The 24 solar terms in 2026, and why the date moves every year
A solar term is a moment, not a day: 寒露 2026 is 8 October at 14:29. Here are all 24 with their times, matching the Hon...
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How Chinese generation names work, and how to find your family's poem
A generation poem belongs to a branch, not a surname, and its character is usually the first of the given name rather th...
What dim sum names mean, and why menus translate them so many ways
Har gow is a shrimp dumpling, cheung fun a rice-noodle roll, and Singapore's carrot cake is really white radish. We copi...
How hot, how much and how long to brew each Chinese tea
Green tea near 80 °C, oolong near 95 °C, ripe pu-erh at a boil, and black tea anywhere between. We compared 11 published...
How to count fan in Hong Kong mahjong, and why every table scores differently
In Hong Kong mahjong every table agrees that all chows is 1 fan and a full flush 7, but the rarer hands and the payout s...
What bone weight (称骨) most people get
In the 称骨 bone-weighing reading, the most common weight is 3两9钱 and the middle one is 4两. We added up the weight fo...
Finding the years your lunar and solar birthdays fall on the same day
Your lunar birthday and your solar birthday meet only a few times in a lifetime. The first match is at 19 for 57% of peo...
The idioms that end a game of 成语接龙
In 成语接龙, the idiom chain game, some idioms leave the next player nothing to say. Here are the dead ends and two-move...
Why your traditional Chinese age is one or two years higher
In the traditional count, 虚岁, you are one at birth and gain a year at Lunar New Year. Whether that puts you one or two...
How China, Taiwan and Unicode each choose between 峰 and 峯
峰 and 峯 are one word with one sound. Whether they count as one character depends on who is asking. Here is how the mai...
A Ziwei chart is four numbers and some arithmetic
The static chart is a function of the year stem, the lunar month, the lunar day and the birth hour. Locating the Life Pa...
Most of a Chinese almanac entry is arithmetic, and the rest disagrees
The day's stem and branch, officer, mansion and clash all follow from the date by formula. The suitable and avoid lists...
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