Tag: Chinese Culture

《功夫熊猫2》引发争议

5月31日,一部好莱坞电影在中国陷入尴尬境地。当影迷们排起长队去观看首映时,另一些人则在提倡抵制这部由中国故事元素组成的美国电影。 A Hollywood movie was met with an awkward situation in China on May 31. While fans are standing in

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中国书法音乐会在维也纳举行

作为中奥两国建交40周年系列庆祝活动的一部分,“2011中国书法音乐会”5月30日晚在维也纳霍夫堡皇宫大厅举行,吸引了当地近千名中奥各界观众。 The Chinese Calligraphy Concert 2011, among the activities being held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of

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Chinese Opera Artists 中国戏曲 01 Mei Lanfang 梅兰芳

Mei Lanfang (1884 – 1961) is a world famous maestro of Peking Opera in China. As the most renowned one among the "Four Famous Dan", Mei Lanfang had made prominent contribution to the popularization and improvement of Chinese Peking Opera. The Chinese Peking Opera performing system named after him is regarded as the model of oriental drama performing systems and one of the "Three Major Drama Performing Systems in the World" together with Russian Stanislavsky Performing System and German Brecht Performing System.

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Xingtai Mei (Plum-Blossom) Boxing

According to records, Mei boxing was spread to Xingtai City of Hebei Province during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Integrated the Eight Diagram of the Book of Changes into the boxing theory and the Five Elements of yin and yang into the movements, the boxing has been promoted and spread, and famous Mei boxing masters like Zhou Hong and Jing Tingbin have come forth.

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Pixiu, Coming with Fortune 貔貅

Pixiu (also called Tianlu or Bixie) is one of the five auspicious animals of traditional Chinese culture (the other four are the dragon, phoenix, turtle and kylin). The Chinese people call it “fortune beast.” This lion-looking beast has the head of dragon, the body of a horse and the legs of a kylin and is able to fly. The Pixiu is both ferocious and powerful so it works as a security guard of Heaven, resisting demons and ghosts. Just like the dragon and the kylin, the Pixiu brings happiness good luck for people and has an exorcising function. What is different from the kylin is that the Pixiu is a ferocious animal and has strong will in protecting its master. That is the very reason why many Chinese people wear jade Pixius.

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