A Chinese talented woman Li Qingzhao
2013-11-05
Li Qingzhao (1084-1155), self-titled Yi’an Jushi, is one of the most-talented women in China history in the literature field. Her life was a bittersweet story. She married Zhao Mingcheng and shared with him the love..
Dowiedz się więcejThe Simplification of Chinese characters
2013-11-05
Because of the long history of Chinese characters, the vast territory in which they were used, and the large population of people using them, the numbers of books and records written in Chinese continued to..
Dowiedz się więcejStudy Chinese: Pictographic Characters
2013-11-05
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..
Dowiedz się więcejThe Basic Strokes of Chinese Characters
2013-11-05
Learn Chinese: Some Chinese characters evolved from pictures. Indeed, many people describe writing Chinese characters as similar in feeling to painting. However, Chinese characters are not merely a random aggregation of lines. They must be..
Dowiedz się więcejThe best-known story about the Dragon Boat Festival is related to the commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278BC). He was born in the State of Chun in the Warring States Period (275-221BC), he became a minister..
Dowiedz się więcejSubtle Chinese Painting
2013-11-05
There is a type of literati painting from ancient China which is called “Impressionist painting”. This type of painting has two special traits. One tries to capture the “spirit” of the object being painted which..
Dowiedz się więcejStudy Chinese: Spring Festival
2013-11-05
Do you want to study Chinese? Today, we will introduce a character: 春(chūn) Usually, the Chinese festival first comes to people’s minds is the Spring Festival. This is the most important festival of the Chinese..
Dowiedz się więcejShanghai: East Meets West
2013-11-05
Shanghai shows different sides of herself to different people. It’s just like Shanghainese women: to Westerners they embody the mysterious East, and to Chinese they represent the fashionable West. In sum, the Shanghainese are the..
Dowiedz się więcejStudy Chinese: West
2013-11-05
西(xī) The sun sets in the west. After a day of work, people return home. And the birds, too, return to their nests. Therefore, the character “西” originally depicted a bird’s nest. Many metals are..
Dowiedz się więcejAncient Chinese jokes: God of Target
2013-11-04
A general who had gone out to battle was unable to stave off defeat when the God of the Target appeared to join his ranks and turned the tables on the enemy. Thereupon, the general..
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