Ten Best and Most Well-known Kinds of Tea
6 november 2013
The Chinese have enjoyed tea for millennia. There are 10 best and most well-known kinds of tea in China. Biluochun derives its name from its dried tea leaves, which are compressed tightly just like small..
Ontdek meerTextile
6 november 2013
Textile here refers to a folk handicraft of making fabrics by means of hand-spinning flax, silk, cotton and other fibers into yarn with a spinning wheel and then weaving it into cloth with a traditional..
Ontdek meerChinese Characters: From Simple to Complex
5 november 2013
About two thousand years ago, the Chinese philosopher Lao Zi remarked: “Dao gives rise to one; one gives rise to two; two gives rise to three , and three gives rise to myriad things.” In other..
Ontdek meerThe Origin of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions
5 november 2013
The earliest Chinese writing system that has been preserved to the present day is the oracle bone inscriptions, which dates back 3,000 years to China’s Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC). The ancient Chinese people believed that..
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: to compare – Chinese characters and the human
5 november 2013
According to the legend, when Cangjie created Chinese characters, he noticed not only everything in the universe, but also the human race itself. Chinese characters, therefore, reflect not only the Chinese people’s understanding of the..
Ontdek meerThe Dragon Boat Festival (IV): the dragon boat race
5 november 2013
There were countless boats, each of which had a dragon head and a dragon tail carved its hull (borrowing the implication of “wrath” from the figure of the dragon); 20 strong men were seated on..
Ontdek meerThe Lantern Festival: Illuminating Silkworms, Holding Torches and Displaying Colorful Lanterns
5 november 2013
There are a lot of folktales about the Lantern Festival, and the most believable one is that it originated from the custom of illuminating silkworm by peasants in the past. Illuminating silkworm fields meant that..
Ontdek meerStudy Chinese: Dumplings
5 november 2013
饺子 (jiǎo zi) On the Eve of the Spring Festival, Chinese people eat an important kind of food—dumplings “饺子”. Initially, they were called “交子” rather than “饺子”. In ancient times, the character “交” was like..
Ontdek meerYue Fei
5 november 2013
Yue Fei’s Mother Tattooed Characters on the Skin of Yue Fei Yue Fei was a patriotic military commander of the Southern Song Dynasty and a national hero in resisting the invading Jin people. As a..
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