Tag: Culture

《闲居》白居易心足即为富，身闲乃当贵。富贵在此中，何必居高位？ The poem can be literally translated as: Wealth can be illurstated as being content;

Famous Erhu Artist Zhou Wei Has a New Role

周维当选中国东方演艺集团艺术总监 4月2日，经过激烈的竞聘，周维当选中国东方演艺集团艺术总监。周维是此次东方演艺集团企业改革诞生的三位总监之一，其他两位分别是行政和人力资源总监。谈及此次改革，中国东方演艺集团董事长、总经理顾欣说：“2013年，在全国两会胜利闭幕, 国内外形势深刻变化,既面临难得的历史机遇,也面临诸多风险挑战的宏观形势下，中国东方演艺集团推出了关乎集团前途和命运的一系列重要改革措施。” 据悉，东方演艺集团此次举行的总监级别的竞聘评委由外请专家、集团员工代表组成，其中集团员工代表由现场抽取的15名艺术家代表及5名行政人员。 2009年中国东方演艺集团进行转企改制，是全国第一个转企改制的文化央企。 Zhou Wei Becomes Artistic Director of Oriental Performing Arts Group Famous Erhu artist Zhou

The Awakening of Insects惊蛰

The "Awakening of Insects" is one of the cycle in 24 solor term(二十四节气èrshísì Jiéqì). In China, it is believed that awaking the insects means the coming of the spring. "Awakening of Insects" (惊蛰Jīngzhé) means the drilling mud in the winter the small animals are waking up out of Lei activity. "Awakening of Insects" day cycle, the Earth has already reached 345 degrees by the yellow sun, the general in the annual March 4 to 7 day. As an old saying goes, "In February Festival, creatures are shocked by the storm and thus the insects are awakened." According to the poem of Tao Yuan-ming in Jin Dynasty (晋朝Jìn-Cháo), "Promoting meet unexpectedly when the spring rain, only mine hair East corner, are the latent astonish hibernation, vertical and horizontal vegetation Shu". In fact, insects did not hear the sound of thunder. It is the warm weather that wakes them up.

Embroidered Shoes绣花鞋

Embroidered shoes (绣花鞋Xiùhuā xié)is a perfect combination of the Shoe Culture and Embroidery Art. On the shoes, beautiful patterns are embroidered with Chinese silk. This unique handcraft used to known by many people. It is reputed as "Chinese shoes".

中国数字 Seven七

The number 7 (七qī) symbolizes "togetherness" in Chinese. It is a lucky number for relationships. It is also recognized as the luckiest number in the West, and is one of the rare numbers that is great in both Chinese and many Western cultures. It is a lucky number in Chinese culture, because it sounds alike to the Chinese word 起(qǐ) in Mandarin meaning arise, and also 气(qì) meaning life essence. In Cantonese it sounds like the verb "to leave" which adds emphasis.

中国的传统节日 China's Traditional Festivals

中国的传统节日 (Zhōng guó de chuán tǒng jiē rì, China’s Traditional Festivals) 中国的传统节日数量众多，据统计，源于汉族的民间节日有150多个，少数民族节日更多。源于汉族的一些传统节日不仅流行，而且也为少数民族接受，有的还在众多民族中广泛传播，成为全国性的节日，像春节、端午节和中秋节，通常合称“中国三大传统节日”。后面还会有源于汉族的中国传统节日的相关介绍。 China has a large number of traditional festivals.

Lucky Number(1)

ZeroThe Number 0 (零líng) is a whole number and it is also an even number for the money ends with 0.

Combinations with Chinese Number(1)

28, 38: As eight means prosperity, twenty eight equates to ‘double prosperity’, though most Chinese people will typically just read this as "easy to have luck", 38 being one of the luckiest, often referred to as ‘triple prosperity’ though most Chinese people might just read this as "you will grow to success."

丁广泉和他的洋徒弟们 Crosstalk Artist and His Foreign Apprentices

Known as xiangsheng in Chinese, cross-talk is one of China’s most popular performing arts and has a history dating back more than a hundred years. Performances generally involve a pair of comedians entertaining audiences with a combination of word play, puns and imitation, drawing heavily upon Chinese language and history.

Eight Major Cuisines 八大菜系

川菜 Sichuan Cuisine 川菜是中国四大菜系之一，主要由重庆、成都及川北、川南的地方风味名特菜肴组成，烹制方法有煎、炒、爆、熘、锅贴等近40种3000余种。川菜的味型之多，居各大菜系之首。 One of the eight major cuisines in China, Sichuan cuisine consists of many famous and special