Weekly China News Roundup (0)
11/12/09 •
The beauty contest for both natural beauty of places and people, Mei Yue Cup, has ended in Sichuan on the 6th. After a series of outdoor and indoor competitions including climbing, rafting, cycling, dancing and even making traditional Tibetan buttered tea held in carefully picked locations in Sichuan, Shanghai team has won the first place, [...]
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11/04/09 •
This year’s winter arrived overnight in China straight after the Halloween. While Shanghai might be freezing, Beijing is literally snowing man-made flakes.
While someone is suggesting to build specialised local museums to preserve China’s historic relics, the Shanghai government is hushing their citizens out of their pyjamas off the streets to welcome the big day of [...]
Brief intro of Traditional Chinese Architecture (1)
10/23/09 •
As the modernisation spreading around China like some kind of virus, more and more traditional architectures are vanishing on a daily basis. It is not just about losing a few old houses but generations of culture and history.
Chinese traditional architectures are almost as vary as the dialects in China. Besides dwelling houses, there are different [...]
Chinese Festivals (0)
10/22/09 •
The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)
Just by the name, you can imaging the festival is taking place during the middle of Autumn. It is on the 15th of the 8th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It is the second most important Chinese traditional festival just after the Chinese New Year and celebrated by all [...]
Hui People – the Chinese Muslims (0)
10/21/09 •
Hui minority (回族) is the most widely existed minority among the 55 minorities in China. Hui people are mainly inhabited in north and north-west of China, although you can almost find their existence in every single provinces in China. They practise Islam and following Islamic dietary laws. However, you will find Hui people from [...]
圆明园有感 (0)
10/20/09 •
序: 凡人常怨天道不公, 自信才智不凡, 常谈时不予我, 可笑不知雄才可造时势, 知顺势者为智才, 长吁短叹不知主动打破现状者为凡夫, 大抵如此.
风霜湖边多惘然, 薄熙残荷落叶寒.
且看行人多殊色, 多少悲怀可笑谈.
盛世凡夫乱世雄, 天下未平生俗庸.
绝代雄才天生几, 恨不相逢起东风.
Top Ten Chinese Traditional Operas (0)
10/18/09 •
A brief intro with samples of the top ten Chinese operas, another dying cultural heritage in China.
Chinese operas are traditional forms of dramas and theatre musical performances with histories going back over 800 hundreds of years. There are different types of Chinese operas in different parts of China and their singing styles are closely [...]
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