Red, Chinese favorite color
6 november 2013
Chinese people like the red color a lot. China used to be called the “red country” in the past. Even now Chinese people like to refer themselves as “chi zi”, meaning the “red descendent”. Traditionally,..
Ontdek meerThe elegance of tea-drinking
6 november 2013
Chinese think that tea drinking is a very sophisticated pastime. In Chinese classical novels, if someone drinks tea out of a big cup to quench his thirst, the action is called “drink”, like a cow..
Ontdek meerHappy-go-lucky Chengdu
6 november 2013
In Chinese, people like to call Beijing a political city; Shanghai is viewed as a city of fashions; Guangdong is the center of the economy; Chengdu is a happy-go-lucky city. Chengdu is a major city..
Ontdek meerThe exchange of gifts
6 november 2013
When offered a gift, a Chinese person will usually say “No, no, I can’t take it.” Even after he takes it, he does not always open it. It is because Chinese people often use precious..
Ontdek meerThe origins of the expressions of Wu Hua Ba Men
6 november 2013
Wu Hua Ba Men is a frequently-used Chinese idiom. It stands for variety and changeability. The literal meaning of “Wu hua” is five flowers and eight doors for “ba men”. Actually, Wu Hua Ba Men..
Ontdek meerIn Pursuit of Happiness and Good Luck
6 november 2013
When Chinese people go shopping, they often say “mai dongxi”, which literally means “to buy east and west”, but nobody would say “mai nanbei”(buy south and north). In China, the five elements are metal, wood,..
Ontdek meerFeng Shui
6 november 2013
Some Chinese people like to keep a bowl of gold fish in their office. They think this can bring good luck in dealing with office politics and in their career. That is what we call..
Ontdek meerWhat is xiao xue?
6 november 2013
If a Chinese child saw this question, he would laugh, because everybody knows “xiao xue” is Chinese for the primary school. But the “xiao xue” here refers to some other thing. It was the traditional..
Ontdek meerWhat do the facial makeups stand for in Beijing Opera?
6 november 2013
Facial makeups are a special art in Chinese operas which distinctly show the appearances of different roles as well as their dispositions and moral qualities by means of artistic exaggeration combined with truthful portrayal and..
Ontdek meerThe Four Diagonistic Methods and the Eight Principle of Traditional Chinese Medicine
6 november 2013
Traditional Chinese medical diagnostics includes 2 parts: the method of diagnosis and the determination of treatment based on the differentiation of symptoms and signs. The method of diagnosis is composed of inspection, auscultation and olfaction,..
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