Study Chinese: Happiness
5. November 2013
Study Chinese with Keats School. Today, we will introduce a Chinese character, which represents “happiness” in English. In China, it is quite popular for people to get married during the Spring Festival or other traditional..
Mehr erfahrenStudy Chinese: Marriage
5. November 2013
Study Chinese with Keats School. Today, we will introduce two characters which represent “marriage” in English. In ancient times, “结婚” (to get married) was written as “结昏”. In ancient times, Chinese people often held their..
Mehr erfahrenStudy Chinese: Bring the bride home
5. November 2013
study Chinese with Keats School. Here are a few tips for you to memorize the characters. The character “娶” is used to refer to a groom bringing his bride home to take her hand in..
Mehr erfahrenGuangdong Breakfast Tea
5. November 2013
Guangdong breakfast tea, in southern China, is a food culture with great appeal. The Guangdong menu has remained very consistent and is virtually standardized. It has a great variety of ingredients, taste, cooking methods and..
Mehr erfahrenShanghai: East Meets West
5. November 2013
Shanghai shows different sides of herself to different people. It’s just like Shanghainese women: to Westerners they embody the mysterious East, and to Chinese they represent the fashionable West. In sum, the Shanghainese are the..
Mehr erfahrenLa Dolce Vita
5. November 2013
The Shanghainese maintain their health by watching their daily diet. They are accustomed to going to the market around 4:00 or 5:00 of a morning. They buy fresh ingredients, and use them that same day..
Mehr erfahrenYue Fei
5. November 2013
Yue Fei’s Mother Tattooed Characters on the Skin of Yue Fei Yue Fei was a patriotic military commander of the Southern Song Dynasty and a national hero in resisting the invading Jin people. As a..
Mehr erfahrenStudy Chinese: Longevity
5. November 2013
Study Chinese with Keats School: Longevity 寿(shòu) The top part of the character of the oracle bone script depicts an elderly person with a humpback, while the lower part consists of a hand(寸) and a mouth(口)…
Mehr erfahrenChinese Ethnic Minority: The Kirgiz Nationality
5. November 2013
Chinese ethnic minority – the Kirgiz nationality mainly lives in the Kirghiz Kirgiz Autonomous Perfecture in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Kirgiz mainly engage in animal husbandry and take as their sidelines agriculture..
Mehr erfahrenKirgiz’s Wedding
5. November 2013
The grand Kirgiz wedding ceremony consists of two steps: engagement and wedding. At the engagement, the boy’s family carries gift to the girl’s home on horseback, with some pure white cotton on the horse head..
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