2014/7/21 0:00:00
Top 1 reason: a romantic city
Walking in this city, you can experience the perfect combination and contrast between traditional and modern cultures. Here are two places I highly recommend, Wide and Narrow Lanes and Jinli. You can experience the romantic life in Chengdu.
Top 2 reason: a scenic city close to nature
Outside of Mount Emei located in Leshan, 156 kilometers from Chengdu, Mount Qing...
2014/7/18 0:00:00
Korean culture, embodied in music and movies, fashion and food, is imposing a visible and speedy impact on China. In contrast, China's traditions, such as Confucian culture, has had an invisible and long-established influence in the other direction. The former is often referred to as the "Korean Wave" or hallyu (韩流) while the latter "Chinese wind" (汉风). These bilateral "flows of culture" is boun...
2014/7/18 0:00:00
China is one of the oldest civilzations in the world having a written history of more than 4,000 years, rich culture and a respected educational tradition. That tradition continues to this day, especially in the field ...
2014/7/15 0:00:00
A pop-up book exhibition was held on July 14, 2014, at the Reel Mall in Shanghai, attracting a large number of parents and children during the hot summer season. Over 100 books were on display from around the world, including subjects such as fairy tales, animation and films. One book especially was over 120 years old.
The show will run through August 22.
2014/7/15 0:00:00
An instructor coaches volunteers during a training session ahead of the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG), in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, July 13. The volunteers, chosen from 18 universities and colleges in Nanjing, are training nearly 10 hours a day, and they will perform such duties as guiding spectators and assisting during the medal cermonies. The YOG – an international multi-spor...
2014/7/15 0:00:00
Austrian students put on opera makeups and learn to practice traditional Chinese opera in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province on Sunday. Twenty students from the Confucius Institute at the University of Graz join hands with Jiangsu University during a summer camp called "Hanyu Bridge" to experience the charm of the Chinese language and traditional Chinese culture. The camp will last until July 17, off...
2014/7/14 0:00:00
'A Tea Spell,’currently on show at the National Center for the Performing Arts, is a splendid dance portrayal of Chinese culture during the Tang Dynasty, which centers on a woman's life story told through tea culture and Buddhist philosophy.
Before the show starts, audiences are surprised by a dancer among their ranks, who makes close contact with some of them. She is said to symbolize pu...
2014/7/10 0:00:00
Common Chinese miscues on English idioms
1. "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
This really is like listening to nails on a chalkboard for native speakers in China. It's so overused. I tell my students that if I was hanging out with my expat friends and decided to say this to them they'd likely give me a very strange look.
2. "Every coin has two sides."
Okay. This one is very common and i...
2014/6/24 0:00:00
It’s panda-monium in pet shops in China as dogs that look like the country’s unique and rare bears become all the rage.
These dogs that look like pandas are selling out in pet stores across the country.
In Chengdu city in southwest China’s Sichuan province, pet shop owner Hsin Ch’en cannot satisfy demand among the country’s new middle class who want the cute dogs as pets.
“Ten years ago the...
2014/6/11 0:00:00
If you've ever been alarmed at the sight of red-faced diners talking at the top of their voices and waving fistfuls of something around, don't be; they are only fighting to “qingke”, or pay the bill. Scuffles to foot the bill after meals are as common a sight as lighting up or picking teeth. So you've been in China for a month or so and haven't paid for dinner or movies or anything. Rest as...