(Ⅰ)Chinese people’s love for the 12 animals
November 5, 2013
To represent years, China uses 12 different animals, each of which corresponds to one of the Earthy Branches. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig…
Tìm hiểu thêmLearn Chinese Ⅳ:Chinese Characters and Numbers
November 5, 2013
Four (si, “四”) It is interesting that the Chinese character for “four” was originally written in 4 horizontal lines, like “one two three”. Only later it was written in this way—“四”. Comparatively speaking, the number..
Tìm hiểu thêmLiaozhai
November 5, 2013
The word “liaozhai” first came from the book “liaozhai zhiyi” (1766; “Strange Stories from Liaozhai Studio”: “liaozhai” is the name of a place), which is a book of Pu Songling(1640-1715)—a famous Chinese fiction writer. It..
Tìm hiểu thêmThe Origin of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
November 5, 2013
It is said that the Mid-Autumn Festival has been in existence in China for more than 2,000 years. In ancient China, emperors followed the rite of offering sacrifices to the sun in the spring and..
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