Homophones and Chinese New Year taboos Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people. Apart from different celebrations, there are a lot of strange taboos during the Spring Festival. Some of the taboos are related to the homophones in the Chinese language. Frank the tour guide is going to show you…
Happy CNY of Vacca, which means cow in Latin, the origin of English word vaccine Happy Chinese New Year of Vacca! Vacca actually means cow in Latin. English doctor Edward Jenner used the cowpox virus to make the world’s first vaccine in 1796. That was the first step to eradicate the once deadly…
Time to bid farewell to the clever rat and greet the diligent ox Some Chinese fortune tellers believe that the new Chinese zodiac year should start on the day of the first Chinese Solar Term, Start of Spring, which is on 3 February 2021. Thus the year of rat ended on 2 February 2021….
Narcissus blossoms to welcome the Start of Spring Day Tomorrow (3 Feb 2021) is the Start of Spring Day in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Frank the tour guide’s mother’s Narcissus has blossomed today. It is a good sign to show Hong Kong is warm. Thus the Covid-19 may be less active and the fourth…
Merry Christmas! Frank the tour guide’s gift to all is a funny video of Santa Claus Frank the tour guide just wants to say Merry Christmas to everyone. Frank’s present to all is the funny video of Santa Claus happy tour in Hong Kong! Frank the tour guide hopes travelers can tour Hong Kong and…
