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In China’s history, towards the end of the Ming Dynasty, the banks of the Qinhuai River were home to eight courtesans, who were surpassingly beautiful. During the turmoil and upheaval which marked the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, their fate was tied to several famous and important people […]
A robber and an alms-begging monk were pursuing their way together when a tiger suddenly appeared from nowhere and pounced upon them. The robber immediately drew a bow. The tiger, however, was not afraid and kept closing in on them. As a last resort, the monk threw his alms book at the tiger, which immediately […]
The Hezhe nationality mainly lives in Heilongjiang Province. The Hezhe people speak Hezhe, a language with no written form, which belongs to the Altaic language family. According to the historical record, the Hezhe minority may date back to more than 6,000 years ago, when it was called “Sushen” in the pre-Qin period, “Heishui” in the […]
The people in Henan Province like the TV program “Spring in Theater” very much. It’s an opera singing competition. All the contestants were amateurs and most were women. The lead roles in most Henan operas are intended for women. The most popular piece women perform is from the opera “Hua Mulan”. Almost everyone, from a […]
Highlights of Chinese ethnic groups: The Korean Nationality The Korean Nationality mainly inhabits in Jilin Province, northeastern of China. The Korean people speak the Korean language of the Altaic language family. They are mainly engaged in agriculture, and they are well-known for planting in the cold north paddy rice, which is white, oily and nutritious. […]
Wearing sachets in Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese culture convention thorough China. Every Dragon Boat Festival, especially women and children wear sachets. Maybe this is a different way to pay the martrs to Qu Yuan and mourn over Qu Yuan’s death. Some of the sachets are exquisite. And there are lots of shapes […]
As we have introduced, there are many methods relating to the Feng Shui orientations, such as twenty eight Xiu, twelve Feng Ye, sixty Long, and Zuo Shan Jie Sha and so on. To sum up, we can obtain some understanding of them as follows: At first, the procedures of seeking for Long and observing Sha, […]
The foreign students who start to learn Chinese in China could start to learn Chinese culture with the story from Zhou Dynasty. These interesting stories often encourage the foreigners to study Chinese in China and it occurred to them that to understand the Chinese culture, those stories play an important role. Since the overseas come […]
The author of the book “The Qi-Peoples’ Essentials” was Sixie Jia, who was born in Yidu, Shandong province. He completed the famous agricultural masterpiece “The Qi-Peoples’ Essentials” during the years from 533A.D. to 544A.D, composed of the preface, the different versions, and the main text, which was composed of 92 pieces in all the 10 […]
As is recognized by people who’d like to study Chinese in China that it is not difficult to simply make a cup of tea; but the challenge lies in how to pour tea adequately and properly in tea-pouring, as to different types of tea, different approaches must be adopted. There are several basic criterions to […]