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Spring Festival’s Mrat Stew Day
The 26th day of the last month in the Chinese lunar calendar (today) is a big day for meat lovers. Though people would not buy a large amount of meat, they might cook it into a very large meal.
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How to pray at buddhist temples
The path to communicating with the Buddhist powers is a slippery slope. To ensure that your prayers reach the highest ears, you must pay attention to rituals and avoid being rude when visiting Bu
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Features of Chinese Clothing (中国服装特点)
Different from costumes of other countries, Chinese clothing features(特点 tèdiǎn) is very distinctive and with profound Chinese culture.
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History of Chinese Clothing (中国服装历史)
The history of Tranditional Chinese Clothing here will introduce the brief history(历史 lìshǐ) of the development of Chinese costume.
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Well-known Chinese Clothing (中国服装)
The costume of the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD) followed the one established in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, people in black had to wear purple silk(丝绸 sīchóu)
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Chinese Knot Button (盘扣)
The knot button(盘扣 pánkòu) is a distinctive feature of traditional Chinese apparel. Even today, it is still highly visible on garments like the Qipao, or cheongsam.
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Dragon Robe (龙袍)
The robe embroidered with dragon patterns was made for the exclusive use of an emperor during the Qing dynasty(清朝 Qīngcháo). The ritual of embroidering dragon patterns on the emperor's robe,
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Chinese Wedding Dress (中式婚礼服装)
As we mentioned, red is favorite for all Chinese people for red is considered as good luck that can keep evil spirits away. So you will find the bride and groom wear in red in their wedding part.
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Chinese Imperial Dressing (皇族服饰)
In ancient feudal society, it is easy for people to be distinguished from his daily dress, especially for the ordinary people and upper-class.
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24 Solar Terms: Winter Begins
“Winter Begins” arrives on November 7 or November 8 each year. In Chinese, it’s called“Li Dong”. “Li” means beginning and “Dong” means winter. In ancient times, theexplanation for “Dong
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24 Solar Terms: Hoar-Frost Fall霜降
“Hoar-Frost Falls” usually happens on October 23 each year when the sun reaches thecelestial longitude of 210 degrees. Most areas along the Yellow River have frost falling.As the last solar ter
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What is the Cold Dews? 寒露
“Cold Dews” is the 17 solar term of the 24 solar terms and falls on October 8 orOctober 9 each year. Most of the sparrows are gone and chrysanthemum startsto bloom.
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The 24 Solar Terms: Autumn Equinox
“Autumn Equinox” is the beginning of autumn and thisday is just at the middle point between “Autumn Begins” to “Hoar-Frost Falls”.
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Chinese Numerals汉语数字
Chinese numerals(汉语数字hànyǔ shùzì) are words and characters used to denote numbers in Chinese. Today speakers of Chinese use three written numeral systems
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Lucky Number(2)
The number 5 (五wŭ) is associated with the five elements (Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, and Metal) in Chinese philosophy, and in turn was historically associated with the Emperor of China.
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Lucky Number(1)
Zero The Number 0 (零líng) is a whole number and it is also an even number for the money ends with 0.
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Combinations with Chinese Number(2)
7456: In Mandarin, 7456 (七四五六qī sì wǔ liù) sounds marginally like "氣死我了" (qì sǐ wǒ le, "to make me angry," "to piss me off"), and is sometimes used in internet slang.
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Combinations with Chinese Number(1)
28, 38: As eight means prosperity, twenty eight equates to 'double prosperity', though most Chinese people will typically just read this as "easy to have luck",
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Eight八
The word for "eight" (八bā) sounds similar to the word which means "prosper" or "wealth" (發fā)– often paired with "發財" during Chinese New Years, but is used alone or paired with numerous ot
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Four四
The number 4 is omitted in some Chinese buildings. Number 4 (四/肆; sì) is considered an unlucky number in Chinese because it is nearly homophonous to the word "death" (死sǐ).