Study Chinese: Pictophonetic Characters
November 5, 2013
The individual components of associative compounds represent meaning. In the pictophonetic characters, some components represent the character’s meaning and others represent its pronunciation. For example, “财(cai)”, “帐(zhang)”, “货(huo)” all have the character “贝” (bei) and..
Tìm hiểu thêmStudy Chinese: change – Chinese characters and the human
November 5, 2013
According to the legend, when Cangjie created Chinese characters, he noticed not only everything in the universe, but also the human race itself. Chinese characters, therefore, reflect not only the Chinese people’s understanding of the..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe Dragon Boat Festival (V): the five plants of bliss in the world
November 5, 2013
In ancient times, when a family got together for a reunion on the Dragon Boat Festival, served on the table were Five Yellows: soy bean sprouts, yellow croakers, rice field eels, cucumbers and realgar wine,..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe Lantern Festival: A Chance for Lovers
November 5, 2013
The Lantern Festival also provided a good chance for lovers to meet each other. In the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1297) dynasties, unmarried girls in th boudoirs were not allowed to go out, but around..
Tìm hiểu thêmStudy Chinese: Couplet
November 5, 2013
福(fú) Another important part of celebrating the Spring Festival is putting up Spring Festival couplets. These red Spring Festival couplets, on which words are written, are pasted on doors and walls. The Chinese character most..
Tìm hiểu thêmStudy Chinese: Longevity
November 5, 2013
Study Chinese with Keats School: Longevity 寿(shòu) The top part of the character of the oracle bone script depicts an elderly person with a humpback, while the lower part consists of a hand(寸) and a mouth(口)…
Tìm hiểu thêmNational Clothes
November 5, 2013
There are three main types of clothing in China in the latest dozens of years: western-style clothes, traditional Chinese garments and National clothes. All of these exist together. Over the past two years in China,..
Tìm hiểu thêmAncient Chinese Jokes: What the guest says in reply
November 4, 2013
A man was staying at his father-in-law’s house very much beyond his time. one day, the impatient father-in-law finally said to him: “It’s nice of you to have come a long way to visit us…
Tìm hiểu thêmInteresting Chinese marriage: Posthumous Marriage
November 4, 2013
Even worse than antenatal betrothals was posthumous marriage. It was also called marriage of the dead, or ghost marriage, which meant unmarried but dead young men and women were married in the nether world by..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe profit of being a matchmaker
November 4, 2013
Matchmakers were supposed to be paid when they succeeded in arranging a marriage. If it happened that the in-laws were on good terms, the couple enjoyed a happy married life and the wife gave birth..
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