Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in the Chinese culture, which means most families begin preparing well in advance. It's not uncommon for people to begin preparing a month, or even two months, before the celebrations begin. If you're interested in celebrating, this step-by-step guide will help you get ready for Chinese New Year.
Tag: Chinese Characters
A Guide to Chinese New Year Decorations
Chinese New Year is a 15-day holiday that marks the new lunar year and the welcoming of spring. It is one of the most festive celebrations in Chinese culture, and different ways of celebrating the new year exist in different regions of China.
What Is a Red Envelope in Chinese Culture?
A red envelope (紅包, hóngbāo) is simply a long, narrow, red envelope. Traditional red envelopes are often decorated with gold Chinese characters like happiness and wealth. Variations include red envelopes with cartoon characters depicted and red envelopes from stores and companies that contain coupons and gift certificates inside.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 雪花秘扇
Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, inspired by the namesake novel written by Chinese American writer Lisa See, tells the story of women in a remote area of Hunan Province in the 19th century creating their unique language of communication – Nvshu (literally, women’s script). In the film, Lily and Snow Flower, played by Li Bingbing and Gianna Jun respectively, are a laotong pair (or sworn sisters). They communicate with each other by writing Nvshu script, swearing to keep company and never betray each other.
中国汉字听写大会 宣传片
央视推出的《中国汉字听写大会》(Chinese characters dictation competition)节目将邀请国内最权威的语言专家担任裁判和解说，中央电视台著名播音员将轮番担任读词考官，全国31个省、市、自治区和港澳台学生将组成32支代表队参赛，最终决出一名年度汉字听写冠军。
Chinese Imperial Dressing (皇族服饰)
In ancient feudal society, it is easy for people to be distinguished from his daily dress, especially for the ordinary people and upper-class. For the sake of working and low statue, ordinary people usually wear dress making of linen(亚麻布 yàmábù) in dark color while upper-class prefer the dress making of silk with many valuable decoration.
Going to a Gym 03
PK: I just ask her whether my membership is still valid and she told me till June next year. Now let’s find out where the lockers are.
PK: 您能指给我看我的存衣柜吗？(Nín nénɡ zhǐɡěi wǒ kàn wǒde cúnyīɡuìmɑ?)
Receptionist: 没问题，跟我来。(Méiwèntí, ɡēn wǒ lái.)
Chinese Numerals汉语数字
Chinese numerals(汉语数字hànyǔ shùzì) are words and characters used to denote numbers in Chinese.
Liushu lüe 六书略 “Abstract on the Six Types of Chinese Characters”
The Liushu lüe 六书略 "Abstract on the six types of Chinese characters" is included in Zheng Qiao's 郑樵 alternative history Tongzhi 通志 from theSong period 宋 (960-1279). The term six types of Chinese characters(liushu 六书) has been invented by the Later Han period 后汉 (25-220 CE) scholar Xu Shen 许慎. Although he shortly explains these styles in the postface of his dictionary Shuowen jiezi 说文解字, he does not consistently make use of this concept. Zheng Qiao tries to develop a more concrete concept and increases the six styles to twelve by considering various combinations of symbol and sound or symbol and meaning for the creation of characters. Zheng's attempts laid the ground for a lot of later studies on this issue, like Dai Tong's 戴侗 Liushugu 六书故, Zhou Boqi's 周伯琦Liushu zheng'e 六书正讹, Yang Huan's 杨桓 Liushutong 六书统, Wei Xiao's 魏校 Liushu jingyun 六书精蕴, Zhao Guze's 赵古则 Liushu benyi 六书本义 and Zhao Huanguang's 赵宦光 Liushu zhangjian 六书长笺. Zheng Qiao's own essay Liushuzheng 六书证 is lost.
Mama Huhu, Saying “So-so; Mediocre” in Mandarin Chinese
The rules of etiquette in Chinese culture state that compliments must be rejected.From a simple greeting to forming complex sentences, learning the Chinese character for “you” is integral to conversing in Chinese.
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