Seven cups of Tea 七种茶
The arid northern China climate has a bad effect on women, young and old, who care about their complexions, particularly those who sit in front of a computer all day. Drinking plenty of water helps to combat the effects of computer radiation, but the seven special teas we recommend here will help to rehydrate the skin and also improve your general health.
Chinese grammar: Aspect particle 着zhe
The particle 着 (zhe) is one way of indicating the continuous aspect in Mandarin Chinese (another common way is using the adverb 在 in front of verbs). You may have heard that the Chinese particle 着 added onto the end of verbs is similar to the use of -ing in English. This isn't particularly helpful, however, because the use of 着 in Chinese is not nearly so frequent, and can also be quite idiomatic.
The Appearance and Development of Primitive Tribes
The New Stone Age was featured by the primitive agriculture and livestock husbandry and was mainly marked by the polishing stone wares and crockery. The emergence of the primitive agriculture and livestock has the epoch-making significance as the greatest economic revolution besides the mastery of fire in the human history.
Autumn Meal 秋天的饮食
Coming into the autumn, it's getting cold and windy, and the dry wind is seemingly absorbing water from our body. The temperature gap between day and night widens, and cold nights can be uncomfortable.
Chinese grammar: Sequencing past events with houlai后来
"…, 后来…" (…, hòulái…) is used to sequence past events in the same way that "Afterward…" is in English. Something very important to note is that 后来 can only be used with two events that have already occurred in Chinese grammar.
Embroidery in China 刺绣
As a folk art with a long tradition, Embroidery(刺绣:cì xiù) occupies an important position in the history of Chinese arts and crafts. It is, in its long development, inseparable from silkworm-raising and silk-reeling and weaving.
Nutritious food 营养食品
When smog began to enshroud cities in China, a post suddenly went viral on Sina Weibo and a popular micro-blogging platform in China, on Jan 9.
Chinese grammar: ever since with yilai以来
There are a few ways to express "ever since" in Chinese. In English, we would say something like "ever since I came to Shanghai, my Chinese has improved a lot." In this article, we will first take a look at using 以来 (yǐlái) to mean "ever since". We will also take a quick look at using "ever since" with 来 (lái), which is similar but used in a somewhat different way.
Yang Can’s tomb杨粲墓
Located in Huangfengzui(皇坟嘴 Huáng fén zuǐ ), Yang Can's tomb is is about 10 km north to Zunyi County of Guizhou Province.
Charms of snakes 蛇的魅力
It is well known that every part of a snake is useful. Using snakes as medicine has a long history in China and is recorded in detail in many ancient classics of Chinese traditional medicine, including Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen(李时珍 Lǐ Shízhēn). The book narrated 17 kinds of snake medicines, most of which about the flesh of a snake.