Will mommy leave again?

Why is the Spring Festival the favorite holiday for children?

Why is Spring Festival called Guo Nian (passing the year)?

How did an old lady manage to scare the Nian away?

How did the villagers drive away the Nian?

Why do we call Chinese New Year the Spring Festival?

A long time ago, a maid named Hua worked for a very stingy couple. Then one day, a beggar arrived at their door...

Hua and the old beggar cross paths once again.

The stingy couple decide to beautify themselves in the supposed "Fountain of Youth, only to encounter the unexpected.

We begin a guided mediation. First, we should breath and relax.

In part 2 of our guided meditation we imagine our ideal morning.

in our guided meditation we imagine what it is we want to do today.

In this video we are asked to imagine our perfect life and all the thing's that accompany that.

In our guided meditation we take a vow to have an amazing day.

Our guided meditation comes to a close with a positive outlook on the day a head.

S.H.E. is a Taiwanese girl group and "Superstar" is the hit single from their 2003 album of the same name. The lyrics are fun and repetitive, so this song is a good one to learn for karaoke.

Dashan is the Chinese stage name adopted by Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell. Dashan is unique in that he is the only foreigner who has become a domestic Chinese celebrity. In this video, he performs Xiangsheng (相声), a form of Chinese comedy. Xiangsheng is commonly translated as "cross talk."

Gain a quick overview of the most important festivals in the Chinese calendar.

Learn about the origin of some Chinese characters which were derived from pictures of what the characters represent.

Learn about the origin of some Chinese characters which were derived from pictures of what the characters represent.

Learn not only the meaning behind some Chinese characters, but also how they were originally derived from pictures. These characters are of the agricultural variety.

Spring, summer, autumn, winter- learn the story behind these seasonal characters.

Learn the stories behind some characters of the animal variety.

Have you ever wondered why a Chinese character is written the way it is written? The Chinese characters are logograms, unlike the English language that utilize Latin characters. The Chinese characters could be represented by pictograms, depicting one or an aggregate of pictures or ideograms depicting an idea/icon symbolically. Join us to learn the roots of some of the Chinese characters. In this episode, you will discover the formation of "horn," "flower," and "grass," to name a few.