China is known as a country of music in the far ancient times; the Chinese ancient music is of great importance in the culture and etiquette of the country.With a longstanding tradition of musical education as early as the Warring State Period (475 BC – 221 BC), Confucius had set the study procedures from poems to etiquette and then the last important, to music.
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Zhou Youguang 周有光
他生于清朝光绪年间，一生当中经历了晚清、北洋、国民政府和新中国建立四个时期，有人戏称他是“四朝元老”。他的一生充满传奇，早年专攻经济学，曾经留学日本并在美国工作，50岁才半路出家，转行研究语言文字学，参与设计“汉语拼音方案”，被誉为汉语拼音创始人之一。他被称为“新潮老头”，虽已百岁高龄，每天还要看书读报、至今仍勤于笔耕，喝“星巴克”咖啡，看《特洛依》大片，时尚不落当代青年。他，就是周有光。 He was born in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. He experienced the four period of
Chinese Culture: Traditional Chinese Musical (中国传统乐器)
In terms of material, there are Ba Yin (八音 bā yīn), that is, the eight categories of musical instrument in ancient orchestra, namely, metal, stone, string, bamboo, gourd, clay, leather and wood. In terms of playing skills, there are generally four kinds, percussion instruments (bells, drums, and gongs), wind instruments (flutes, Suona and Xiao), bowed string instruments (Banhu and Erhu) and plucked string instruments (Guzheng, Pipa and Sanxuan).
Chinese Culture: Islam (伊斯兰教)
Among the 55 Chinese minorities in China, there are 10 observe Islam, namely, Hui Minority, Uyghur, Kazak, Khalkhas, Uzbek, etc, Ozbek, Tajik, Tatar, Dongxiang, Sala and Baoan, mainly inhabiting in the northwest provinces of Xijiang, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and the southwest province of Yunnan, and individual Muslims live almost in every city in the country.
Yun Dong 运动- Daily Mandarin Lesson
Chinese culture stresses the importance of daily exercise. Every morning Chinese parks are filled with hundreds of people doing all
Fictions of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Chinese Fictions In the Ming (míng cháo 明朝)(1368-1644 AD) and Qing (qīng cháo 清朝)(1644-1911 AD) dynasties, Chinese literature entered a
Chinese expression “没心没肺 no heart no lungs” and “没头没脑 no head no brains” has nothing to do with defo
If someone is mentioned by others with the word of 没心没肺 méixīnméifèi, it has no indication of one being deformed
Chu Ci 楚辞
Chu Ci History Known as Poetry of the State of Chu, Chu Ci (chǔ cí 楚辞) was a new style
扇子Chinese Fan
[shàn fēng qǔ liáng] 扇风取凉 use a fan to get cool
[fāng biàn shí yòng] 方便实用 convenient and useful
[wù měi jià lián] 物美价廉 attractive and reasonable price
Jie Hun 结婚- Daily Mandarin Lesson
Perhaps due to the importance of family in Chinese culture, everyone is interested in who is married and who is
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