Chinese Spring Festival （III）New Year’s Eve
The Spring Festival Eve is called the 30th of the year. This evening is called Chuxi, or the night of the year. The last day of the last lunar month is the most important day in the whole Spring Festival. If one missed the dinner with his or her family in this day, he or she would feel very so...Chinese Spring Festival (II) Preparation
In order to celebrate this important festival, the Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year. In fact, half month before Spring Festival, people are already busy with all kinds of preparations. On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many...
Chinese Spring Festival (I) Nian (年 year)
Every year in China, there is always a period of time. During which, all railway stations, long-distance bus stations and airports are extremely busy. People, who work away from hometown, will take their luggage and their children, hurriedly come back to their hometown, and get together with t...
How Many Earthquakes Have Happened In China?
Many people are caring about the Haiti earthquake these days. The earthquake caused major damage to Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area. The earthquake struck in the most populated area of the country; estimates of the number of dead increased from 45,000 shortly after the earthquake to 200,000 ...
China 2009 Round-Up - Top 10 News Events
1. Grand celebration of New China’s 60th birthday As many as 200,000 soldiers and civilians participated in the mass parade held in Beijing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1. Chinese President Hu Jintao inspected the army a...
The Original Text of “You Lan Cao”- The Theme Song of the Epic Movie “Confucius”
The theme song of the epic movie “Confucius” is called “You Lan Cao”, played by Faye Wong, a well-known Hong Kong female singer. “You Lan Cao” is a poem written by Han Yu, an outstanding poet of Tang Dynasty. You Lan Cao （幽兰操） Han Yu （韩愈...
China 2009 Round-Up - Top 10 People We Miss the Most in Chinese Culture
Ji Xianlin 季羡林 - Linguist Sage Ji Xianlin, dubbed by many as the “master of Chinese culture” died of heart attack at Beijing’s No 301 Hospital Saturday, July 11. He was 97. Ji’s wise counsel was always in big demand over his 70-year academic career. He was one of China&...
China 2009 Round-Up - Top 10 'No. 1's Around the world
Fastest GDP growth With the world still haunted by recession, China seems to be the promise land with a 7.7 percent year-on-year economic growth rate in the first three quarters. The figures outperform all the other countries, including India, China’s old rival in terms of economic growth rate, en...
China 2009 Round-Up - Top 10 Most Popular Internet Buzzwords
Don’t Need More Money (不差钱 – Implying for “We can have this”) During the Spring Festival Gala, hosted by China Central Television (CCTV), two famous comedians Zhao, Ben-Shan (赵本山), and Bi, Fu-Jian (毕福剑), along with Zhao’s apprentices Xiao Shen-Yang (小沈阳） a...
The Secret of Beauty
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even mor...
Old Style Theaters of Beijing Opera: Part 1
In the past, people visiting Beijing would invariably go to a theater to see a Beijing Opera performance. When we see a show today, we say “watch an opera”. But old Beijingers say “listen to an opera” instead. What counts in Beijing Opera is singing, whereas performance is highly stylized. A...
Sang Jijia: The Tibetan Modern Dancer
Picked to be trained in ethnic dance, a Tibetan shepherd boy breaks loose from his constraints and storms the world stage with a powerful self-expression. In Sang Jijia’s latest choreography work As if to Nothing there is nothing to link it with the Tibetan background of the dancer/choreograph...
Solo Exhibit of Tiger Paintings
As the Chinese Year of the Tiger approaches, the many facets of that fabled and powerful beast are featured in a solo exhibit by the “father of the tiger” painter at Shanghai Library. The popular solo exhibition by A Xin, organized by Shanghai Library and Citibank China, features 45 ink-...
Oven Flower (Zaohua,灶花)
Seventy-six-year-old Sun Youxiang is the local zaohua (oven flower) painter in Datuan Village and it seems everyone who isn’t cooking with gas and electricity wants him to spruce up their wood-burning ovens. These are often large affairs built into the wall, with lots of space for decoration f...
2010 New Year Speech delivered by Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China
2010 New Year is coming. Hu Jintao, president of the People’s Republic of China delivered a new year speech on December 31, 2009. Let’s see what he said. Make Joint Efforts to Build a Bright Future of World Peace and Development – 2010 New Year Speech delivered by Hu Jintao, ...
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