Study Chinese: Couplet
5.11.2013
福(fú) Another important part of celebrating the Spring Festival is putting up Spring Festival couplets. These red Spring Festival couplets, on which words are written, are pasted on doors and walls. The Chinese character most..
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5.11.2013
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)…
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5.11.2013
There are three main types of clothing in China in the latest dozens of years: western-style clothes, traditional Chinese garments and National clothes. All of these exist together. Over the past two years in China,..
Lue lisääA man was staying at his father-in-law’s house very much beyond his time. one day, the impatient father-in-law finally said to him: “It’s nice of you to have come a long way to visit us…
Lue lisääEven worse than antenatal betrothals was posthumous marriage. It was also called marriage of the dead, or ghost marriage, which meant unmarried but dead young men and women were married in the nether world by..
Lue lisääThe profit of being a matchmaker
4.11.2013
Matchmakers were supposed to be paid when they succeeded in arranging a marriage. If it happened that the in-laws were on good terms, the couple enjoyed a happy married life and the wife gave birth..
Lue lisääLifting up the bridal veil (红盖头hón? ?ài tóu), also called “lifting up the red scarf” meant that the bridegroom would lift the bridal veil (usually a piece of red scarf used to cover the bride’s..
Lue lisääEntertainment of Yuanxiao Festival
2.11.2013
Stilt walk(高跷) Walking on stilts is a kind of performance which has prevailed among the populace from ancient times to the present. It was considered as one kind of acrobatics in ancient times. It came..
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2.11.2013
Some examples in Chinese culture about Kan Yu Xiang Zhai have been recorded in the Lun Heng which is written by Wang Chong. For example, “子宅直府,午宅为破,不须兴功起事。” This sentence means that if the star which is..
Lue lisääAfter you learning Chinese in China, you will know that Yin Zhai in deed refers to the tomb. Its name originates from the concept of Yin and Yang. It is said that the surface of..
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