As the Chinese proverb goes that “Those living on a mountain live off the mountain”. Mountain God is a deity widely worshipped in China. It is especially adored by people living in the mountainous areas or the forests. They are convinced that only by the blessing of Mountain God, can they live a prosperous life. […]
Life is concluded with the funeral. In China, many specific rules and regulations relate to the clothes people wear for mourning. In Chinese villages today, mourning apparel is still common. If an old person died, his or her eldest son and daughter-in-law are supposed to be dressed in deep mourning, i.e. to wear gunny clothes, […]
In Chinese, there is a special dream called the golden miller dream. It is from The Dream on the Pillow by Shen Jiji of the Tang Dynasty. A discontented poor scholar named Lu Sheng yearned all day long for an official position and a distinguished career. He met an inn in Handan a Taoist priest […]
Dumplings (Jiaozi) are Chinese favorite food in China, especially in the north. The foreigners who have come to china always can’t forget dumplings. During the Spring Festival-the Lunar New Year-no food is more festive than dumplings. The following is a recipe for making dumplings. First, have the following ingredients ready: one cup (150 gm.) chopped […]
“Nuo” Dance is one of the oldest Chinese traditional dances. In the primitive society, during work breaks, people gathered together to entertain themselves by imitating the fight of human beings against beasts, which actually was part of their daily life. On this basis, “Nuo” Dance came into being. Later on, it developed into a kind […]
Ancient Chinese called the pine trees, the bamboo and the plum flowers the “three friends in winter”. As we know, pine trees are evergreen, cold-resistant and lives a long life. It is a symbol of longevity and firmness. Bamboo is tall and erect, delicate and simple and evergreen in all the four seasons. It is […]
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 snails. The best Longjing tea is produced on the Lion Mountain in Hangzhou, and is named Lion Peak Longjing Tea. […]
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 weaving machine. An agricultural country from the ancient times, China has the tradition of men working in the fields while […]
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 words, the entirety of the universe is composed of just a few simple elements. Chinese characters are this way as […]
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 both nature and human affairs were governed by a kind of mystical force. As a result, divination was commonly used […]