Chinese Custumes

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Pingju评剧

hockeykul Feb 19, 2017 5 min read

   In the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923), Jingshi Theatrical Troupe, which founded this type of drama, performed in Tianjin. Because the dramas they performed contained new meanings of punishing evil-doers and praising good-doers, warning and converting…

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Yellow rubber ducks have popped up in all China

hockeykul Feb 19, 2017 2 min read

   也许这是无法避免的结果,这只6层楼高的黄色橡皮鸭人气之高,虽然目前正版的大黄鸭还在香港的维多利亚港游荡,但并不妨碍中国内地的许多城市抄袭。 Perhaps it was inevitable. Given the huge popularity of the six-story, yellow rubber ducky that’s been bobbing around in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, companies in a number of…

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Chinese religion: Two Heavens

hockeykul Feb 19, 2017 2 min read

   Two branches of “heaven” study soon emerged: astronomy and astrology. Both disciplines influenced themes in Chinese philosophy, such as the Uniformity of Heaven and Man (天人合一 tiānrén héyī) and…

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How to Change the Ringback Tone of Chinese Celphone

hockeykul Feb 19, 2017 4 min read

   Whether you like it or not, there’s a chance your own Chinese cell phone has a ringback tone, and you’ve been torturing your friends with a polytonic symphony every…

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Huangmei Opera -Famous Chinese local opera黄梅戏

hockeykul Feb 19, 2017 5 min read

   During the First China Shakespeare Festival in 1986, audiences both at home and abroad watched with respect and inteest an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado about Nothing” presented by…