National Clothes
November 5, 2013
There are three main types of clothing in China in the latest dozens of years: western-style clothes, traditional Chinese garments and National clothes. All of these exist together. Over the past two years in China,..
Learn MoreAncient Chinese Jokes: What the guest says in reply
November 4, 2013
A man was staying at his father-in-law’s house very much beyond his time. one day, the impatient father-in-law finally said to him: “It’s nice of you to have come a long way to visit us…
Learn MoreInteresting Chinese marriage: Posthumous Marriage
November 4, 2013
Even worse than antenatal betrothals was posthumous marriage. It was also called marriage of the dead, or ghost marriage, which meant unmarried but dead young men and women were married in the nether world by..
Learn MoreThe profit of being a matchmaker
November 4, 2013
Matchmakers were supposed to be paid when they succeeded in arranging a marriage. If it happened that the in-laws were on good terms, the couple enjoyed a happy married life and the wife gave birth..
Learn MoreTraditional Chinese wedding celebrations Lifting the bridal veil
November 4, 2013
Lifting up the bridal veil (红盖头hón? ?ài tóu), also called “lifting up the red scarf” meant that the bridegroom would lift the bridal veil (usually a piece of red scarf used to cover the bride’s..
Learn MoreEntertainment of Yuanxiao Festival
November 2, 2013
Stilt walk(高跷) Walking on stilts is a kind of performance which has prevailed among the populace from ancient times to the present. It was considered as one kind of acrobatics in ancient times. It came..
Learn MoreDivining According to the Orientation
November 2, 2013
Some examples in Chinese culture about Kan Yu Xiang Zhai have been recorded in the Lun Heng which is written by Wang Chong. For example, “子宅直府,午宅为破,不须兴功起事。” This sentence means that if the star which is..
Learn MoreExplaining the Air Tank Yin Zhai from the Standpoint of the Philosophy in Chinese Culture
November 2, 2013
After you learning Chinese in China, you will know that Yin Zhai in deed refers to the tomb. Its name originates from the concept of Yin and Yang. It is said that the surface of..
Learn MoreThe history of Warring States is quite complicated for students when they learn Chinese in China. Before they came to study Mandarin in China, some of them have already heard about the famous reformation held..
Learn MoreThe Great Thinker Laozi with his Taoist Thoughts
November 2, 2013
The literal sense of Tao was “the path”, and was later developed with the extended-meaning of regulations and standards. It was annotated in the Analytical Dictionary of Characters that: “the so called Tao was originally..
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