About Site of North Sima Gate
Geographical Location: On the top of Mount Jiujun, about 23 km northeast of Liquan County, in Shaanxi Province
Chinese food: The pattern it’s not…, it’s…
Sometimes you want to explain that an object, concept, or event isn't one thing, but in fact a different thing. This is the perfect structure to convey that in Chinese.
The well-known Women’s Writing
The Jiangyong Nv Shu(江永女书Jiāngyǒng nǚshū) is the only existing female characters in the world. It is a writing system exclusively used by women in the Jiangxu area of Jiangyong County of about 20,000 people in the south tip of Hunan. Nv Shu characters are rhomboid, with slim and regular strokes that look like ants and mosquitoes. As such, the characters are nicknamed(a nickname is an informal name for someone or something) "long-leg mosquito writing" or "ant writing". The characters are used only by women, so they are called "Nv Shu" (or "Women's Writing") in academia. It is known to experts and scholars that Jiangyong Nv Shu is an age-old writing system. But there are no historical relics or records about Nv Shu, the time of its origin cannot be traced.
Chinese phrase translation: 脱销 (tuōxiāo) out of stock
脱销 (tuōxiāo) out of stock, sold out Usage: “脱销”指某种商品销售得太快，因为不能及时供货，导致商品卖完，无法继续供应。“脱销” means that a product sold so fast that its supplier cannot keep up, making the product go out of stock and halting the continued sale of the product.
The famous Dragon Dance
The Dragon Dance(舞龙wǔlóng), which originated from ancient China, are traditional folk dance forms and Chinese folk activitie.
Chinese grammar: The “if” sandwich pattern
"如果⋯⋯的话，⋯⋯" (rúguǒ… de huà, …) is a pattern commonly used in Chinese to express "if". An easy way to remember the pattern's format is that in the full form, the condition is "sandwiched" between 如果 and 的话.
Bronze Workshops
Geographical Location: Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province Period: Western Zhou Dynasty (1100-771BC)
Chinese phrase translation: 芥蒂 (jièdì) hard feelings
芥蒂 (jièdì) hard feelings, unpleasantness Usage: “芥蒂”指细小的梗塞物，后来指对人或对事有怨恨或不愉快的情绪。“芥蒂” referred to a small blockage; later, it came to mean the feeling of resentment or unpleasantness towards as person or thing.
For Healthier Life 更健康地生活
More and more people are realizing the importance of a healthy diet, and they are wondering if certain foods can help prolong their lives. Fan Zhihong, a professor with Beijing Agricultural University's food department, offers some suggestions.
Famous Han Tune Erhuang Opera
Han Tune Erhuang Opera(汉调二黄戏Hàndiào èrhuáng xì), also called Shaan Erhuang and Shan Erhuang, is the second important genre of opera in Shaanxi, and enjoys popularity in Ankang, Hanzhong, Shangluo and Xi'an of Shaanxi Province and some areas in Hubei and Gansu. Originating from mountain airs, eclogues and folksongs, it developed its own style with influence of the Shaanxi opera (qinqiang in Chinese) during the early Qing Dynasty, and by absorbing the tunes of Kunqu opera, Chuiqiang and Gaobozi, and using local dialects. At the very beginning, the opera was accompanied by two flutes which used bamboo as huang (reed), hence the name. To be distinguished with Peking Erhuang opera, it was also named Tu Erhuang. There are a great variety of plays in the Han Tune Erhuang Opera, over 1200 in Ankang alone. 420 complete series and 517 highlights have been explored and sorted out. Most of these plays have drawn materials from Romance of the States of Eastern Zhou, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Canonization((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints) of Gods and other folk legends and historical stories.
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