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 11th story to you.
Category: Chinese customs
Spring Festival 春节
The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival, because it starts from the Begining of Spring. It is the most important festival in China. Since the Revolution of 1911, China began to use solar calendar, so the January 1 was gradually became known as “New Year” and first lunar month as "Spring Festival". The Spring Festival usually starts from the lunar New Year’s Eve and ends on the fifteenth day of the first month of Lunar Year. These two festivals have the characteristics of long history, wide spread, great popularity and universal. On the eve of the passing year, the whole family members get together having "family reunion dinner" together and stay up late for the coming year, the elders will distribute the "lucky money"(压岁钱 yāsuìqián) to their offspring.
HK Festival: Hung Shing Festival
The Hung Shing Festival（洪圣节Hóng Shèng Jié） falls on the 13th day of the second lunar month.
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.
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.
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.
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Yang Xiang 二十四孝：杨香
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 14th story to you.
The Laba Festival 腊八节
Background The Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar Chinese calendar. The Laba festival(腊八节 Làbā jié)was once to celebrate the new harvest before the Qin Dynasty(秦朝 Qíngcháo). After the first century AD Buddhism was widely spread to China, the festival was utilized as commemoration of Gautama Buddha's enlightenment at the age of 35. While in the Qing dynasty(清朝 Qīngcháo), ceremonies for the Laba festival would have been held while in the Yonghe(雍和 Yōnghé) Temple in Beijing.
Chinese Clothing
The Chinese clothing has a long history. It shows us the culture of our nation and the wisdow of our people.
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Yu Qianlou 二十四孝：庾黔娄
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 16th story to you.
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