Tag: Chinese Culture

Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – Human canvas

Liu Shichuan, 28, got drunk with a friend who’s a   tattoo  artist and woke up with mahjong tiles tattooed on his forearm five days ago. Baijiu clouded Liu’s memory, but his girlfriend recalled that he spent four hours at his friend’s tattoo shop near Yonghegong and paid about 4,000 yuan ($633) for a new stamp  on his skin. Luckily, Liu’s friend is skilled with the needle and Liu isn’t a tattoo neophyte . He made his ink debut getting clouds inspired by Monkey King on his ankles 10 years ago. "once you overcome the fear and pain of the first tattoo, you tend to want more," said Liu.

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A piece of Chinese history: 8 model dramas in Chinese Culture Revolution (1966–1976) [3] Shajia Cree

 《沙家浜》Shajia Creek This story is basically a battle of wits among members of the Communist Party, members of the KMT, local bandits, and the Japanese in the background of the Second Sino-Chinese War. The main role of this drama is a women member of the Party, named A Qing (阿庆嫂), that worked underground as a controller and point of contact to unite as more Chinese as she could to fight Japanese invading.

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