Chinese dance A Jasmine Flower based on a Chinese folk song Jasmine, oh so fair! Jasmine, oh so fair! Budding and blooming in summer Here and there, The value of its purity and fragrance That universally declare. Then Autumn comes With a cold spell, Flowers fall in the mud, No one seems to care; Rumours of its toxic nature Widely […]
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A quotation from Mencius Laws without compassion cannot build a good society; compassion without laws cannot make a good government. In other words, laws without compassion will not unite people; compassion without laws can lead to injustice. A Quotation from The Book of Rites The Book of Rites (礼记), compiled since the Warring States era 2,500 years ago, is a collection […]
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Wu Song, one of the 36 major characters in classical Chinese novel Water Margin, was an accomplished kung fu man and the memory of his legendary exploit was known by everyone in Sunny Valley County. It is said that he was once confronted by a tiger, a man-eating beast who turned Sunny View Mountain into its colony for at least 100 […]
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Dream of the Red Chamber narrates how a grand household with a large population and a high GDP figure decayed and collapsed. During its heyday, a splendid banquet was held at a luxury and spacious pavilion built on a lily pool, with steamed crabs as the main course and a writers’ festival as the core activity, organized by the poets club with members mainly […]
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Ghost Month Ghost parade – ink painting by Gong Kai, a 13th-century artist. August 1, 2019, is the first day of lunar July and lunar July is viewed as the ghost month in Chinese tradition since it is the time when shadowy beings would have a better chance to sneak into the human world. During that period the yin yang […]
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In the mountainous west Hunan Province in China’s southern inland region, there are many remote villages where the mysterious practice to communicate with hidden forces is still very much part of the daily reality. A family in the village. COMMENTS FROM MINDS.COM Eric Hmmmmm…. that is fascinating. Are they forces of evil? 😨😭 All Things Chinese Pure “evil” forces are rare […]
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August 1 is the first day of lunar July in 2019 and lunar July is viewed as the ghost month in Chinese tradition since it is the time when the border security between the yin-yang worlds is a bit slack so the shadowy beings could easily sneak into the human domain to wreak havoc. Ghostbuster Zhong Kui and his ghost […]
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This is the Chinese character “舞”, meaning DANCE. The origin of the Chinese dance has its root in the ancient rituals that were designed to communicate with the forces in the universe. Later, it also became a popular form of entertainment. Below is a brief introduction of common classic Chinese dances. Drum Dance This is a brick carving image of […]
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Chinese Rice & Flour Cakes Sticky-rice cakes coloured with vegetable juice and filled with red bean paste, traditional southern-style cake for breakfast or snake. The green cakes are also conventionally served during the tomb-sweeping festival on April 5. Sticky-rice cakes mingled with nuts and dry fruits, traditional southern-style cake for breakfast or snack. Cantonese-style breakfast cakes The new invention of […]
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Eight Daoist immortals – ink painting by a contemporary Chinese artistHistorically, the Eight Immortals could refer to 8 different Daoists, and it was until the Ming Dynasty, the general consensus has been reached based on Wu Yuantai’s “Journey to the East, the Source of the Eight Immortals Legend (八仙出处东游记)”. Since then, the following eight historical figures are commonly known as […]
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The Colour ink paintings are selected from picture book Wu Song Beats the Tiger, which is a story in Water Margin – a Ming Dynasty novel about the Song Dynasty rebels. Author Liu Jiyou (刘继卣 1918 – 1983) received several Chinese and international awards for his artwork in Wu Song Beats the Tiger. After years of working as a freelance kung […]
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Mogao grottoes in Dunhuang at the strategic crossroad of the ancient Silk Road were first dug out in the 4th century and the work ended when China, West Asia, Russia and half of the Erupe fell under the Mongol’s rule nearly a thousand years late. Currently, there are 492 caves housing a total of 2,415 statues and 45,000 m2 of […]
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