Dumplings feature in many Chinese sayings, one being, “Dumplings are better than delicious food, lying down in better than simple comfort.” Other sayings with similar references are, “Dumplings as you leave, noodles when you return,” and “On the 1st, eat the dumplings, on the 2nd, eat noodles”. The 1st saying describes the lack of materials […]
When you contact with a Chinese, if it comes to marriage and questions about children, these sorts of inquiries are mainly used for getting to know people better. For Chinese people, being able to talk about one’s family, or martial situation, is a sign of closeness and mutual acceptance between two people. When friends meet […]
神(shén) In ancient times, people were limited in terms of both productivity and their cognitive abilities. At all times, nature threatened people’s survival. People were thus afraid of this kind of mystical power, and believed that the gods (神) were creating trouble. The character “神” consists of “示” and “申”. “申(电)” means “the lightning that […]
A magazine ran a column on the special characteristics of different cities, and Nanjing earned a peculiar superlative as the most mournful city in China. They believed that Nanjing had suffered a painful story, and had an air of suffering about it. However, the people of Nanjing don’t think so. A famous writer said, “total […]
Zhongyou, with Zilu or Jilu his literary name, was one of the favorite disciples of Confucius and came from the State of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period. He ws straightforward, brave and filial. In the early stage, his family was poor and he usually cooked meals with edible wild herbs that he picked […]
The Tu people mainly feed on highland barley, wheat and potato and make a dozen kinds of vegetables like radish, Chinese cabbage and lettuce. In their daily life, they have Chinese sauerkraut, with meat as supplement. They like milk tea and parched buttered flour. On happy occasions they make varieties of fried foods and handpicked […]
Before sending the dowries to the bridegroom’s home, the bride’s family would display all the dowries in the courtyard or on the empty ground. After the display, the trousseaux would be loaded onto the dowry tables one after another. The greater the display, the more respected the bride’s family would be. After that, the wedding […]
Introduction The Pure Brightness Festival falls between April 4th and 6th in the Gregorian calendar and it is one of the most important and traditional festival in China. The harsh, withering winter is gone, while spring returns and dominates the earth again. The warm air hints at the exuberance of fauna and flora, with sap […]
Drinking chrysanthemum wine Drinking chrysanthemum wine and appreciating chrysanthemum are main Chinese culture customs, too. According to a book named Xi Jing Za Ji wrote by Liu Xin of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), when chrysanthemums bloom, pick the leaves and stems to make wine together with grains and rice; then keep the […]
Zang Shu which was written by Guo Pu has described as “风水之法，得水为上” (It means that the water depends on the fate of the Feng Shui culture.) according to the theory of Feng Shui which is taken the “生气”(producing Qi ) as the immediate goal, there are three pieces of evidence to approve the “得水为上”. It […]