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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.
Here, too, is your spot for asking questions, finding resources, and/or just hanging out & chatting in Chinese (mostly Mandarin, but Cantonese and others welcome, too!).
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ChicchoDodiFC Almost no matter which Chinese city you visit – Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, or Guilin (below) – you’ll spot people individually or in groups, in parks, on esplanades, and other public places, performing the slow, fluid, elegant movements that are a hallmark of the centuries-old discipline of tai chi chuan and its closely related, overlapping form qigong. And increasingly, you´ll see them practiced elsewhere in the world, as well (just yesterday I spotted two women…
Read more…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…
Read more…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…
Read more…A slightly long (just over 24 minutes) but interesting documentary about the evolving culture of contemporary China from the ENDEVR channel of business-oriented documentaries. A great leap forward, indeed!
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Benard and Jose,Help with translation... It's truly lovely in Chinese, but I don't know how to work it into English without losing the subtlety..
我對佛說...
我對佛說:讓我所有朋友永遠健康快樂~!
佛說:只能四天~!
我說:好,春天、夏天、秋天、冬天。
佛說:三天。
我說:好,昨天、今天、明天。
佛說:不行,兩天。!
我說:好,白天、黑天。
佛說:不行,就一天~!
我說:好~!
佛茫然問到:哪一天？
我說:在我所有朋友活著的每一天 ~! ?
佛....笑了.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66YNWi_nDL0
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/090802/8/1o7wh.html
The Website of the band: http://www.chthonic.org/2009/
I can't say they represent Taiwan, but they stands out in their own way and have gained a lot of global media attention. I guess music and will always be the best ways to express oneself and to reflect a true feeling.
Gee, I spent too much time at your site!
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