As a Confucian philosopher, Mengzi held in high esteem virtues that he called the "four principles" (siduan 四端), namely kindheartedness
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Chinese Idiom:程门立雪(chéng mén lì xuě)
Cheng Yi (chéng yí 程颐) was a Chinese philosopher born in Luoyang during the Song Dynasty. He worked with his
Tai Lihua: Moving China with One Thousand Hands 邰丽华:感动中国的"千手观音"
2005年央视春节晚会,由21位聋哑演员演绎的舞蹈《千手观音》,以优雅的舞姿与音乐的完美融合,和她们发自心灵深处关于爱的表达,征服了电视机前的亿万观众,把晚会推向高潮。亿万观众记住了《千手观音》,同时也记住了一个女孩的名字:邰丽华。 At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala of 2005, a dance The Thousand-Handed Goddess of Mercy presented by 21 deaf
Chinese Table Manners
Because the Chinese have developed an exquisite cuisine and regard food as being most important in a man’s life, they do not greet each other with “How are you?” but instead they ask, “Have you eaten?”
Lesson 152 It Is Both Fast and Convenient.
M: Dàjiāhǎo! Huānyíng shōutōng Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ, wǒshì ML. S: Wǒshì Stuart. Jīn tiān shì fùxí kè, and we’ll repeat
Taboos when Using Chopsticks in China 中国人用筷子的禁忌
中国人使用筷子用餐是从远古流传下来的,古时又称其为“箸”。日常生活中对筷子的运用是非常有讲究的。一般我们在使用筷子时,正确的使用方法是用右手执筷,大拇指和食指捏住筷子的上端,另外三个手指自然弯曲扶住筷子,且要把筷子两端对齐。用餐前筷子要整齐地码放在饭碗的右侧,用餐后则要整齐地竖向码放在饭碗的正中。但是,以下筷子的使用方法绝对是禁忌。 Chinese people have been using chopsticks as their tableware ever since ancient times, when they were called “zhu”. People
Zhou Youguang: Father of Chinese Pinyin 周有光:汉语拼音之父
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
Qigong Healing – 气功自愈
Qigong(气功) is one of the world’s oldest forms of exercise(运动), is experiencing a rebirth in our stressful modern world(现代世界). You wouldn’t think that a 3000-year-old exercise could increase its popularity. But qigong is now being prescribed even by some medical practitioners for a range of health ailments and illnesses(疾病), as a stress(压力) reliever and to complement other fitness(健身) programs because of its effective qigong healing results.
Yang Liwei: China’s First Astronaut in Space 杨利伟:中华飞天第一人
2003年10月15日9时,戈壁深处的酒泉卫星发射中心,火箭腾空而起,杨利伟乘坐"神舟"五号载人飞船,开始了中国人期待已久的太空之旅。20多个小时后,杨利伟在做完飞行的最后一个操作动作–割断降落伞伞绳后,轻松地跨出飞船返回舱,为中国人首次太空之行画上了圆满的句号。 At 9 a.m. October 15, 2003, Yang Liwei, aboard Shenzhou V manned spaceship, took off from the Jiuquan Satellite
买东西:Buy Things
买东西 Buying ThingsDemonstrative pronouns: 这(zhè) This & 那(nà) That