Cui Jian is known as “the Father of Chinese Rock.” He was born in Beijjing in 1961, and during the 80s he skyrocketed to musical fame in army camouflage and a red bandana. He wrote and performed such songs as “Nothing to my name”, “Rock and Roll on the new long march” and “Let me […]
study Chinese with Keats School. Here are a few tips for you to memorize the characters. The character “娶” is used to refer to a groom bringing his bride home to take her hand in marriage. This is also called “娶媳妇(qǔ xífù) ”. The character was written as “取” in the ancient times. The left-hand […]
In the Chinese Han Dynasty, the popular songs were mostly simple, straightforward, and expressive ballads about passionate love or bitter hatred. One example from that time contains the words: “Till the mountains are flattened, and all the rivers run dry; till it thunders in the winter and snows in the summer; till the earth and […]
In the Chinese language, there is a word very typical of China: 天命tiān mìng—literally “the will of the heaven”. Ancient Chinese people believe that something is destined, it is “天命”, you can not decide anything, but everything is decided by the will of heaven. The Will of Heaven is, however, imaginary. It only exists in […]
Tiger Hill Park is located in a northwest suburb of Suzhou. The Sword Pool is the most spiritually significant part of the Park. Historical records show that the tomb of King Helv of Wu is located beneath the pond. Legend has it that he was buried with 3000 of his beloved swords. King Hlv was […]
There seems to have been more taboos about the year of a wedding than about the auspicious days. In the Chinese lunar calendar, the 1st day of spring may fall before or after the Spring Festival. If the 1st day of spring is before the Spring Festival of a year and the next first day […]
The Drung nationality mainly concentrates in the Valley of Drung River in Gongshan Drung and Nu Autonomous County in Northwestern Yunnan. In the past, the ethnic group did not have a generally accepted name. after the founding of New China, according to their characteristics and wishes, the ethnic group was officially named as Drung nationality. […]
Past and present The Dai people mainly spread over the Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, the Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Dehong, the Dai Autonomous County in Gengma, and the Dai and Lahu Autonomous County in Menglian. The Dai language, a Zhunag and Dong branch of Sino-Tibetan language family, has its own characters. […]
Fengshui is one kind of Chinese culture phenomenon in ancient China. There has no an exact definition and nature of fengshui. The answers to this matters can not been taken into statistics from all ages in the world. However, there is one approvable point from them. All of them think that both the producing of […]
By learn Chinese in China, you may have met the Nei Xing before. The Feng Shui of Nei Xing in Chinese culture refers to the overall arrangement of the house, decorating and interior furnishings included. The urbanization of cities is accelerating and the price of the land is ballooning, too. Besides, the house for the […]