Tag: Kultur

中国的数字手势 Number Gestures in China

Hand gestures are used throughout the world, but the same gesture can have different meanings in different cultures. Most cultures have similar gestures for the numbers one to five, but Chinese cultures also have gestures for six to ten. All number gestures are commonly used in commerce or day-to-day communication.

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Popular Word – 剩女

shuĭ huò
水货
Gray import goods; smuggled goodsshăn hūn
闪婚
Flash marriage. This Chinese term originated in the early 21st century to describe a marriage between partners who wed after knowing one another for less than 7 months.

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孔子 Confucius

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 was born into a fallen noble family in the State of Lu(now Shandong province).He was intelligent and loved learning since childhood. He became a learned and accomplished man.

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About the Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguro Kingdom 高句丽王朝

The ancient  Koguro Kingdom(高句丽王朝Gāogōulí wángcháo), known as the Gaojuli Kingdom, was first built in 37 B.C in Han Dynasty and fell to the Silla-Tang alliance in 668 A.D. The city was sacked several times until the rise of the 19th ruler king Gwanggae to the Great, who greatly expanded Koguro’s territory and made it a formidable power in the northeast Asia. The boundary of the kingdom in its heyday even covered the whole area of present North Korea and Northeast China.

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