Opening the door and burn firecrackers
November 5, 2013
During the traditional Chinese New Year, the firecrackers are the necessary thing to make the festival more enjoyable and exciting. The most spectacle can be seen at 0 o’clock of the 1st day of the..
Learn MoreThe Origin of Chinese Embroidered Shoes
November 5, 2013
Chinese embroidered shoes are reputed as “Chinese shoes” as they are characteristic of Chinese culture and elements. In the Spring and Warrior States periods dating back more than 600 years, the capital of Jin was..
Learn MoreThe Three Big Events in an Ancient Chinese Man Life
November 5, 2013
In ancient times, Chinese people had a tendency of preferring boys rather than girls. And they think boys should be the person to learn, to work and to do some important thing, while girls should..
Learn MoreThe Teasing Games in Chinese Marriage
November 5, 2013
In a traditional Chinese marriage, the teasing games are a very interesting part. After the groom took the bride home and passed some of the fixed ceremonial procedures, the bride will be sent back to..
Learn MoreStudy Chinese: Pictographic Characters
November 5, 2013
The Formation of Chinese Characters Chinese characters were created in accordance with a certain model or prescribled patterns. In China’s first dictionary, “shuowen jiezi” (“Explaining and Analyzing Chinese Characters”), there were character-formation methods. Chinese characters..
Learn MoreStudy Chinese: Self-explanatory Characters
November 5, 2013
If you have studied Chinese or are studying Chinese now, you may have heard of “Self-explanatory Characters” when learning Chinese characters. The pictographic character for knife is “刀” (dao), isn’t it look like a big..
Learn MoreStudy Chinese: Associative Compounds
November 5, 2013
Are you studying Chinese? There are many rules for Chinese learners to memorize the Chinese characters. In Chinese, two “人” (ren, “people”) characters written together gives us the character “从” (cong), which depicts one person..
Learn MoreStudy Chinese: Pictophonetic Characters
November 5, 2013
The individual components of associative compounds represent meaning. In the pictophonetic characters, some components represent the character’s meaning and others represent its pronunciation. For example, “财(cai)”, “帐(zhang)”, “货(huo)” all have the character “贝” (bei) and..
Learn MoreReunion Dinner
November 5, 2013
When it is time for the traditional Chinese Spring Festival in each year, China will experience of the “spring transportation” and the “shopping booming”. The reunion dinner contributes part of these. As the New Year..
Learn MoreLearn Chinese: the sun – Chinese Characters and Nature
November 5, 2013
The ancient Chinese incorporated their observations and awareness of nature into the shapes of Chinese characters. Learn Chinese: 日(“ri”, the sun) The archaic character for “日” resembles the shape of the sun. the small dot..
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