A man who asked his guest to stay for a cup of tea sent his servant to borrow some tea leaves from his neighbors. When the water started to boil he poured in some water, waiting for the return of the servant. Before long, the water started boiling again, so he had to pour in […]
The Nadun Festival is a time of socialization and entertainment for the Tu people to celebrate a good harvest. Starting at the end of summer harvest, the festival lasts for about two months till the arrival of autumn. It is considered as “the longest carnival in the world”. The annual festival consists of collective activities […]
When procession bearing the dowry reached the bridegroom’s family, there would be a great din of drums, pipes and fireworks over the sky to welcome its arrival. It was a complex process for people to unload the dowries. Usually a close relative of the bride’s family would present a list of the items and read […]
There are some cases of choosing the directions in the feng-shui divinations. One is “choosing the directions” through “the 24 ways”. That is the sum of the 4 trigrams from the Earlier Eight Trigrams—Qian, Kun and Xun, the 8 Heavenly Stems of “jia, yi, bing, ding, geng, xin, ren, gui” (there are actually 10 Heavenly […]
At the cloudless and tranquil night in summer, look up in the night sky, the sky is full of the shining stars and a white belt is across the north and south. It looks like the Milky Way. The Vega is located on the east of the Milky Way. It shines with blue light. There […]
Ze Ju is an important part in Chinese culture or even to the world. It has attracted many experts’ attention on it. The doctor Lai Chuan Chang Jiu who is a cultural anthropologist in Japan has written a famous book named The Family Tree : the Han Peoples’ Family Tree in the south of China•Feng […]
Owing to the rich Chinese culture, majority of overseas are fighting to learn Chinese in China recent years. Before the preparation to study Chinese in China, they have already familiar with the history of Chinese culture. Thus, they could understand these historic stories in Zhou Dynasty about vassals more easily. When you came to study […]
During the East Jin dynasty, the pastoral poetry came into being and was further developed in this period, Yuanming Tao‘s works were typical representatives of the highest achievement of this sphere. Therefore, as introduced on programs which introduces how to study Chinese in China, it’s of crucial importance for you to start to study Mandarin […]
The famous Bian Que( originally named Qin Yueren), who was unanimously considered to be born in the Qi kingdom during the Warring States Period and was the first medical scientist to be taken down into the formal Chinese medical history, thus making him an important figure to be introduced to friends who’d like to study […]
The musical instruments can be seen by friends who’d like to learn Chinese in China as the most substantial testimonies of the existence of Chinese ancient music, there are mainly four categories of musical instruments in China. The first wind instrument to be introduced to those who’d like to study Chinese in China is the […]