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Write 朋(péng)(friend) in Chinese character

朋(péng) Origin: “朋”最早是一种货币单位的名称,字形像两串贝。古代以贝为货币,五贝为一串,两串为一“朋”。后来引申为“朋友”等意思。
“朋” was the name for a type of currency. The character first appeared as two strings of shells. Ancient people used shells as money, with five on each string. Two strings together equaled one “朋.” Later, it expanded to mean “friend” and related concepts.

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The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Wang Xiang 二十四孝:王祥

As one of the cores of Chinese culture, "filiality" is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. A Yuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writer Guo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the stories of 24 filial exemplars in ancient times and finished the Stories of Filiality. Let me introduce the 12th story to you.

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Chinese Valentine’s Day 中国情人节

The origin of the Qi Xi(七夕 qīxī) Festival is a romantic but sad Chinese fairytale which known as “Cowherd and the Weaver Girl”. The tale tells the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers, nearly in the style of “Romeo and Juliet”.A moral cowherd and a fairy from heavens immersed in their forbidden adore, faced excellent objections from the Heavenly Empress. They had been finally separated. Every year on this faithful day, legend says, a large number of magpies from a bridge, transcending the barrier between the mortal and heaven worlds, to allow the pair of lovers to meet just on that particular day.

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The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Guo Ju 二十四孝:郭巨

As one of the cores of Chinese culture, "filiality" is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. A Yuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writer Guo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the stories of 24 filial exemplars in ancient times and finished the Stories of Filiality. Let me introduce the 13th story to you.

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