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Category: Chinese Culture
Beijing Zoo (Běijīng dòngwù yuán )
Situated in the Xicheng District, Beijing Zoo was the first of its kind to be opened in China. The zoo contains a diverse collection of animals, a number of exhibition halls and some sites of historical interest.
The Way and the Natural Virtue by the Old Master道德经Daodejing
As a small collection of teachings and definitions of the two terms "dao" 道 and "de" 德, this book is as a Han time composition not the oldest Daoist writing, but purports to be the oldest, written by a 6th century philosopher named Li Dan 李聃, called the "old Master" Laozi 老子, who was forced to lay down his thoughts as a book when he left China to the West, disappointed of his contemporarians. His philosophy is full of riddle-like similes and parables to explain what is meant by dao and de. In a time of neverending war, chaos and of social changes, the Taoist thinkers tried to find a principle of constancy and invariability and found it in nature and cosmos. Man, like all the "ten thousand beings" (wanwu 萬物), are tied up in a universal context that is founded upon a principle called dao 道 (a word otherwise meaning "way, street"). Dao is a not-being (wu 无) that determines being and disappearing, change and steadyness of all things within the cosmos. It is originator of a evolutionary-quantitative growing of all things. Unlike the greek philosophers, Taoism does not see a special matter like air or fire as the ground material for all existing things. The magical influence of dao on every single thing is called de 德 (a word that in its Confucian sense means "virtue, good manners"). Taoist philosophy does not resolve the dialectical problem of the unitiy and quietness of dao and the diversity of the everchanging beings, but instead does accept that everything develops into its counterpart, being connected in a continual unity. The quietness of the universe is only achieved when man himself behaves quietly, does not study nor desire nor act (wuwei 无为) in order not to endanger the stability of a self-moving universal stability. The ideal society in this state is the innocent village community.
National Stadium (Bird’s Nest)
The National Stadium, affectionately known as Bird's Nest, is situated in Olympic Green Village, Chaoyang District, Beijing. It was designed as the main stadium of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Olympic events of track and field, football, gavelock, weight throw and discus were held there. Since October, 2008, after the Olympics ended, the National Stadium has been opened as a tourist attraction. Now, it's the center of international or domestic sports competition and recreation activities.
Ddisclose iPhone 5C’s secret
New iPhone 5Cs are displayed at a media event in an Apple Inc office in Beijing , on Sept 11, 2013. Apple launched its new low-end iPhone 5C on Sept 10, but was met with widespread complaints in China about its still-too-high price. Its starting price is 4,488 yuan ($728), only 800 yuan lower than the iPhone 5S.
Chajing 茶经 “Classic of Tea”
The Chajing 茶经 "Classic of Tea" is one of the most famous ancient Chinese books on tea. The 3 juan "scrolls" long book was written by the Tang period 唐 (618-907) scholar Lu Yu陆羽 (733－804). Lu Yu never occupied a post in the government although he had been offered the position of Great Supplicator (taizhu 太祝) of the Office of Imperial Sacrifices (Taichangsi 太常寺). Instead, he lived a private life in a very rural style. Because of his deep knowledge of tea, he was also called the "god of tea" (chashen 茶神). In his book Chajing, he describes the origin and spread of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis), the shapes of the leaves of different kinds of tea plants, and the different qualities of tea; the harvest of leaves and different tools used for the preparation of tea leafs; as well as the method of tea fermenting. The second part is dedicated to the preparation of the beverage and the different tools to serve tea. In the last part, he narrates stories about fermenting, drinking, different matters around tea, places of origin, concise statements about tea types , and – very short – an outline of the book.
Yonghe Lamasery (Lama Temple)
At the northeast corner of Beijing City the traveler will find an elegant and ancient temple known as the Yonghe Lamasery, which is the largest and most perfectly preserved lamasery in present day China.
Zhejiang university 浙江大学
**************************************************************************** Zhejiang University(浙江大学：zhèjiānɡ Dàxué) is a comprehensive national university. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University was initially known as “Qiushi
Guwen guanzhi 古文观止 “Perfected Admiration of Ancient Literature”
The Guwen guanzhi 古文观止 "Perfected admiration of ancient literature" is a collection of literary high-standing works from the Spring and Autumn period 春秋 (770-5th cent. BCE) to the late Ming period 明 (1368-1644). It was compiled by the Qing period 清 (1644-1911) scholars Wu Chucai 吴楚材 and Wu Diaohou 吴调侯 and then revised by their teacher Wu Xingzuo 吴兴祚. The Guwen guanzhi was printed in 1695. It contains 222 short prose writings in 12 juan "scrolls". The texts were intentionally selected to serve as model texts for education, and the Guwen guanzhi was thought as a kind of text book. Wu Chucai has also compiled a textbook to the philosopher Zhu Xi's 朱熹 famous historical critique Tongjian gangmu 通鉴纲目, the Gangjian yizhi lu 纲鉴易知录.
China Tourist Visa
The tourist (L) and transit (G) visas are the only ones that you can apply for without assistance from a business, government or academic institution.
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