Study Chinese: Pictographic Characters
5 בנובמבר 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..
למידע נוסףThe Basic Strokes of Chinese Characters
5 בנובמבר 2013
Learn Chinese: Some Chinese characters evolved from pictures. Indeed, many people describe writing Chinese characters as similar in feeling to painting. However, Chinese characters are not merely a random aggregation of lines. They must be..
למידע נוסףThe Dragon Boat Festival (Ⅱ): introduction to Qu Yuan
5 בנובמבר 2013
The best-known story about the Dragon Boat Festival is related to the commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278BC). He was born in the State of Chun in the Warring States Period (275-221BC), he became a minister..
למידע נוסףSubtle Chinese Painting
5 בנובמבר 2013
There is a type of literati painting from ancient China which is called “Impressionist painting”. This type of painting has two special traits. One tries to capture the “spirit” of the object being painted which..
למידע נוסףStudy Chinese: Spring Festival
5 בנובמבר 2013
Do you want to study Chinese? Today, we will introduce a character: 春(chūn) Usually, the Chinese festival first comes to people’s minds is the Spring Festival. This is the most important festival of the Chinese..
למידע נוסףShanghai: East Meets West
5 בנובמבר 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..
למידע נוסףStudy Chinese: West
5 בנובמבר 2013
西(xī) The sun sets in the west. After a day of work, people return home. And the birds, too, return to their nests. Therefore, the character “西” originally depicted a bird’s nest. Many metals are..
למידע נוסףAncient Chinese jokes: God of Target
4 בנובמבר 2013
A general who had gone out to battle was unable to stave off defeat when the God of the Target appeared to join his ranks and turned the tables on the enemy. Thereupon, the general..
למידע נוסףGeneral standards of ancient Chinese marriage: Age
4 בנובמבר 2013
The 1st consideration was age. The prospective couple should be about the same marriageable age, which meant that on the one hand, they had to be old enough to live as husband and wife; while..
למידע נוסףThe origin of Chinese matchmakers
4 בנובמבר 2013
As to the origin of “méi pó”, a Chinese term for matchmakers, there is a popular folktale in Shaanxi Province. Long time ago, people from the two banks of the Wei River seldom communicated with..
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