Eight-Part Essay 八股文
It was one hundred years since the abrogation of the stereotyped writing as the typical types of writing of Imperial examination.the understanding of the stereotyped writing is completely negative. But it’s not surethat this system was disappeared absolutely in the Continue Reading
Fashion Timeline of Chinese Women Clothing中国女性服装的演变
Chinese clothing has approximately 5,000 years of history behind it, but regrettably I am only able to cover 2,500 years in this fashion timeline. I began with the Han dynasty as the term hanfu (meaning: dress of ethnic Chinese Continue Reading
The origin of Spring festival in China
It is said that the custom of Spring Festival started in when people offered sacrifice to ancestors in the last month of the lunar calendar. At that time, people prepared the sacrifice by doing thorough cleaning, having bathes and Continue Reading
What is Spring festival in China?
Chinese spring festival is Chinese new year, which is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays in China. In Chinese name it is called春节(Chūnjié),since the spring season in Chinese calendar starts with lichun, the first solar term in Continue Reading
Poyang Lake
Póyáng Hú — 鄱阳湖 Poyang Lake (Chinese: 鄱阳湖; pinyin: Póyáng Hú), located in Jiangxi Province, was once the largest freshwater lake in China. It once had a surface area of about 3,500 km², a volume of 25 km³ and Continue Reading
Chinese Sweep Tomb on qingming清明祭祖
Ancestor worship is a Chinese tradition dating back thousands of years. Known as theGrave-sweeping(扫墓sǎo mù)or Spring Remembrance, Ching Ming (“clear and bright”), is when Chinese families show their respect by visiting the graves of their ancestors to Continue Reading
Do you Know the Origin on Qingming/Cold Food Festival?清明节的来源
寒食节是在清明节的前一天,古人常把寒食节的活动延续到清明,久而久之,清明取代了寒食节。拜介子椎的习俗也变成了清明扫墓的习俗了。无论以何种形式纪念,为了使纪念祖先的仪式更有意义,我们应该让年轻一代的家庭成员了解先人过去的奋斗历史,当然,还要学习介子椎宁死不屈的气节。 The Cold Food Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated for three consecutive days starting the day before the Qingming Festival in the Chinese Calendar. 寒食节是清明节前的一个传统节日。寒食节亦称“禁烟节”、“冷节”、“百五节”,在夏历冬至后一百零五日,清明节前一二日。是日初为节时,禁烟火,只吃冷食。 Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Zhui, who lived Continue Reading
Spring outing and Planting in Qingming Festival清明节踏青植树
所以这就是清明节植树的原因。清明节也成为中国最重要的传统节日之一。 Do you know why people all out in Qingming Festival? And why people planting in this day? As the saying goes: melon seeds before and after the tomb-sweeping day, the kind of beans. 一听清明节就想到扫墓,很严肃吧,其实完全相反,清明节是一年当中除了春节最热闹的节气,踏青、荡秋千、蹴鞠、植树等等。你今年的清明节小长假要怎么过呢? Outing踏青 Outing also Continue Reading
24 Solar Terms: Grain Rain(Gu yu) 24节气之谷雨
The most significant weather feature around “Grain Rain” is the big differencesbetween morning temperatures and night temperatures. It’s important not to catch acold. People should also pay attention to symptoms like hay fever, allergic rhinitis andallergic asthma. Grain Continue Reading
Last Solar Term in Spring: Grain Rain(谷雨Gǔyù)
The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (节气). Grain rain (谷雨Gǔyù) is the 6th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 30° and ends when it reaches the longitude Continue Reading