Chinese kitchen utensils
5 November 2013
In an ordinary Chinese kitchen, you can often see ancient utensils: a mortar and pestle used as a garlic crusher, iron wire shelves used for baking bread, and wooden rolling pins. Chinese kitchen utensils emphasize..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaGuangzhou Flower Fair and the Pineapple Temple Fair
5 November 2013
The Guangzhou Flower Fair is held every year, starting three days before New Year’s Eve and ending the 1st day of the New Year. During the fair, the city becomes a sea of flowers, with..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaConfucius Temple
5 November 2013
According to the people of Nanjing, their special characteristics are really special. Their favorite market place is the Confucius Temple; their signature dish of salted duck; their favorite TV program is “Extraordinary Weekend”. The Confucius..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaAncient Chinese jokes: Borrowing tea leaves
4 November 2013
A man who asked his guest to stay for a cup of tea sent his servant to borrow some tea leaves from his neighbors. When the water started to boil he poured in some water,..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThe Tu Nationality: The Nadun Festival
4 November 2013
The Nadun Festival is a time of socialization and entertainment for the Tu people to celebrate a good harvest. Starting at the end of summer harvest, the festival lasts for about two months till the..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaChinese wedding preparations: Unloading the dowry
4 November 2013
When procession bearing the dowry reached the bridegroom’s family, there would be a great din of drums, pipes and fireworks over the sky to welcome its arrival. It was a complex process for people to..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaFeng-Shui The 24 Ways
2 November 2013
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..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaNiu Lang and Zhi Nu
2 November 2013
At the cloudless and tranquil night in summer, look up in the night sky, the sky is full of the shining stars and a white belt is across the north and south. It looks like..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaIllustrating the Ze Ju in Chinese Culture
2 November 2013
Ze Ju is an important part in Chinese culture or even to the world. It has attracted many experts’ attention on it. The doctor Lai Chuan Chang Jiu who is a cultural anthropologist in Japan..
Pelajari SelengkapnyaThe Development of Vassalage in Chinese Culture at the Beginning of the Zhou Dynasty
2 November 2013
Owing to the rich Chinese culture, majority of overseas are fighting to learn Chinese in China recent years. Before the preparation to study Chinese in China, they have already familiar with the history of Chinese..
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