This is the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. Today I will introduce the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mid-autumn Day (中秋节 zhōngqiū jié), or Mid-autumn Festival, falls on the fifteenth day of the lunar August, the middle of the autumn, usually happens between the Continue Reading
Lou (water clock) is an idiom used by ancient Chinese equivalent to today’s “clock”. Zhonghu Dilou is also called clepsydra or water clock. The time-measuring device consists of several kettles filled with water, which are usually connected together. There Continue Reading
The Bronze Jian (utensil containing ice) is considered the earliest and most primitive green “refrigerator” ever found in the world by far. It is unearthed in 1977 from Zeng Hou Yi tomb in Sui County, Hubei province. It is Continue Reading
The Lingqu Canal (灵渠 Líng qú) is located in Xing’an County, near Guilin, in Guangxi Province, China. In 214 BC, Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.), ordered the construction of a canal connecting Continue Reading
The dagger-axe or ge was developed from agricultural stone implement during the Neothilic, dagger-axe made of stone are found in the Longshan culture (3000–2000 BC) site at Miaodian, Henan. It also appeared as ceremonial and symbolic jade weapon at Continue Reading
The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils(天龙八部Tiānlóng Bābù) is a famous and long Wuxia novel by Louis Cha. It was first published on 3 September, Year 1963 on the newspapers Ming Pao in Hong Kong/Chinese and Nanyang Siang Pau in Singapore and ran Continue Reading
d. When all of the coca in the pan evaporates, add chicken powder and cut shallot. Remove the cooked food into the plate. 1. Scrambled egg with tomato (西红柿炒鸡蛋 xīhóngshì chǎo jīdàn) Materials: two median-size tomatoes, two eggs, Continue Reading
After witnessing the various struggles for possession of the manual, Di Yun finally understands the dark nature and greed of Man. He returns with Qi Fang’s orphaned daughter, Kong Xincai, to the snowy valley where he decides to settle Continue Reading
As typical of many of his other Wuxia novels, Jin Yong implemented elements of history in the story, including characters such as the founder of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang, Chang Yuchun, Zhang Sanfeng and factual organisations Continue Reading
The “ghost” retells his story and reveals that he has been betrayed by his former disciple, who is actually Ji, and forced into exile. He reveals himself as the hermit whom Li Wenxiu had saved earlier. Ji and the Continue Reading
