Nanjing: the most mournful city
November 5, 2013
A magazine ran a column on the special characteristics of different cities, and Nanjing earned a peculiar superlative as the most mournful city in China. They believed that Nanjing had suffered a painful story, and..
Tìm hiểu thêmShouldering rice for about 100 li
November 4, 2013
Zhongyou, with Zilu or Jilu his literary name, was one of the favorite disciples of Confucius and came from the State of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period. He ws straightforward, brave and filial…
Tìm hiểu thêmThe Tu Nationality: Eating
November 4, 2013
The Tu people mainly feed on highland barley, wheat and potato and make a dozen kinds of vegetables like radish, Chinese cabbage and lettuce. In their daily life, they have Chinese sauerkraut, with meat as..
Tìm hiểu thêmChinese wedding preparations: The lucky southeast direction
November 4, 2013
Before sending the dowries to the bridegroom’s home, the bride’s family would display all the dowries in the courtyard or on the empty ground. After the display, the trousseaux would be loaded onto the dowry..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe Pure Brightness Festival Qing Ming
November 2, 2013
Introduction The Pure Brightness Festival falls between April 4th and 6th in the Gregorian calendar and it is one of the most important and traditional festival in China. The harsh, withering winter is gone, while..
Tìm hiểu thêmAppreciating Chrysanthemums
November 2, 2013
Drinking chrysanthemum wine Drinking chrysanthemum wine and appreciating chrysanthemum are main Chinese culture customs, too. According to a book named Xi Jing Za Ji wrote by Liu Xin of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe Importance of the Water in Feng Shui Culture in Chinese Culture
November 2, 2013
Zang Shu which was written by Guo Pu has described as “风水之法,得水为上” (It means that the water depends on the fate of the Feng Shui culture.) according to the theory of Feng Shui which is..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe History that Zhou crusade against Dong Yi
November 2, 2013
The colorful history from Chinese culture could be a good reason to attract the foreigners to learn Chinese in China. Besides, to study Mandarin in China also provides more interesting histories from for them unexpectedly,..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe Downfall of the West Jin
November 2, 2013
The powerful nobilities and honorable clans in power headed by the“司马Sima”Clan lead an extremely luxurious ,befuddled and debauchery life depending on their political privileges and economic affluence. The rate of the extravagancy and dissolution was..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe Chinese Health Liquors
November 2, 2013
The word liquor is not merely an objective existence, but a symbol of the traditional culture, or of the bacchanal spirit. While for friends who are interested in Chinese and would like to study Chinese..
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