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How to Iron on Patches

Our embroidered patches are fun, vibrant, and, best of all, easy to attach to the garment or fabric of your choice! Each patch comes with an adhesive backing that, when ironed, will easily attach to your garment. Alternatively, you could also just sew it on if you'd prefer! Check out...

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Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival

Along with the Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important holidays in China. Based on the legend of Chang'e, the moon goddess, it’s a time to celebrate the harvest and get together with family and friends. It’s also a time for fun traditions and delicious...

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Mooncakes: History and More

The mooncake (月餅, 月餅) is a Chinese baked sweet treat that is quintessentially interwoven into the history and celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. A sweet, dense pastry with a red bean or lotus (or sometimes sesame) paste, the round pastry, sold by the millions in the days and weeks preceding...

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The HunDun of Chinese Mythology

The HunDun (混沌, or Hun Dun, Hun-Dun, Hun Tun) is a being of primordial chaos, known for his six feet, four wings, and featureless face. Translated as “muddled confusion,” his lack of eyes, nose, and mouth serve to highlight the directionless confusion of the chaos that he personifies. While the...

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The Moon Rabbit

The Moon rabbit (月兔), Moon hare, or Jade rabbit (玉兔) is a figure from folklore based on the dark marks of the moon appearing as a rabbit pounding a mortar. The Moon rabbit features in several East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Native American cultures. In some places, like China and...

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