Chinese Culture & History

    The 12 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac’s Origin

    生肖不同,人的个性也不一样。生肖会尽可能告诉一个人的一生、爱情和婚姻的细节。The Shēngxiào, also known in English as the Chinese Zodiac, is a scheme, and a systematic plan of future action, that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year cycle. The 12 Chinese zodiac Continue Reading

    Chinese art:Ansai Waist Drum Dance 安塞腰鼓

    A special art——calledAnsai Waist Drum Dance(安塞腰鼓ān sāi yāo gǔ ), is a unique, large-scale folk dance with a history of more than 2,000 years. Like a hurricane sweeping across the yellow earth, the dance displays the unsophisticated and wild character Continue Reading

    Chinese Tea-Longjing龙井

    Grown in the ancient area of Hangzhou, in the Zhejiang Province, for more than a thousand years, Longjing is China’s most famous tea and it is often offered to heads of state.Imagine starting your day drinking such an exquisite tea! Continue Reading

    Chinese art: Nanyin Music——a traditional opera中国南音

    The main pitched instruments used in Nanyin music are dongxiao (a vertical flute), nanpa (a bent-neckpipa), erxian (a two-stringed vertical instrument), sanxian (a three-stringed plucked instrument and paiban (clappers). Featuring wind and string instruments such as the lute and Continue Reading

    Why Chinese like red中国人为什么喜欢红色

    From among a world of colors, red stands out the most in China. Chinese like red so much. The color red is fresh and pure, and in China we call it China Red. Chinese people are fascinated by the Continue Reading

    How to choose useful a Chinese name

    If you learn Chinese or come to China, you must want a meaningful Chinese name. You can make up your meaningful Chinese name according to your English name or hobby. Family name Favourite things/given name Chinese name Andresen Wind 安红枫ān Continue Reading

    Travel to Hong Kong 中国香港之旅

    Hong Kong is a morden city.but the city saw some great polical events. Hong Kong is often called the “Oriental Pearl”, deriving its name from the Xiangjiang River. The two Chinese characters in the name “Xiang” and “Gang” together Continue Reading

    Peking opera introduction京剧简介

    Peking opera is a traditional art in China.Beijing opera or Peking opera is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court. It is widely regarded as one Continue Reading

    Martial arts— — Shaolin Kung Fu 少林功夫

    Learning the Shaolin fundamentals makes a martial arts student more prepared for close quarters unarmed combat and is a great stepping stone to more advantages techniques and even other disciplines and martial arts styles. It is all about being Continue Reading

    Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

    A wooden dragon head is attached at the bow, and a dragon tail at the stern. A banner hoisted on a pole is also fastened at the stern and the hull is decorated with red, green and blue scales Continue Reading