Chinese culture is a great and extensive civilization with featured Chinese traditional opera, especially the Peking Opera, which is regarded as the national opera or the quintessence of Chinese culture.
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Chinese Culture: Shaoxing Opera (越剧)
Today I will introduce the Shaoxing Opera. Shaoxing Opera, also called Yue Ju (越剧 yuèjù), is one of the Five Operas in China, just second to Peking Opera and has been listed into the first national non-material cultural heritages in 2006. As the most popular local opera in the country, Shaoxing opera originated from Sheng County, Zhengjiang Province from local folk songs in later Qing Dynasty (1636-1911), and prospered in Shanghai City in 1920s.
Chinese Culture: Laba Rice Rorridge Festival (腊八节)
In China, December of the lunar calendar is called the La month (腊月 là yuè) , so the date of December 8th is also the Laba Festiva (腊八节 làbā jié). It is a traditional festival of China that is regarded as the preface of the Spring Festival. So, I will introduce this festival today.
Chinese Culture: Winter Solstice Festival (冬至)
The Chinese Winter Solstice Festival has come this year. It is a festival even equivalent to the New Year in the past, telling people that the winter days have come formally. Today, I will introduce the Winter Solstice Festival.
Chinese Culture: Double Ninth Festival (重阳节)
Today I will introduce the Double Ninth Festival (重阳节 chóngyáng jié), which is also called Chongyang Festival. It occurs on the 9th day of 9th lunar month. It is celebrated for over 2000 years but officially defined as a festival during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). As the development in modern times, the Double Ninth Festival gradually to be celebrated also as a Elder Day for young people to show their respects to the elderly as double nine symbolize the longevity in Chinese culture.
Chinese Culture: Zhongyuan Festival (中元节)
Today I will introduce the zhongyuan Festival(中元节 zhōngyuán jié). Zhongyuan Festival, also called Ghost Festival(鬼节 guǐ jié), is specified at the date of July 15th in Chinese lunar calendar, though it is celebrated on various dates of lunar July in different regions.
Chinese Culture: Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)
Today I will introduce the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mid-autumn Day (中秋节 zhōngqiū jié), or Mid-autumn Festival, falls on the fifteenth day of the lunar August, the middle of the autumn, usually happens between the early September to early October in western calendar.
About Swordswoman Riding West on White Horse
The White Horse in the West Wind(白马啸西风Báimǎ Xiàoxīfēng ) is a well-known Wuxia novella by Louis Cha. The title in Chinese can be roughly translated to White Horse Neighing in the West Wind. It is first published in Year 1961 in Ming Pao. It is also the first time Cha featured a female protagonist in all his novels.
Chinese Culture: Popular Family Dishes in China (家常小菜)
Firstly, I will introduce the popular family dishes in China. 1. Scrambled egg with tomato (西红柿炒鸡蛋 xīhóngshì chǎo jīdàn)
Auspicious Motifs in China
The traditional Chinese auspicious motifs(吉祥图案jíxiáng tú’àn) first appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, nearly 3,000 years ago. They later became widely popular among the general public. On every Spring Festival or other holidays, people would decorate their rooms and articles with these auspicious motifs to express their wishes for happy life and to celebrate the happy holiday. As a key component of traditional Chinese culture, the auspicious motifs are one of the symbols used to identify national spirits and goals. The silk auspicious motifs in the Ming and Qing dynasties covered a wide range of subjects that included trees, flowers, stones, insect, fish and birds. The seemingly(if something is seemingly the case, you mean that it appears to be the case, even though it may not really be so) ordinary motifs contained profound meanings and deep feelings. Generally, the motifs are in three forms: 1) motifs; 2) homophonic words; 3) illustrations in words.
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