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Article · 1 min audio月饼里面有什么？What are mooncakes?A red box of little round cakes, a festival under the full moon, and an egg where you least expect one.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio端午节：龙舟和粽子What is the Dragon Boat Festival?Boats with dragon heads, a poet in a river two thousand years ago, and the one question about rice dumplings that starts arguments.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio元宵节：看灯、猜谜语What is the Lantern Festival?Chinese New Year isn't over until the fifteenth night. Come and see the lanterns, eat something round, and try to solve the riddle before we tell you.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio大熊猫的小秘密Fun facts about giant pandasA baby smaller than an apple, twelve hours of bamboo a day, and a sixth finger that isn't a finger.HSK 2
Story · 2 min audio新郎进不了门Chinese wedding traditions: the door gamesThe groom has the red envelopes and every answer. What he doesn't have is the bride's shoes, and the clock is ticking.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio生日为什么吃长寿面？Why do Chinese people eat noodles on birthdays?You expect a birthday cake. You get a bowl of noodles, an egg, and a friend watching to make sure you don't bite a single strand in two.HSK 2
Story · 2 min audio奶奶的麻将桌How to play mahjong: grandma's tableShe has never touched a mahjong tile. Grandma teaches her in one minute, she wins the first hand, and she keeps winning. Then she sees grandma's tiles.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio老板点的歌KTV in China: the boss picks the first songI practised a hard song all week for my first KTV night with the office. Everyone said the boss always picks the first song. They didn't say what it would be.HSK 2
