Tag: Traditional Chinese

Popular Word – 祭祖

qīng míng jié
清明节
The Qingming Festival ("Tomb-sweeping Day"), meaning Clear and Bright Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival that falls on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day after the Spring Equinox). It usually occurs around the first week of April. For Chinese, it is a day to visit graves and remember and honor one’s ancestors.

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Tasty herbal wines in China 红酒

You may have heard of the health benefits contained in  red wine(红酒hóngjiǔ), but what about liquor steeped with the herbs(a herb is a plant whose leaves are used in cooking to add flavour to food, or as a medicine), animal bones and insects? In China, these are just some of the ingredients contained in various ancient medicinal remedies.

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Dragon Dance 龙舞

时间:2006年 Time: 2006 类别:民间舞蹈 Category: Folk Dance 地区:浙江,广东,重庆,四川 Regions: Zhejiang, Guangdong, Chongqing, and Sichuan 编号:Ⅲ-4 Ref. No.: Ⅲ-4 龙舞,也称“舞龙”,民间又叫“耍龙”、“耍龙灯”或“舞龙灯”,在全国各地和各民族间广泛分布,其形式品种的多样,是任何其他民间舞都无法比拟的。早在商代的甲骨文中,已出现以数人集体祭龙求雨的文字;汉代董仲舒《春秋繁露》的记录中已有明确的各种舞龙求雨的记载;此后历朝历代的诗文中记录宫廷或民间舞龙的文字屡见不鲜。直至现在,龙舞仍是民间喜庆节令场合普遍存在的舞蹈形式之一。龙舞最基本的表现手段是其道具造型、构图变化和动作套路。根据龙形道具的扎制材料的不同,分为布龙、纱龙、纸龙、草龙、钱龙、竹龙、棕龙、板凳龙、百叶龙、荷花龙、火龙、鸡毛龙、肉龙等等;北方龙舞的制作一般高大粗重,风格古朴刚劲;南方龙舞则精巧细致,活泼敏捷。龙舞从色彩上可分为黄、白、青、红、黑等,以黄龙最为尊贵。龙舞的构图和动作一般具有“圆曲”、“翻滚”、“绞缠”、“穿插”、“窜跃”等特征。龙舞的传统表演程序一般为:“请龙”、“出龙”、“舞龙”和“送龙”。民间有“七八岁玩草龙,十五六耍小龙,青壮年舞大龙”的说法。舞龙人数少则一人舞双龙,多则百人舞一大龙。 The

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Kung Fu 功夫

A recently-proposed film is in the works that will feature Shaolin kung fu, but this time, the martial art will be showcased in the world of animation.
少林功夫将再次被搬上银屏,但这次的功夫将是在动漫世界里得到展示。

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