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Chinese civil servant： golden handcuffs

College student Wang Zixu was among the 1.1 million hopefuls who packed out school and universities across China on Sunday to sit the country's civil service exams.
上周日，中国各大院校挤满了上百万满怀期望的考生，准备参加全国公务员考试。大学生王子旭（音译）也是其中一员。

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Jane Zhang—If Go On Loving

如果爱下去（rúɡuǒ ài xiàqù）If Go On Loving Singer: Jane Zhang      Album：the one
街头那一对和我们好像 （jiētóu nàyíduì hé wǒmén hǎoxiànɡ）
这城市华灯初上（zhè chénɡshì huádēnɡchūshànɡ）
多两个人悲剧散场 （duōliǎnɡɡèrén bēijù sànchǎnɡ）
放开拥抱就各奔一方 （fànɡkāi yōnɡbào jiù ɡèbēn yìfānɡ）
看着他们我就湿了眼眶（kànzhetāmén wǒjiù shīle yǎnkuànɡ）
不回头两个方向 （bùhuítóu liǎnɡɡe fānɡxiànɡ）
流着泪的破碎脸庞 （liúzhelèi de pòsuì liǎnpánɡ）
仿佛我们昨天又重逢 （fǎnɡfó wǒmén zuótiān yòuchónɡfénɡ）
很久以前如果我们 （hěnjiǔ yǐqián rúɡuǒwǒmén）
爱下去会怎样 （ài xiàqù huì zěnyànɡ）
最后一次相信地久天长 （zuìhòuyícì xiānɡxìn dìjiǔtiānchánɡ）
曾在你温暖手掌 （cénɡ zài nǐ wēnnuǎn shǒuzhǎnɡ）
不需要想象 （bùxūyào xiǎnɡxiànɡ）
以后我漫长的孤单流浪 （yǐhòu wǒ mànchánɡ de ɡūdānliúlànɡ）
很久以前如果我们 （hěnjiǔyǐqián rúɡuǒ wǒmén）
爱下去会怎样 （ài xiàqù huì zěnyànɡ）
毫无疑问爱情当作信仰 （háowúyíwèn àiqínɡ dānɡzuò xìnyǎnɡ）
可是生活已经是 （kěshì shēnɡhuó yǐjīnɡ shì）
另一番模样 （lìnɡyìfān múyànɡ）
我希望永远学不会坚强 （wǒ xīwànɡ yǒnɡyuǎn xuébúhuì jiānqiánɡ）
看着他们我就湿了眼眶 （kànzhe tāmen wǒjiùshīleyǎnkuànɡ）
不回头两个方向 （bùhuítóu liǎnɡɡe fānɡxiànɡ）
流着泪的破碎脸庞 （liúzhelèi de pòsuì liǎnpánɡ）
仿佛我们昨天又重逢 （fǎnɡfó wǒmén zuótiān yòu chónɡfénɡ）
很久以前如果我们 （hěnjiǔyǐqián rúɡuǒ wǒmén）
爱下去会怎样 （ài xiàqù huì zěnyànɡ）
最后一次相信地久天长（zuìhòu yícì xiānɡxìn dìjiǔtiānchánɡ）
曾在你温暖手掌（cénɡzài nǐ wēnnuǎn shǒuzhǎnɡ）
不需要想象 （bù xūyào xiǎnɡxiànɡ）
以后我漫长的孤单流浪 （yǐhòu wǒ mànchánɡ de ɡūdān liúlànɡ）
很久以前如果我们 （hěnjiǔyǐqián rúɡuǒ wǒmén）
爱下去会怎样 （àixiàqù huìzěnyànɡ）
毫无疑问爱情当作信仰 （háowúyíwèn àiqínɡ dānɡzuò xìnyǎnɡ）
可是生活已经是 （kěshì shēnɡhuó yǐjīnɡ shì）
另一番模样 （lìnɡyìfān múyànɡ）
我希望永远学不会坚强 （wǒ xīwànɡ yǒnɡyuǎn xuébúhuì jiānqiánɡ）
街头那一对和我们好像（jiētóu nàyíduì hé wǒmén hǎoxiànɡ）
放开拥抱就各奔一方（fànɡkāiyōnɡbào jiù ɡèbēn yìfānɡ）

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Pavilions 亭

Today I'd like to make an introduction of Pavilion, one of the most amazing traditional architecture in China. A common sight in the country, the Chinese pavilion (ting, which means also a kiosk) is built normally either of wood or stone or bamboo and may be in any of several plan figures– square, triangle, hexagon, octagon, a five-petal flower, a fan and what not. But all pavilions described as ting have this in common: they have columns to support the roof, but no walls. In parks or at scenic spots, pavilions are built on slopes to command the panorama or on lakeside to create intriguing images in the water. They are not only part of the landscape but also belvederes from which to enjoy it.

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Qingming festival / Tomb Sweeping Day

Tomb-sweeping Festival (Chinese:清明节), or Qingming Festival in Chinese, is a festival to worship ancestors and deceased relatives in China usually falls on April 4 or April 5. Tomb-sweeping Festival can be traced back to Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770BC- 256BC), with a history of over 2500 years. According to the tradition, people eat cold food during this festival.

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纪传体 Biographic-thematic type (of historiography)

The jizhuanti 纪传体 "biographic-thematic type" is a literary type in Chinese historiography in which history is dealt with in biographies and thematic treatises. The standard histories written in this historiographic type are the official dynastic histories (zhengshi 正史), but there are also other histories – mainly dynastic histories – written in this type of history. There are three types of biographies and two types of treatises:

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Winter Solstice Festival

Origin of the Festival
The Winter Solstice Festival, which comes on December 22nd or December 23rd, is also called "Winter Festival". According to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, one year can be divided into 24 solar terms, and the Winter Solstice is one. Since China is located in the Northern Hemisphere and the sun shines directly on Tropic of Capricorn on that day, the day of the Northern Hemisphere is the shortest all the year around on this day. Then the sun moves towards the Tropic of Cancer gradually after, the daytime of China being longer and longer. Therefore, the Winter Solstice is one of the most important solar terms. After this festival, the "yang" (a term of the principle in nature) will start slowly picked up.

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Fengshen yanyi 封神演义 The Investiture of the Gods

Attributed to Xu Zhonglin 许仲琳 (d. 1566) or to Lu Xixing 陆西星 (d. 1601), this novel also called Fengshenbang 封神榜 of the type of a historical romance is a great fantasy about the overthrow of the bad, depraved ruler Zhou 纣 of the Shang Dynasty 商 by King Wu of Zhou 周武王. The sources for this novel include oral and written material about Daoist heroes and gods, monsters and spirits that assist King Wu in subduing the bad ruler or help bad King Zhou to resist the heaven appointed rebel. Inspired by his fox-ghost concubine Daji 妲己 (not Danji!), king Zhou murders his loyal ministers and even his own son. After the downfall of Shang, the suicide of king Zhou and the exorcism of Daji by Jiang Ziya 姜子牙, King Wu enfeoffs all his followers with a part of the kingdom, creating the Zhou feudal system. The deceased and killed heroes (the "gods" of the title), even the enemies, are invested with a heavenly constellation.
The novel is well-composed and organized in an endless sequence of battles between the heroes that are not only fighting with weapons but also with words, trying to persuade the opponent to follow the justified side. The monotony of the endless battles makes the book a quite boring lecture, even if the author tries to introduce unexpected elements like suddenly joining Daoist magicians or even Buddhist deities.
 

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