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The language and ancient culture of China includes not just the world's most enormous country but spreads across various countries of Asia - and increasingly, well beyond. Here we explore all aspects of that culture.

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Chinese Opera: Compelling, Fascinating - but Definitely an Acquired Taste

Hung Chung Chih When I first witnessed a performance of Peking opera (the best-known form of Chinese opera, with Peking by the way being the traditional English spelling of Beijing) years ago in Beijing’s ornate, early-19th-century Huguang Guild Hall, I admit I was mesmerized by the gestalt of this elaborate art form. Unlike Western opera, it’s even more stylized, with exaggerated gestures, vocalisations, and heavily symbolic costume and makeup (and in some cases obviously extremely fakey…

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Using Chinese astrology for travel guidance

  RootOfAllLight Lunar New Year 2024 has just ended, landing us in the year of the Dragon, and it got me to thinking: there´s quite a bit out there on where/how to travel according to Western star signs, aligning destinations with your astrological characteristics, but you don´t hear much of anything on the subject when it comes to Chinese astrology. As someone who´s studied Chinese and Sinic culture, I looked into it a bit, and here´s what I came up with, with a couple of destination…

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How they celebrate New Year's in China

  You might wonder why this is even a question. But in fact, the Chinese-speaking world has its own big Lunar New Year celebration (in 2021, it's 12 February), and so while much of the rest of the planet makes a big deal out of New Year's Eve tonight, for many of the nearly 1½ billion inhabitants of this vast country, it simply isn't all that much of a thing. There are of course exceptions, and that's what I'm here to talk about. read post

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  • Apart from the second most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world after Italy - a total of 60 - there are also 40 Intangible Heritage cultural traditions, art forms, festivals, and practices (for example, tea processing and culture, medicinal bathing, use of the abacus, Tibetan opera, silkwork husbandry and silk weaving, etc.). It´s truly astonishing! https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/cn
  • Any guesses as to which country is home to the largest population of ethnic Chinese outside China? The answer surprised me - others on this list not so much: https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/news/the-largest-chinese-communitie...
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  • There are a ton of apps out there to help learners of Mandarin, so where to start? Maybe here> https://joyofchinese.com/apps-to-learn-chinese/
    42 Best Apps for Learning Mandarin Chinese in 2025
    Looking for best apps to learn Chinese? If so, check top apps & sites to help you study Mandarin language on Android, iOS & Web in 2025.
  • Apparently Chinatowns in the USA are in trouble https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinatowns-across-country-struggle-stay-...
    Chinatowns across the country struggle to stay afloat post-pandemic
    Feeling aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic, restaurants and small businesses across Chinatowns in the U.S. are facing increasing costs of food and…
  • On the occasion of the Lunar New Year and the new Year of the Dragon, Time magazine took a look at the role of this mythical creature in Sinic culture: https://time.com/6691804/china-dragons-symbolism-history-significan...
    Why Dragons Are a Big Deal in Chinese Culture
    Whereas in the West dragons are often depicted as winged, fire-breathing monsters, for the Chinese they are a symbol of power and prosperity.
  • Have you seen ¨The Monkey King¨ on Netflix? Here The Economist profiles it as one of China´s rare contemporary cultural exports to achieve success throughout the world: https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/08/18/the-monkey-king-is-one...
    The Monkey King is one of China’s most successful cultural exports
  • Here's a pretty interesting look on how the Internet has helped promote Sinic culture around the world: https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/ending-poverty-in-china/featu...
  • Here's an interesting interview with the author of a new book about the fraught relationship between Hollywood and Peking and how movies became a vehicle for Chinese ideology: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/qa-erich-schwartzel-china...
    China's Battle for Cultural Power Begins at the Box Office
    A conversation with Erich Schwartzel about the vexed relationship between Hollywood and Beijing, how movies became a vehicle for Chinese ideology, an…
  • 你好,Xixi! 欢迎!我很久以前到过上海, 希望快要回去, 不过不知道什么时候。一个问题:你中文名字怎么写?
  • hello everyone,这里能说中文吗?
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