Chinese New Year Is Not Over Yet, Join the Fun Cāi Dēngmí!

The Spring Festival holiday has passed for most of people. However, Chinese New Year is not over yet! According to tradition, it is until the 15th day of the first lunar month (正月十五 zhèng yuè shí wǔ) that Chinese New Year is fulfilled, which is also known as Lantern Festival (元宵节 yuán xiāo jié). Yuánxiāojié is the first festival after Chinese New Year when people light up lantern(点灯 diǎn dēng), eating sweet dumplings(吃汤圆 chī tāng yuán) and guessing lantern riddles(猜灯谜 cāi dēng mí).

New Function: Certificate can be Downloaded automatically!

In order to provide our students with more convenient service, Mandarin Inn has released a new function in MI Student: you can download your certificate of completion through Wechat now!   Whether you have already finished study or just started your class, the hours on the certificate is your actual learning hours, and you can download at any time.

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What is the reason that May 20th or May 21st are considered the prime days for marriage proposals and weddings in China every year?

Do you have an “A Yi” in China?

Are you curious about the meaning of "A Yi," or perhaps you spell it "I E", a term that you may have heard many times before?

5 Spring Outing Attractions in Shanghai

After a few spots of rain, we ushered in a sunny spring! On this sunny day, let's pack up and go for a spring outing together.

How to say sparkling water in Chinese?

World Water Day is coming. It is an annual United Nations (UN) observance day held on 22nd March, since 1993, to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

2023 Spring blooms in Shanghai

Do you know what day is the 12th of March? It’s the Tree Planting Day. We get connected with mother nature by planting “green”. It was our unchangeable agreement with spring. The love of life and the awe of nature was awakened on the day. Protection for our nature ought to be attached to great importance at all times.

How does ChatGPT view Chinese learning?

ChatGPT is a generative pre-trained transformer. It is a deep learning model that can create real conversations, which is convenient and fast to use. ChatGPT can provide functional services such as answering questions, writing code and writing articles only by putting forward requirements to it. In other words, ChatGPT is a very powerful AI chat robot.

Dragon Heads-raising Day — national haircut day

Dragon Heads-raising Day (February 2nd of the lunar calendar) is a traditional Chinese folk festival. In Chinese farming culture, "dragon heads-raising" indicates that the sun is rising, the rate of rain is increasing, and everything is full of vitality. A lot of folk activities, related to this day, are carried out around the beautiful belief of the dragon god.