On the third day of Chinese New Year, we held a mini lunch at home for our neighbours and relatives to celebrate our wedding. On the day before, my brother-in-law, who is also the eldest son in the family, went around to knock on our neighbours’ doors to give out wedding invitation cards, welcoming them… Read More A Mini-Wedding Celebration in Rural China（中国の田舎でのプチ結婚祝い）
Chinese New Year eve is a busy affair not just for Chinese nationals, but also Chinese diasporas scattered all around the world. Naturally, each country and region has its own Chinese New Year traditions and practices, and I was looking forward to experiencing that in mainland China, or specifically in the rural Anhui province. 旧正月の大晦日は中国大陸だけではなく、世界中に散りばめられた中国系（中華系）の人々や家族にとって、大変忙しい1日。もちろん、国や地域によって旧正月の独特な伝統文化や風習はあるが、今回は初めて中国大陸、そして安徽省の山奥の農村で体験できるということで、とても期待していた。… Read More Firecrackers- A Chinese New Year Tradition（春節の風習：爆竹）
It’s been an incredible and eye-opening experience over the past ten days in China, mostly rural Anhui province where my wife, Lynn’s hometown lies, though all her family has moved to and now resides in Shanghai. My wife told me we’ll be having a simple wedding celebration in her village, and we thought it’ll be… Read More What is rural China like?（中国の田舎ってどんなもん？）
I was in rural Anhui province of mainland China, when the SD card I bought ran out of data, and for some reason my phone had problems connecting to wifi. So I got disconnected from the world. Well, not really. I got re-connected with the world, and with myself, thanks to the abrupt cut-off from… Read More A New Beginning（新たな始まり）
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