The Chinese calendar has been in use for more than 4,700 years. And it incorporates the Chinese zodiac, the Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, Chinese astrology and much more.



According to this system, this year 2020 is the...

This video explores five fun facts about plastic recycling.

This video explores five fun facts about fast fashion.

Learn the basics about biological detergents as part of the organic chemistry within everyday life.

This Video Explains Interviews - Planning Your Appearance

Today I’ll do a sample brainstorm for a question you may face on Writing Task 2 or Speaking Part 3.



You’ll learn the pros and cons for children wearing uniforms

to school.

Be ready to score 7+ if you face this...

Learn English vocabulary for clothing, and study the pronunciation and tricks to sound more American. Button down, bikini, panty hose, and more! Part 2

Poverty rates have fallen faster in the past 30 years than at any other time on record. This is a remarkable achievement, but one in five people in developing countries still live on less than $1.90 a day. The UN wants to eradicate...

Cotton is a versatile and widely-used natural fiber that is cultivated from the cotton plant. It is used to make fabric for clothing and textile products like towels and handkerchiefs. Cotton by-products, such as linters and cotton seed...

In today’s video, let’s take a look at how to do business according to ancient Chinese wisdom.<b<br/>r/>

And let’s learn from the wealthiest man from Chinese history on how he managed his wealth.

Songku (宋褲) and Beizi (褙子) are typical Song Dynasty women’s hanfu garments. This video will show you a step-by-step tutorial on how to wear Songku and Beizi. I will also talk about each individual pieces as well as the history...

Lantern Festival is called Yuan Xiao Jie meaning Yuan Xiao Festival (元宵節) in Chinese. It falls on the 15th day of the 1st month on the Lunar Calendar and this year it’s on February 19th, 2019. The Lantern Festival officially marks the...

Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls might seem strange to modern eyes and sensibilities, but up until the 1940's a lot of people thought pink was the more masculine color and blue was clearly more feminine. So how did we end up in a world...

Ma Mian Qun (馬面裙) literarily means Horse Face Skirt, but it actually has nothing to do with a horse’s face. It’s the single most representative skirt of the Ming Dynasty.



This video will show you a step-by-step tutorial on...

Did ancient Chinese people use the same timekeeping system as today?



In today’s video, let’s take a look at what are some of the ways that ancient Chinese people kept time before the invention of clocks an

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Qixiong Ruqun or Chest-High Ruqun (齊胸襦裙) is a typical Tang Dynasty women’s hanfu. This video will show you a step-by-step tutorial on how to wear Qixiong Ruqun. I will also talk about each individual pieces as well as the history...

The use of #hairpieces was a common practice throughout Chinese history.



Ancient Chinese people treasured their hair greatly. People wouldn’t get haircuts unless they were forced to. So what were the hair piece

s made...

What is economics? Yes, of course it has to do with money. But beyond the concepts that we might immediately think of, like taxes, gross domestic product, and the stock market, which belong to macroeconomics, we must also understand...

The gut-wrenching system of forced labor camps was first established following the Russian Civil War. By the 1950s, the Gulags would stretch across the entirety of the Soviet Union's territory. It was arguably one of the darkest periods...

Clothing is something we have to think about every day, but we don't always think about how our clothes impact the planet. Fashion designers like Justine Leconte are transforming the industry by creating sustainable, ethical clothing and...

Children's clothes song! Kids sing and learn clothing names in this catchy and fun music video. Perfect for babies, toddlers, ESL or EFL students, children, parents, and families. Learn all the clothes like shoes, socks, hat, shirt,...

This snow skin gluten free mooncake recipe is for those who are gluten intolerant or on a gluten-free diet, but still want to enjoy mooncakes on this Chinese holiday.



You can simply swap the tapioca starch back to wheat...

In 1896, a mysterious disease spread through the Snake River Valley of Idaho. Some people called it a spotted fever, and hundreds got sick. As it turns out, this was all the doing of some bacteria, Rickettsia ricketssii. Let's get a...

Although cleanliness in the Middle Ages was primitive compared to what modern people enjoy, it doesn't mean medieval hygiene didn't exist. Despite living in an era long before indoor plumbing, shampoo, and nail salons, people used the...