Tag: Ancient Chinese

Literal meaning of each character – road/path – not – same – not – mutually – for/do/accomplish – idea/plan/scheme

师傅领进门修行在个人 – shi1fu ling3 jin4men2 xiu1xing2 zai4 ge4ren2

Word for word translation :teacher/master – lead/guide – enter door – practice/put into motion – at/in – individual

Chinese Ancient Coins 中国古钱币

The currency is a medium for the exchange of commodities. It was an inevitable outcome of such exchanges. In ancient

“Curse of the Golden Flower” – movie of a piece of art, and a beautiful theme song

Some movie is like a piece of art. Chinese movie “满城尽带黄金甲” (Curse of the Golden Flower) is one piece of

Xiang Ma Jing 相马经

The earliest book on science of animal husbandry in China elaborating the way to tell good horses from the inferior

Do you know each age group has a cool name in Chinese? Which “name” you are under now?

Today I’d like to introduce a group of cool Chinese names for each age group. These names were created by ancient Chinese that do reflect the main spirit of each age group. See which “name” you’re under now?

Zhang Heng and the Seismograph 张衡和地动仪

Seismograph The first seismograph (dì dǒng yí 地动仪) of the world was invented by Zhang Heng (zhāng héng 张衡), a

Popular Word – 一帆风顺

yī fān fēng shùn
一帆风顺
plain or smooth sailing; successful careerèr lóng téng fēi
二龙腾飞
literally, two dragons fly about; figuratively, have a rapid development

Planting Willow Custom of Qingming Festival 清明节插柳的风俗

据说，清明节插柳的风俗是为了纪念“教民稼穑”的农事祖师神农氏的。有的地方，人们把柳枝插在屋檐下，以预报天气，古谚有“柳条青，雨蒙蒙；柳条干，晴了天”的说法。黄巢起义时规定，以“清明为期，戴柳为号”。起义失败后，戴柳的习俗渐被淘汰，只有插柳盛行不衰。杨柳有强大的生命力，俗话说：“有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。”柳条插土就活，插到哪里，活到哪里，年年插柳，处处成荫。 Planting willow branches was practiced among Ancient Chinese to commemorate Shen Nong, the originator of farming who taught people