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Dance on stick

Dance on stick(舞棍wǔgùn), which has a long history and well-known in the China. In ancient years, a lot of foreigner people(someone who belongs to a country that is not your own) go to China(usually go to the north China’s city) to see this very special and interesting performance.

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Chinese grammar: What is a 被bei Sentence?

Bei Sentences, which are called 被字句 (bèizìjù) in Chinese, are a key way to express the passive in modern Mandarin Chinese. In passive sentences, the object of an action becomes the subject of the sentence, and what would have been the subject of the normal (active voice) sentence, the "doer" of the action, becomes secondary, and may or may not be included in the passive sentence.

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Vinegar 醋

During the scorching summer, you sweat a lot. So it would be wise for you to have some vinegar to improve the density of your hydrochloric acid (a strong acid that can assist with the digestion of protein and kill bacteria) to sharpen your appetite. Otherwise, vinegar results to peeling off dead skin cells.

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Suzhou Pingtan

The Suzhou pingtan(苏州评弹Sūzhōu píngtán) is a general term denoting Suzhou pinghua and tanci. as well as in Shanghai, it also enjoys great popularity in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

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Qingyin (Pure Tone)

Early years, this form of aria was called changxiaoqu (small tunes). It also had other names according to whether the performer uses a yueqin, a four-stringed plucked instrument with a full-moon-shaped sound box, or a pipa as accompaniment(the accompaniment to a song or tune is the music that is played at the same time as it and forms a background to it). Since the 1950s in China, Sichuan qingyin has been formally used as the proper term to designate arias sung in the Sichuan dialect. These are popular in cities and rural areas around Chengdu, the capital of the province, as well as on the wharves(a platform by a river or the sea where ships can be tied up) and in the port cities along the Yangtze River.

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