Culture, art & media
Festivals, traditions, art, internet and Chinese social media.
15 subtopics · ~773 words
Culture and media groups holidays, arts, Chinese internet and everyday superstition. Use it once you can follow a 春节 headline or a Xiaohongshu comment. It is not imperial history (that comes later) and it is not grammar. If you land in January, open the holiday calendar and the New Year pack before Tang poetry. Internet slang dates: treat those leaves as a living inventory, not an exam list. Chinese Trainer tags HSK where it exists; viral words may have no band.
Chinese culture & festivals
Traditions, holidays and cultural customs.
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Art, shows & entertainment
Music, film, theatre and popular culture.
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Media, internet & digital life
Social media, apps, streaming and online communication.
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Religion, spirituality & philosophy
Beliefs, philosophy and spiritual vocabulary.
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Weddings & social events
Ceremonies, celebrations and event vocabulary.
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Chinese New Year festival
Spring Festival traditions and celebration.
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Festival calendar
Mid-Autumn, Dragon Boat, Qingming, National Day: one festival each, not a junk drawer.
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C-drama, variety & binge-watching
C-dramas, variety shows and talking about what you watched last night.
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KTV, script murder & social games
Karaoke, script-murder, escape rooms: urban leisure that is not ‘the cinema’.
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Hanfu, kungfu & calligraphy
汉服, 功夫, 书法: culture you wear, train and write, not only visit.
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Tang poetry for beginners
Living 唐诗 vocabulary, not a literature degree: moon, wine, farewell, the road.
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Xiaohongshu, Douyin & Bilibili
种草, 打卡, danmu: the Chinese of three apps F6 cannot swallow.
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Superstition, feng shui & zodiac
属相, 风水 and a 忌讳 your host actually takes seriously.
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Wedding banquet as a guest
红包, seating, toast and not opening the envelope at the table.
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KTV night
Room, song, beer and choosing a track without hogging the mic.
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