Chinese Tea Culture 功夫茶 08 Keemun Black Tea
Produced in Qimen County and the neighboring areas close to Yellow Mountain in Anhui Province, China, Keemun black tea is a competitive type of black tea in China. This is attributed to the high yield and excellent quality of tea trees growing in the region thanks for the rich soil and favorable weather. Tea production in Qimen County has a long history which can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. The county was initially teemed with green tea and then turned to produce black tea in the Qing Dynasty over 100 years ago.
每日一語 One Sentence A Day353
wo3 gen1 ta1 tan2 guo4 lian4 ai4 我 跟 她 谈 过 恋 爱。 I used to date her.
Chinese Culture: Islam (伊斯兰教)
Among the 55 Chinese minorities in China, there are 10 observe Islam, namely, Hui Minority, Uyghur, Kazak, Khalkhas, Uzbek, etc, Ozbek, Tajik, Tatar, Dongxiang, Sala and Baoan, mainly inhabiting in the northwest provinces of Xijiang, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and the southwest province of Yunnan, and individual Muslims live almost in every city in the country.
Chinese Pinyin 汉语拼音 – Complete Pinyin Table 2
Chinese Proverbs 人无千日好,花无百日红
rén wú qīan rì hǎo, huā wú bǎi rì hóng 人 无 千 日 好, 花 无 百 日 红
Staying Up Late Into the New Year 熬年守岁
守岁,就是在旧年的最后一天夜里不睡觉,熬夜迎接新一年的到来的习俗,也叫除夕守岁,俗名“熬年”。探究这个习俗的来历,在民间流传着一个有趣的故事: On the eve of Chinese New Year, Chinese people have a tradition to stay up into the wee hours
又到钱塘江观潮时 Qiantang tidal bore reaches peak
People watch one-line tidal(潮水) bore of the Qiantang River(钱塘江) in Yanguan Township(盐官) of Haining City(海宁) of Zhejiang Province on Saturday.
Chinese Idiom:一箭双雕 (yī jiàn shuāng diāo)
In the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (nán běi cháo 南北朝,420-589AD) there was an expert archer named Zhangsun
Santa Claus's Cable Car
While delivering gifts via chimney is what children expect from Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, this Father Christmas is challenging that tradition in the air.
在孩子们的心目中,圣诞老人总是在圣诞节前夜从烟囱里钻进屋里给他们送来礼物,但是这位圣诞老人却在空中挑战了这一传统。
当爱已成往事 When Love became the Past
当爱已成往事 dāng ài yǐ chéng wǎngshì [When Love became the Past] is the theme song of movie 霸王別姬 bàwángbiéjī [Farewell