Opening the door and burn firecrackers
5 november 2013
During the traditional Chinese New Year, the firecrackers are the necessary thing to make the festival more enjoyable and exciting. The most spectacle can be seen at 0 o’clock of the 1st day of the..
Ontdek meerThe Origin of Chinese Embroidered Shoes
5 november 2013
Chinese embroidered shoes are reputed as “Chinese shoes” as they are characteristic of Chinese culture and elements. In the Spring and Warrior States periods dating back more than 600 years, the capital of Jin was..
Ontdek meerThe Three Big Events in an Ancient Chinese Man Life
5 november 2013
In ancient times, Chinese people had a tendency of preferring boys rather than girls. And they think boys should be the person to learn, to work and to do some important thing, while girls should..
Ontdek meerThe Teasing Games in Chinese Marriage
5 november 2013
In a traditional Chinese marriage, the teasing games are a very interesting part. After the groom took the bride home and passed some of the fixed ceremonial procedures, the bride will be sent back to..
Ontdek meerStudy Chinese: Pictographic Characters
5 november 2013
The Formation of Chinese Characters Chinese characters were created in accordance with a certain model or prescribled patterns. In China’s first dictionary, “shuowen jiezi” (“Explaining and Analyzing Chinese Characters”), there were character-formation methods. Chinese characters..
Ontdek meerStudy Chinese: Self-explanatory Characters
5 november 2013
If you have studied Chinese or are studying Chinese now, you may have heard of “Self-explanatory Characters” when learning Chinese characters. The pictographic character for knife is “刀” (dao), isn’t it look like a big..
Ontdek meerStudy Chinese: Associative Compounds
5 november 2013
Are you studying Chinese? There are many rules for Chinese learners to memorize the Chinese characters. In Chinese, two “人” (ren, “people”) characters written together gives us the character “从” (cong), which depicts one person..
Ontdek meerStudy Chinese: Pictophonetic Characters
5 november 2013
The individual components of associative compounds represent meaning. In the pictophonetic characters, some components represent the character’s meaning and others represent its pronunciation. For example, “财(cai)”, “帐(zhang)”, “货(huo)” all have the character “贝” (bei) and..
Ontdek meerReunion Dinner
5 november 2013
When it is time for the traditional Chinese Spring Festival in each year, China will experience of the “spring transportation” and the “shopping booming”. The reunion dinner contributes part of these. As the New Year..
Ontdek meerLearn Chinese: the sun – Chinese Characters and Nature
5 november 2013
The ancient Chinese incorporated their observations and awareness of nature into the shapes of Chinese characters. Learn Chinese: 日(“ri”, the sun) The archaic character for “日” resembles the shape of the sun. the small dot..
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