Study Chinese: Greetings during the Spring Festival
5 November 2013
Greetings during the Spring Festival: 拜年(bài nián) The day after Chinese New Year’s Eve is called “大年初一 dà nián chū yī ”—the 1st day of the 1st lunar month. This is the 1st day of..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaChinese 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..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaIntroduction to Xi’an (Ⅰ)
5 November 2013
The people of Xi’an like to participate in several activities involved in recreating the past, like holding contests to find women who resemble Yang Guifei, the beautiful imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty. Some people..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaAncient Chinese Jokes: Same Illness
4 November 2013
A man named Zhang Xuzi, after having his bed repaired and embellished, wanted to have a show of it very much. As no one was likely to come into the bedroom to have a look..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaSuzhou Cuisine
4 November 2013
The people of Suzhou have a flair for taking simple dishes and preparing them perfectly. Shen Fu’s “Chapters of a Floating Life” describes how his wife, Yun, “Makes cooking seem effortless. Whether preparing fruit, vegetable,..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThe bad fame of the matchmakers
4 November 2013
For their own benefits, matchmakers would try their best to negotiate a positive outcome for each marriage proposal, even through cheating. In reality, there were numerous matchmakers who forgot what was right to get the..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThe most authentic Chinese words and phrases: 桃(táo)
4 November 2013
In the Chinese language, “桃(táo)” refers to “peach”. It is formed with the part “木” and “兆”, the first part “木” means “tree or wood”. So almost anything made of wood has that part to..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThe Origin of the Middle Autumn Day
2 November 2013
If you are now studying Chinese, you will know poem is a very important part of Chinese culture. This is one of the best famous poems of the Middle Autumn Day. 明月几时有?把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙,今夕是何年。我欲乘风归去,又恐琼楼玉宇,高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影,何似在人间! 转朱阁,低绮户,照无眠。不应有恨,何事长向别时圆!人有悲欢离合,月有阴晴圆缺,此事古难全。但愿人长久,千里共婵娟。 You can..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaYin Yang in Chinese Culture
2 November 2013
Yin-Yang and Wuxing had been involved into the system of Ba Gua (Eight Diagrams) so that the theoretical system of Feng Shui culture in Chinese culture. The original meaning of Yin-Yang refers to the directions..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThe Legends of the Five Emperors in Chinese Culture
2 November 2013
When you learn Chinese in China and the history of China, you will have the general knowledge about these five emperors in China. Huang Di has been considered as the leader of the five emperors..
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