Study Chinese: East
5 november 2013
东(dōng) Every day, the sun rises in the east. According to legend, there was once a huge mulberry tree, called “fusang”, which grew out of the eastern sea. This was a magic and mystical tree…
Ontdek meerMarriage: parents are the spokespeople
4 november 2013
In ancient China, the parents have absolute authority to decide the marriage for their children. The parents’ authority, the matchmakers’ arrangements and the betrothal gifts were the three basic elements of an arranged marriage in..
Ontdek meerKun Opera
4 november 2013
Kun Opera originated in Kunshan during the Yuan Dynasty and flourished in Suzhou where the people went absolutely crazy over the opera. In the 200 years of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the people of..
Ontdek meerUndesirable custom: using a wedding to counteract bad occasions
4 november 2013
Even after the wedding day had been chosen, it might still undergo unexpected changes. For example, if a family member died during the engagement period. The wedding would be postponed. One reason was to show..
Ontdek meerThe Drung nationality: Eating
4 november 2013
Drungs have two meals a day by convention. They have “chaomian” or roasted potato as breakfast and corn as supper with something convenient to appease hunger at noon. They have many ways to make food..
Ontdek meerChinese Feng Shui
2 november 2013
Integration of the feng-shui stories The mathematical demonstration of the Yellow River Chart and the Luo River Chart The ancient feng-shui theory gave rise to the mystery of “The Book of Chnages”, and some ideas..
Ontdek meerThe Legend of Graves and Buried in Hole
2 november 2013
In Chinese culture, there are many legends about fengshui. In order to live and work in peace and contentment, the primitives were encouraged to practice choosing the living places and building the houses continuously. The..
Ontdek meerThe development of primitive men is always the mystery in Chinese culture for the archeologists or even the foreign students who study Chinese in China. The primitive men’s conditions have made future progress in the..
Ontdek meerThe foreign students who start to learn Chinese in China could start to learn Chinese culture with the story from Zhou Dynasty. These interesting stories often encourage the foreigners to study Chinese in China and..
Ontdek meerThe Formation of the Tradition Chinese Opera
2 november 2013
The origin of Chinese is a combination of various art forms ranging from the folk dance, comic drama, arts of talking and singing, therefore, for students to learn Chinese in China the exact date of..
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