What is the Start of Winter/Winter Begins？
The Chinese solar term is the carrier of agricultural customs. Though the history has passed, the culture still remains. The customs, though have no practical meaning any more, add interest to life. The four beginnings of season were important festivals Continue Reading
How to Calculate Start of Winter?
According to ancient records, there are three signs to look for that the Start of Winter period has begun. The first sign is that water begins to freeze. The second sign is that the ground has also begun to Continue Reading
The tradition of Start of Winter
The Customs of the Start of Winter in Benxi City Benxi of Liaoning Province is a multi-ethnic city. There are more than 20 nationalities living here, including Han, Manchu, Hui, North Koreans, and Mongolians. Among them, the population of Continue Reading
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Jiang Shi and His Wife 二十四孝：姜诗和妻子
As one of the cores of Chinese culture, “filiality” is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. A Yuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writer Guo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the Continue Reading
Chinese Festival: Winter Solstice Festival
In Hong Kong, most people finish work early on the festival and go home for lavish meals with their families. They’ll usually includetangyuan（汤圆tāng yuán）on the menu (a sweet soup with balls of sticky rice) because its name soulds like Continue Reading
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Huang Xiang 二十四孝：黄香
As one of the cores of Chinese culture, “filiality” is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. AYuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writerGuo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the Continue Reading
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Meng Zong 二十四孝：孟宗
As one of the cores of Chinese culture, “filiality” is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. AYuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writerGuo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the Continue Reading
24The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Huang Tingjian 二十四孝：黄庭
As one of the cores of Chinese culture, “filiality” is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. AYuan-dynasty(元朝Yuán Cháo) writerGuo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled Continue Reading
Art in China–Suzhou Embroidery
The pieces of embroidery on characters, animals and flowers, mountains and water are for appreciation. They can also be made into pictures, book marks, a set of hanging scrolls, etc. There are also the varieties of embroidery: single-side embroidery, Continue Reading
Changing an English Name into Chinese Name
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 aChinese name, it does not necessarily have to be a transliteration of an English name. Instead, a “real”Chinese namecan be adopted. This is much like Chinese people adopting common English names such as “Paul” or Continue Reading
