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Chopsticks 用英语讲中国|筷子
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Similar to people of other nationalities, ancient Chinese people grasped or tore food with their bare hands at the beginning. Chopsticks, forks, knives and spoons were used much later, of which chopsticks, with a history of thousands of years, are a wonder of Chinese dining utensils. Chopsticks are the dining utensils most frequently used in Chinese people's daily life. In ancient China, they were called zhu. When the Chinese began to use chopsticks as an eating instrument is anybody's guess. They were first mentioned in writing in Liji (The Book of Rites), a work compiled some 2,000 years ago. Chopsticks...
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- Tags: bamboo, Chopsticks, forks, gold, ivory, knives, pewter, plastics, silver, spoons, wood
The Spring Festival 用英语讲中国22|春节
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Far and away the most important holiday in China is the Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. The dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February. To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of...
The 24 Solar Terms 用英语讲中国16|二十四节气
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The 24 solar terms is a gross name of the system that comprises of 12 major solar terms and 12 minor solar terms interlaced with each other. Starting from “vernal equinox”, the 12 major solar terms are “vernal equinox”, “corn rain”, “corn forms”, “summer solstice”, “great heat”, “end of heat”, “autumnal equinox”, “frost”, “light snow”, “winter solstice”, “severe cold” and “spring showers”. Each major solar term falls on one of the 12 lunar months designated by the 12 earthly branches. The minor solar term after “vernal equinox” is “bright and clear”, and then in turn “summer commences”, “corn on ear”,...
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- Tags: autumnal equinox, cold dew, corn forms, corn rain, end of heat, frost, great heat, light snow, severe cold, spring showers, summer solstice, white dew, winter commences, winter solstice
The Twelve Animal Signs
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In traditional China, dating methods were cyclical means something that is repeated time after time according to a pattern. A popular folk method which reflected this cyclical method of recording years are the Twelve Animal Signs. Every year is assigned an animal name or “sign” according to a repeating cycle: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boar. Therefore, every twelve years the same animal name or “sign” would reappear. A cultural sidelight of the animal signs in Chinese folklore is that horoscopes have developed around the animal signs. For example, a Chinese horoscope may...
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- Tags: ANIMAL, bOAR, DOG, dRAGON, HORSE, hUNTING CAMERA, mONKEY, PIG, ROOSTER, SHOOP, SIGNS, sNAKE
How do foreigners register ALIPAY in China?
Pubblicato da JiangDavid il
You don't need to carry a physical wallet to truly live. When you live in China as a foreigner or foreigner, it is essential to pay for your daily life and shopping. You can use mobile payment systems to quickly pay bills without the need for Chinese conversation. There are two main mobile payment systems in China - WeChat payment and Alipay. This article will talk about the guide of Alipay for foreigners. What is Alipay? You can use Alipay app on Android and iPhone through mobile phone number and bank card number verification. After the verification is successful,...
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- Tags: Alipay, Foreigner, Registration