Feb 4, 20211 minLi Chiu: The Beginning of AutumnToday on the lunar calendar is the solar term "Li Chiu", the beginning of Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. In Autumn, all crops are...
Aug 12, 20192 minWelcoming Spring: LichunIn the Chinese lunar calendar, Lichun is the first of the 24 solar terms in a year and it means "to establish spring". This traditionally...
Apr 23, 20191 minFood in Chinese Medicine: WalnutsWalnuts have warm and sweet properties, in which can tonify kidney yang and nourish lungs. It is said in Materia Medica that "walnuts can...
Apr 19, 20191 minFood in Chinese Medicine: Black BeansBlack beans (Glycine max) is a type of soybeans native to East Asia usually fermented for cooking, soy sauce or roasted to eat as snacks....
Apr 17, 20191 minFood in Chinese Medicine: ChestnutsChestnuts are starchy, sweet and rich in flavour and popular in desserts and cooking. As the weather begins to cool down in Asia, the...