Chinese…
Western Halloween and Chinese Ghost Festival are not just different in their names Halloween is coming. Frank the tour guide reads posts about decoration ideas for Halloween and compares the Western Halloween with Chinese Ghost Festival. Actually their duration, aim, ceremony, customs and decoration are very different. Frank is going to share the differences between…
Transitional housing apartments’ limited supply shows Western travelers Chinese idiom and Hong Kong old saying There is a short, new and colorful transitional housing block at Shek Kip Mei in Kowloon. It is not far away from the Kowloon Road, which Frank just introduced in his blog. There are 89 apartments for the poor…
