Oil painting museum opens in Beijing大都美术馆在京落成
Dadu Museum of Art, the first private art museum in China focusing solely on oil painting, opened in Beijing on Monday after four years of preparation, with its first exhibition due to start on Saturday. 首个由私人设立的油画博物馆——大都美术馆，经过长达四年的筹备后于星期一在京开馆，并同时于星期六举行开馆展。
Sanshiliuji 三十六计 The Thirty-Six Stratagems
The Sanshiliuji 三十六计 "Thirty-six stratagems" is a military primer of obscure origin. The whole book is divided into six parts, each part including six stratagems. Each stratagem is designated with a four-character headline (those of the last part only three characters), giving it the character of a proverb. This fact contributed to the popularity of the Sanshiliu ji, inspite of its quasi non-canonical status. The stratagems are formulated in a very concise and oversimplified way and seem to be compiled on the base of daily used proverbs with universal validity, mixed with cryptic statements. A lot of examples are derived from statements in the divinatory classic Yijing 易经, others quote examples from history.
Farewell to Chill Cool too Late
It might sound like a weird dilemma to you. But many young Chinese are hesitating whether or not to wear their Qiuku, or Chill Cool, now that winter is just around the corner.
Who is Zhong Kui in Chinese Ghost Festival
Zhong Kui is a figure of Chinese mythology. Traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons, his image is often painted on household gates as a guardian spirit, as well as in places of business where high-value goods are involved.
High inflation numbers on food costs, weather, holiday
China’s inflation grew to a seven-month high in September amid a spike in food prices, poor weather and the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
Proverbs and Poems in Autumn Begins
A Poem of Xu Hun is Inscribed In the Inn at Tong Gate on an Autumn Trip to the Capital. The arthur is Xu Hun.
Strong cold front sweeping China
A cold front is sweeping across the country. Southern regions including Shanghai have seen major drops in the mercury today. Today's daytime temperature in Shanghai has dropped to between 18 and 20 degrees Celsius at noon from nearly 27 degrees yesterday. High temperatures through the weekend are forecast to rise no higher than 21 degrees Celsius in Shanghai. It is sunny and cold today in northern China with temperatures dropping below 0 degrees Celsius in some areas.
Nongzheng quanshu 农政全书 “Whole Book on Agricultural Activities”
The Nongzheng quanshu 农政全书 "Whole book on agricultural activities" is an agricultural encyclopaedia compiled by the lateMing period 明 (1368-1644) scholar Xu Guangqi 徐光启 (1562-1633), courtesy name Xu Zixian 徐子先, style Xuanhu 玄扈. He came from Shanghai 上海 and earned his jinshi degree with the age of 36 sui. In 1604 he participated a second time in the metropolitan examination and in 1632, as an elderly man, was appointed Minister of Rites (libu shangshu 礼部尚书) and Grand Academician (daxueshi 大学士) of the East Pavilion 东阁. A year later he was transferred to the post of Grand Academician of the Hall of Literary Profundity 文渊阁 but he died soon thereafter. His posthumous title is Duke Wending 徐文定公. Xu Guangqi is very famous for his cooperation with the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (Chinese name Li Madou 利玛窦) together with whom he translated European treatises in astronomy, mathametics and mechanics, like Euclid's "Elements" (original Greek title Stoichéia, in Chinese as Jihe yuanben 几何原本). He also compiled a treatise about the amelioration of the Chinese calendar, the Chongzhen lishu 崇祯历书. Xu Guangqi was also very interested in firearms because of their usefulness in the campaigns against the Jurchens (that were soon to become the Manchus).
New human H7N9 infection was confirmed in CHINA
One new human H7N9 avian influenza case has been confirmed in east China's Zhejiang Province, local authorities said Tuesday.
Qimin yaoshu 齐民要术 “Important Methods to Condition the People’s [Living]”
The Qimin yaoshu 齐民要术 "Important methods to condition the people's [living]" is one of the oldest agronomical treatise of China. It was written by Jia Sixie 贾思勰, a scholar of the short Eastern Wei period 东魏 (534-550). He came from Yidu 益都, modern Shandong, and was governor (taishou 太守) of the commandery of Gaoyang 高阳. He had the opportunity to observe the farming activities in the regions of Jingxing 井陉, Huguan 壸关 and Shangdang 上党 (all in modern Shanxi and Shaanxi) and was himself a breeder of sheep.
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