Take advantage of the enemy’s internecine fight and make use of its weakness and lack of judgment. Sui: At nightfall, return home to rest. A regular element in offensive operations, surprise can be effected by..
Dowiedz się więcejThe Spring Transportation
2013-11-06
Each year, when the Spring Festival is coming, Chinese people will rush to come back home to reunite. From the south to the north, from the city to the village, the whole country will pass..
Dowiedz się więcejChinese Seals
2013-11-06
If you’ve noticed the emblem of the 2008 Olympic Games, you may know it is a Chinese seal. Seal cutting is based on Chinese calligraphy. It takes Chinese characters as its form of expression, using..
Dowiedz się więcejChinese table manners
2013-11-06
A Chinese dinner host will not expect a visitor to know all of the traditions associated with a Chinese meal. But the visitor who knows some of them will “gain” face and give “face” to..
Dowiedz się więcejThe elegance of tea-drinking
2013-11-06
Chinese think that tea drinking is a very sophisticated pastime. In Chinese classical novels, if someone drinks tea out of a big cup to quench his thirst, the action is called “drink”, like a cow..
Dowiedz się więcejThe phrase “remaining indifferent whether granted favor or subjected to humiliation” describes a person as having the peace of mind to carry on as usual regardless of finding oneself in a favorable or unfavorable situation…
Dowiedz się więcejThe reputation of dogs
2013-11-06
Many westerners don’t understand why Chinese people eat dogs. After some of them have studied Chinese, they realized that the word “dog” is used in many derogatory expressions. Some of those are “a running dog”,..
Dowiedz się więcejMonth-old Celebration
2013-11-06
In China, the 1st important event for the newly born baby is the one-month celebration. In Buddhist or Taoist families, on the morning of the baby’s 30th day, sacrifices are offered to the gods so..
Dowiedz się więcejThe Development of Ancient Chinese Weapons
2022-10-06
In China, ancient weapons were developed out of tools in the Neolithic Age. Needs of living and hunt made the forefathers at that time create stone axes and stone knives. Later on, as an intertribal..
Dowiedz się więcejIt so happened during the Spring and Autumn Period that King Zhuang (?-951BC) of the State of Chu was feting his ministers when the lamps suddenly went out. Taking advantage of the darkness, someone among..
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