Customs of the Double-Ninth Festival
2013-11-06
During the festival, drinking chrysanthemum wine is a popular custom. The wine is made of steeping chrysanthemum in the alcohol, but the method varies in different times. In the Jin Dynasty, people mix the leaves..
Dowiedz się więcejClose in upon the defeated enemy and it will strike back; let it go and its position will weaken. Follow it closely but do not press too hard. Fritter away its strength and sap its..
Dowiedz się więcejMountain God
2013-11-06
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..
Dowiedz się więcejWhat to wear in a funeral
2013-11-06
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,..
Dowiedz się więcejGolden Millet Dream
2013-11-06
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..
Dowiedz się więcejHow to make dumplings
2013-11-06
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..
Dowiedz się więcejNuo Dance
2013-11-06
“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..
Dowiedz się więcejThree friends in winter
2013-11-06
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..
Dowiedz się więcejTen Best and Most Well-known Kinds of Tea
2013-11-06
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..
Dowiedz się więcejTextile
2013-11-06
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..
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