Today, we'll have a brief introduction of Tiananmen. The Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, is said to be the biggest square in the world. It is 880 meters from north to south, and 500 meters from east to west, with total area of 440,000 square meters and can hold one million people. The Tiananmen Gate Tower sites at the north, the Five-Star Red Flag flies high on the square, the Monument to the People's Heroes dominates the center, the Great Hall of the People and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution and the Museum of Chinese History to the east and west of it, as well as The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and the Qianmen gate, sit in the south of the square. Over several hundred years, in front of the Tiananmen, many democracy meetings and demonstrations are held. Tens of thousands of people visit daily. The Square is listed top among Beijing's 16 scenic spots.
Category: Chinese customs
Zhang Ziyi：2013 Best Actress at Golden Horse Awards
Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi won the best leading actress award at the Golden Horse Awards, considered the Chinese-language Oscars, for her performance in the film "The Grandmaster."
Chinese Astrology 中国式占卜
What is Chinese Astrology It's been a long time since Chinese astrology appeared. Chinese astrology is based on the traditional astronomy and calendars. The development of Chinese astrology is tied to that of astronomy, which came to flourish during the Han(汉 hàn) Dynasty. Chinese astrology has a close relation with Chinese philosophy and uses the principles of yin(阴 yīn) and yang(阳 yáng) and concepts that are not found in Western astrology, such as the wu xing teachings, the 10 Celestial stems, the 12 Earthly Branches, the lunisolar calendar, and the time calculation after year, month, day and shichen(时辰 shíchén).
About the Longquanfu
In the Site of the capital of State of Bohai, local government located in northeastern part of Tang Empire
24 Solar Term: The Autumn Equinox 秋分
On the Chinese lunar calendar, “Autumn Equinox（秋分 Qiū fēn） ” is the beginning of autumn and this day is just at the middle point between “ Autumn Begins（秋至 Qiūzhì ） ” to “ Hoar-Frost Falls（霜降 Shuāngjiàng ） ”. After “Autumn Equinox”, the temperature decreases obviously, just like the old proverbs among the farmers, “ Each autumn rain makes it’s colder（一阵秋雨一阵寒 Y ízhèn qiūyǔ y ízhèn hán ） ”, “ The night of White Dews and Autumn Equinox, one night is colder than the one before（白露秋分夜，一夜冷一夜 Báilù qiū fēn yè, y íyè lěng y íyè ） ”. It arrives on September 22 to September 23 each year when the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 180 degrees. As said in the ancient Chinese books, “the Autumn Equinox” shows the Yin Qi（阴气 Yīnqì ） and Yang Qi（阳气Y ángqì ） are half and half on this day”. This means the day and night are balanced and the heat and the cold are even. There is no polar day or polar night happening on this day on every corner of the world. In some part of the north-east China, it’s not strange to see frost at this time. The differences between the temperature in the morning and in the night are increasing, to more than 10 degree Celsius. The amount of rainfall decreases and it’s getting drier and drier in the air.
Door-God Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong Spring Festival Paintings by Tantou 门神
Door-God（门神：Ménshén） is a Chinese decoration placed on each side of an entry to a temple, home, business, etc., which is believed to keep evil spirits from entering. This custom dates back to the Tang Dynasty, whose founder Emperor Tang Taizong (599—649AD) honored two of his most loyal generals – Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde by having their painted portraits hung on his front door. Ordinary families soon adopted the imperial custom, putting woodblock prints of the ever-vigilant generals on their front gates in the hope of attracting good luck and fending off evil spirits. The Door-God business soon spread throughout China, adding other folklore heroes and mythological figures to the repertoire.
The Appearance and Development of Primitive Tribes
The New Stone Age was featured by the primitive agriculture and livestock husbandry and was mainly marked by the polishing stone wares and crockery. The emergence of the primitive agriculture and livestock has the epoch-making significance as the greatest economic revolution besides the mastery of fire in the human history.
Embroidery in China 刺绣
As a folk art with a long tradition, Embroidery（刺绣：cì xiù） occupies an important position in the history of Chinese arts and crafts. It is, in its long development, inseparable from silkworm-raising and silk-reeling and weaving.
Yang Can’s tomb杨粲墓
Located in Huangfengzui(皇坟嘴 Huáng fén zuǐ ), Yang Can's tomb is is about 10 km north to Zunyi County of Guizhou Province.
The Lantern Festival 元宵节
The Lantern Festival(元宵节 Yuánxiāo jié) falls on fiftheen day of the first lunar month. It is one of the traditional festivals in China. The Lantern Festival has a history of 2000 years, which is the first vital festival after Spring Festival. According to the Chinese folks’ tradition, on that day people will hang thousands of lanterns to celebrate the festival. It can be exciting to go out and enjoy the glorious of the full moon and guess the lantern riddles, or just stay at home with your family eating the sweet dumplings and see the TV show.
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