Tag: Traditional Chinese

Chinese Festival 中国节日

Developed from remote antiquity, the splendid and colorful living context of that time is vividly presented in these unique and interesting customs of circulated festivals. Most traditional Chinese festivals took shape during Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) and major festivals greatly celebrated today were fixed by the time of Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.). Chinese traditional festivals are celebrated according to the  Chinese lunar calendar  or  Chinese agriculture calendar  (农历:nóng lì); Therefore, dates of each festival are varied in western calendar every year. But all festivals make no difference to be celebrated for good wishes for happiness, health, luck, wealth and most important, family reunio.

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Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – Human canvas

Liu Shichuan, 28, got drunk with a friend who’s a   tattoo  artist and woke up with mahjong tiles tattooed on his forearm five days ago. Baijiu clouded Liu’s memory, but his girlfriend recalled that he spent four hours at his friend’s tattoo shop near Yonghegong and paid about 4,000 yuan ($633) for a new stamp  on his skin. Luckily, Liu’s friend is skilled with the needle and Liu isn’t a tattoo neophyte . He made his ink debut getting clouds inspired by Monkey King on his ankles 10 years ago. "once you overcome the fear and pain of the first tattoo, you tend to want more," said Liu.

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