Expats living in China can have unrealistic expectations of what life here should be like, often based on rather warped memories of their home countries. (Whenever I’m frustrated by bureaucracy I think back to the American Department of Motor Vehicles and feel grateful that there’s no place like home.) We can also forget that living as an expat in other countries can be equally, if not more, challenging. Of course that doesn’t mean that people living in China – locals or foreigners – can’t have legitimate complaints or peeves about living here; nor do a few complaints about crowded subways or lack of orderly queues make you an enemy of the state. Sometimes it helps to get things out – a little complaining among friends can potentially stave off an outburst against strangers later – so we asked you…
Category: Chinese Culture
Autumn Meditations (1)
Autumn Meditations (1)
Du Fu
秋兴八首 (一) 玉露凋伤枫树林
巫山巫峡气萧森
江间波浪兼天涌
塞上风云接地阴
丛菊两开他日泪
孤舟一系故园心
寒衣处处催刀尺
白帝城高急暮砧 qiū xìng bā shǒu (yī)
Chinese covered song 外国朋友翻唱秀: 北极星的眼泪
download 歌词 lyrics xiànɡ duàn le xiàn xiāoshī rén hái lǐmiàn
像断了线消失人海里面
wǒ de yǎn zhōnɡyú shīqù nǐ de liǎn
我的眼终于失去你的脸
Talk about Four Natures and Five Flavors
Four Natures The four natures include "cold," "hot," "warm," and "cool."
Grain in Ear
Grain in Ear, June 6, the sun is 75 degrees by the yellow. Because our country is vast in territory and climate characteristics of the same cycle also varies. Our country in the middle of the Yangtze River, downstream areas, increased rainfall, higher temperatures, into the continuous rain the rainy season, the air is very humid, the weather was unusually hot and humid, all kinds of clothing and equipment vulnerable to mold, so, in the middle and lower Yangtze River region put this weather called "Huangmei days."
Pavilions 亭
Today I'd like to make an introduction of Pavilion, one of the most amazing traditional architecture in China. A common sight in the country, the Chinese pavilion (ting, which means also a kiosk) is built normally either of wood or stone or bamboo and may be in any of several plan figures– square, triangle, hexagon, octagon, a five-petal flower, a fan and what not. But all pavilions described as ting have this in common: they have columns to support the roof, but no walls. In parks or at scenic spots, pavilions are built on slopes to command the panorama or on lakeside to create intriguing images in the water. They are not only part of the landscape but also belvederes from which to enjoy it.
Chinese covered song 外国朋友翻唱秀: 江南
download 歌词 lyrics fēnɡ dào zhèlǐ jiù shì nián
风到这里就是粘
nián zhù ɡuòkè de sīniàn
粘住过客的思念
yǔ dào le zhèlǐ chán chénɡ xiàn
雨到了这里缠成线
chánzhe wǒmen liúlián rénshìjiān
缠着我们流连人世间
nǐ zài shēn biān jiù shì yuán
你在身边就是缘
yuánfèn xiě zài sānshēnɡshí shànɡmiɑn
缘分写在三生石上面
ài yǒu wàn fēn zhī yī tián
爱有万分之一甜
nìnɡyuàn wǒ jiù zànɡ zài zhè yì tiān
宁愿我就葬在这一天
Dietotherapy
The "Yangsheng" refers to the improvement of health and the prolonging of life through the proper care and nurture of one's mind and body.
Main Tourist Attractions in Beijing
Tian’anmen Sguare Situated in the center of Beijing, the Tian’anmen Square is 880m long from south to north ,and 500m wide from east to west, with an area of 440,000sq m. It is the largest square in the city center in the world. The Monument to the People’s Heroes and Chairman Mao Memorial Hall stand in the center ;on the western side of the square is the Great Hall of the people. On the eastern side is the National Museum of China; on the south stand the Zhengyang Gate and Qianmen Embrasured Watchtower, and on the northern side the Tiananmen Gate-tower and the Palace Museum. The Tian’anmen square is imposing, spectacular, tidy, symmetrical and full of power and grandeur. At dawn every day, the five-star red flag the national flag of the People’ Republic of China, is being raised slowly and solemnly.
The Pilgrimage to the West 西游记
The Pilgrimage to the West is avery lively and famous mythical novel of China. Also known as Journey to the West, it is based on the true deed that a Buddhist of the Tang Dynasty went on a pilgrimage for Buddhist scriptures to India, s the popular legend and mythical legend. Journey to the West has described Tang Monk and him 3 apprentices went on a pilgrimage for Buddhist scriptures to India. The 3 apprentices of Tang Monk are Sun Wukong,Piggie, Sha Monk. They have many magical and dangerous experiences on the way. They have suffered a lot of tribulation. They have defeated varied demon and monster, have obtained real Buddhist scriptures finally. All of four people become Buddha. Journey to the West is a romantic masterpiece in China ancient times.
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