"NAN Jing(难经 Nànjīng)," or "The Yellow Emperor's Canon of 81 Difficult Issues," is one of the most important classics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It seeks to explain and clarify some seemingly unfathomable statements in "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon," the earliest surviving text on the theories and practices of TCM, dating back more than 2,300 years.
Tag: Traditional Chinese
Cheongsam（旗袍）
Cheongsam（旗袍qípáo） is one type of traditional Chinese female costumes. It is featured by stand collar, right side opening, fitting waist and
Historical Hair Ornaments and Their Social Connotations历史上的发饰及其社会内涵
Hairpins（发簪fàzān） and hair clasps were everyday embellishments(装饰品zhuāngshìpǐn) in old China. During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), women's hair ornaments expressed traditional Chinese thought and culture in exquisite, sophisticated techniques.
Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival (Chinese:端午节), or Duanwu Festival in Chinese, is a grand and statutory festival celebrated on the May 5th of the Chinese lunar calendar. Dragon Boat Festival has a history of about 2500 years according to the popular story saying that it is a festival to commemorate the great patriotic poet Quanyuan (339BC- 278BC) of Chu State in Warring States Period (475BC- 221BC).
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.
Chinese Festival——Introduction
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 (Chinese:农历); 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 reunion.
Chinese Culture: Traditional Chinese Musical (中国传统乐器)
Today, I will introduce the Chinese tradition musical. The Chinese national musical instrument is the key part in Chinese music. With a long history standing, there are a series of national instruments developed in China.
Chinese Culture: A Brief History of Chinese Music
Chinese music interwove with dances in its early time, and developed into an independent art category in Xia Dynasty (夏朝 xiàcháo) which is also the beginning of the times of bells and drums lasting for 1300 years.
Abacus
As a traditional Chinese calculation tool and an important ancient Chinese invention, the abacus is widely used before the invention of Arabic numerals in the world.
Chinese actress Sun Li got International Emmy Award
Chinese actress Sun Li recently was nominated for an International Emmy in the Best Actress category for her role in the television drama The Back Palace: Legend of Zhen Huan.
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