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There was a henpecked official who one day got an ugly scratch from his better half. The next day, when he presented himself at the yamen, the Perfect saw the mark on his face and inquired what had happened to him. The official prevaricated: “I was enjoying the cool last night under the grape trellis […]

Ground-breaking ceremonies When building a house, people often hire a feng-shui master (also called a Mr. Yin and Yang) to observe the foundation, detremine the directions and the central point of the house with the help of a feng-shui Compass, and finally hold the ground-breaking ceremony. In the ceremony, people often set off firecrackers, burn […]

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 […]

There are some cases of choosing the directions in the feng-shui divinations. One is “choosing the directions” through “the 24 ways”. That is the sum of the 4 trigrams from the Earlier Eight Trigrams—Qian, Kun and Xun, the 8 Heavenly Stems of “jia, yi, bing, ding, geng, xin, ren, gui” (there are actually 10 Heavenly […]

Highlights of Chinese ethnic groups: The Korean Nationality The Korean Nationality mainly inhabits in Jilin Province, northeastern of China. The Korean people speak the Korean language of the Altaic language family. They are mainly engaged in agriculture, and they are well-known for planting in the cold north paddy rice, which is white, oily and nutritious. […]

The origin of trousseaux In ancient Chinese marriage, as the bridegroom’s family was busy preparing the bridal chamber and furniture, the bride’s family was occupied with the preparation of trousseaux. In ancient times, trousseaux referred to the dressing case a woman used for putting on the makeup; then it was extended to include all the […]

This article helps students understand Chinese culture feng-shui better. If you want to learn the most standard Chinese language and learn Chinese culture as the same time, learning Chinese at Keats is the best choice. Security first The goal of feng-shui is to pursue benefits and avoid hazards, and avoiding hazards comes before pursuing benefits […]

The Island of Music Gulangyu Island, in the Fujian Province, is located off the coast opposite and is known as “The Island of Music”. There are six hundred pianos on the island with a population of only twenty thousand people. During the 1840s, foreign missionaries and other Europeans brought their pianos and musical traditions with […]

Past and present The Dai people mainly spread over the Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, the Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Dehong, the Dai Autonomous County in Gengma, and the Dai and Lahu Autonomous County in Menglian. The Dai language, a Zhunag and Dong branch of Sino-Tibetan language family, has its own characters. […]

Integration of the feng-shui stories The mathematical demonstration of the Yellow River Chart and the Luo River Chart The ancient feng-shui theory gave rise to the mystery of “The Book of Chnages”, and some ideas derived from the development of the theory of changes were added to the feng-shui theory. The Yellow River Chart and […]