即使都是在中国，相同的英文名字在台湾和香港有时也会被翻译成不同的中国人名。一些研究人员认为，姓是一个中性词，不分男女，名字第三个字在台湾听起来像一个年轻姑娘，不太恰当，只有第二个字在香港是女士的名字，更合适。在韩国，日本，新加坡，马来西亚，泰国等国家，中国人名被翻译成另一种汉字，一些与中国相同，一些则不同。因此，将英文名字翻译成用汉字表示的中文名字是非常复杂的。但如果你按照每个国家的标准，它也非常简单。来自不同国家的相同英文名字具有不同的发音。中国有许多具有相同发音的汉字。甚至将海明威的音节海用中文“hai”的音节划分出来，也有至少5个非常常见的词与之匹配。一些外国人将自己的名字翻译成中文名字是按照语音学上来的：基于每一个音节的发音进行翻译。通常是每一个英文音节相当于一个汉字，有时也将其他汉字加入最后的辅音。翻译是基于“声音”或“发音”。然后挑选具有漂亮的构造和美好意义的汉字配合不同风格的中国书法。用中国毛笔书法写的翻译会更受欢迎。这种流行的方式在不同的翻译者之中可能会有所不同，然而，中文的发音都是非常接近的。    When choosing a Chinese name, it does not necessarily have to be a transliteration of an English name. Instead, a “real” Chinese name can be adopted. This is much like Chinese people adopting common Read More

   Generally speaking, the chronicle style is the more natural method to record historical events, and therefore, the veritable records (shilu 实录), the court annals, were written in this style. Quite contrary to that, Read More

   Chinese tradional culture comes from a very long history. It includes quite a lot of  details, so that it’s not so easy to understand all. The above three tips can only help you to mainly understand the Chinese tradional Read More

   清朝 qīngcháo：the first dynasty of Imperial China.    Confucian Temple is a gorgeous place which has a great reputation. And it is the place where Chinese officials in ancient times offered sacrifices to Confucius, the Read More

   The Introduction to Laba Festival     In China, December of the lunar calendar is called the La month（腊月là yuè）, so the date of December 8th is also the Laba Festival（腊八节là bā jié）. It is Read More

   The days of the year when frost appears vary a lot across China. There is no frost at all in some places, such as Hainan province and Taiwan, while there is frost even Read More

   “三月三”这个节日，是一个十分古老的节日。这个节日，不但在汉族地区流行，也还在许多少数民族地区盛传不衰。有人认为它就是古代上的上巳节。古时以夏历三月的第一个巳日为“上巳”。有人说起于周公曲水之宴，有人说起于周时的水滨祓禊。 The Double-Third Festival is an old festival. It is popular for both the Han people and many other ethnic groups. As for its orgin，one story says that the Double-Third Festival was exactly Read More

   Wearing Cornel Twigs (Dogwood)  The cornel (dogwood) is a species of evergreen arbor; it is heavy-scented plant whose fruit is edible and stock and leaves can be medicinal materials. They can expel insects, Read More

   While the Hani ethinic group inhabiting in Mount Ailao on the southern bank of the Red River referred to this day as the Day of Worshipping Dragons，with a moving folktale of two brave Read More

   It seemed that Cai Junmo was touched by the poem and withdrew the order. Though it is difficult to prove what really happened at that time, this significantly mirrors the fact that customs Read More