Ancient times, in the north of the country, there is a magnificent towering Chengdu contained Tianshan mountains there lived a giant called Kuafu family clan. Kuafu tribe leader called braggadocio, he was extremely tall, Litaiwuqiong, strong-willed, the extraordinary spirit. At that time, the world' [ ...閱讀全文 ]
青松、翠竹和冬梅這三種植物在寒冷的冬天也能顯示出勃勃生機,被稱為「歲寒三友」。Pine, bamboo and plum thrive through the cold winter days. They are dubbed as "Three Friends in Cold Weather".松樹是一種生命力極強的常青樹,人們賦予它意志剛強,堅貞不屈的品格。中國民間將它作為長壽的代表。Pines are ever-gre [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Jieqi (or solar terms)are days marking one of the 24 time zones of the solar year in traditional Chinese calendar. Jieqi was used to indicate the alternation of seasons and climate changes in ancient China. It is a unique component and creative invention of Chinese traditional calendar.節氣是 [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Introduction介紹Mahjongis a game for four players that originated in China. A Korean variation allows for three players as well as some variations in Japan and Malaysia. It is known as three player mahjong. By far, the most common form of mahjong is that played by no more nor less than four pl [ ...閱讀全文 ]
Who is Confucius(孔子kǒng zǐ)?子(zǐ) is respectful form of address in ancient China reserved for those with moral integrity and knowledge. Kong Zi, known as Confucius, was a Chinese educator and thinker who lived more than 2,000 years ago. His surname was Kong and his full name was Kong Qiu. He w [ ...閱讀全文 ]
A modern Chinese usually has a surname (「family name」)or xing and a given name (「first name」or「Christian name」),or ming(or mingzi),always in that order.Thus Deng Xiaoping is Mr. Deng with the personal name Xiaoping the same way John Jones is Mr. Jones with the personal name John.現代中國 [ ...閱讀全文 ]
What are the people in the pictures doing? Dancing? Boxing? Or practicing gymnastics? It looks like none of those.In recent years, more people have discovered and fallen in love with Chinese tai chi chuan(太極拳).But why do people find it so fascinating?Tai chi chuan is a system of boxing skills, a [ ...閱讀全文 ]