Nuo Dance
6 November 2013
“Nuo” Dance is one of the oldest Chinese traditional dances. In the primitive society, during work breaks, people gathered together to entertain themselves by imitating the fight of human beings against beasts, which actually was..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThree friends in winter
6 November 2013
Ancient Chinese called the pine trees, the bamboo and the plum flowers the “three friends in winter”. As we know, pine trees are evergreen, cold-resistant and lives a long life. It is a symbol of..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaTen Best and Most Well-known Kinds of Tea
6 November 2013
The Chinese have enjoyed tea for millennia. There are 10 best and most well-known kinds of tea in China. Biluochun derives its name from its dried tea leaves, which are compressed tightly just like small..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaTextile
6 November 2013
Textile here refers to a folk handicraft of making fabrics by means of hand-spinning flax, silk, cotton and other fibers into yarn with a spinning wheel and then weaving it into cloth with a traditional..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaChinese Characters: From Simple to Complex
5 November 2013
About two thousand years ago, the Chinese philosopher Lao Zi remarked: “Dao gives rise to one; one gives rise to two; two gives rise to three , and three gives rise to myriad things.” In other..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThe Origin of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions
5 November 2013
The earliest Chinese writing system that has been preserved to the present day is the oracle bone inscriptions, which dates back 3,000 years to China’s Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC). The ancient Chinese people believed that..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaStudy Chinese: Associative Compounds
5 November 2013
Are you studying Chinese? There are many rules for Chinese learners to memorize the Chinese characters. In Chinese, two “人” (ren, “people”) characters written together gives us the character “从” (cong), which depicts one person..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaStudy Chinese: to compare – Chinese characters and the human
5 November 2013
According to the legend, when Cangjie created Chinese characters, he noticed not only everything in the universe, but also the human race itself. Chinese characters, therefore, reflect not only the Chinese people’s understanding of the..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaIn ancient times, when a family got together for a reunion on the Dragon Boat Festival, served on the table were Five Yellows: soy bean sprouts, yellow croakers, rice field eels, cucumbers and realgar wine,..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThe Lantern Festival: A Chance for Lovers
5 November 2013
The Lantern Festival also provided a good chance for lovers to meet each other. In the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1297) dynasties, unmarried girls in th boudoirs were not allowed to go out, but around..
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