In the Chinese language, “低” and “高” is a pair of antonym which mean “low” and “high” respectively. And “调” means “tune, tone” and so on. So you know that “低调dīdiào” means “low-key” and “高调gāo diào” is the opposite. Chinese people advocate that people should be modest and calm, so when they remind people or […]
The chamber pot could not be carried on the dowry table. It is called “happy pot” or “offspring pot” to express good wishes to the couple and their children. Inside it people often put some dried jujubes, peanuts, melon seeds, red half-boiled eggs etc. respectable families might wrap it up in a large piece of […]
Peony is a famous flowering plant in China. It is elegant, brightly colored, and of great variety, thus known as “the First in Tens of Thousands of Flowers”. The Peony is native to the Qinling Mountains in China, and the cultivation of it dates back to over 1,500 years. The peony is a famous ornamental […]
In the Ming Dynasty, it was popular to make sacrifice to the moon. The Ming Shi Zong sent the officials to build the Xi Yue altar which is the Yue altar Park in Beijing now. this was the place mainly for the officials to sacrifice the moon. The emperor had to make sacrifice the moon […]
The Zhou Yi we usually talking about have the differences in narrow sense and broad sense. The narrow one refers to Yijing completed between Shang and Zhou Dynasty. While the broad one includes Yizhuan besides Yijing. Fengshui culture in Chinese culture and the creation of Zhou Yi have close relationship. They seem to supplement each […]
Since the foreign students who study Chinese in China have learnt some information about the primitive society, you may general knowledge of it know. According to the archaeologists’ survey about the relics in the primitive society in China, there are many engraving signs found by in them. For example, more than one hundred and twenty […]
Before you come to learn Chinese in China, you may have already been attracted by the rich and long history from Chinese culture. Thus, majority of overseas are encouraged to study Mandarin in China so that they could learn more about Chinese culture from Chinese history. During the Three Kingdoms period, although the wars between […]
There are a great variety of dances with different functions of the dances of the primitive people, which can well reflect the conditions of their working lives as well as the religious consciousness. It can be seen by people who’d like to learn Chinese in China that the primitive people’s understanding of music was at […]
The Imperial Examination System which is also called Keju is a method to elect the talented to the government official posts in ancient China, generally speaking, the Imperial Examination system had lasted for more than one thousand years, from its founding in the Sui Dynasty (518BC-618BC) to its abolition by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing […]
During the Neolithic ages, the Chinese ancients used to make shoes with grass, hemps, and the vine roots. It is interesting for people waiting to learn Chinese in China that the Chinese Shoes could be classified into three types, namely the grass shoes, the cloth shoes, and the leather shoes according to its raw materials, […]