Chinese Culture
Understanding Chinese culture is more and more important, not only for tourists travelling to China but also for foreign companies doing business in China. T...
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Chinese Arts
Painting on Plexiglas - Transparency In our modern societies , transparent materials outshine opaque materials, bearers of traditions and sometimes obscurant...
Chinese Characters
Chinese History
Chinese Dynasties From the 21st century B.C. untill 1911, China was a monarchy. Many kings and emperors ruled the country within different dynasties until th...
Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine Chinese medicine is a complex conglomeration of teachings, which took their beginnings in Far East ca. 10.000 years ago, and whi...
Chinese Philosophy
Buddhism Buddhism began thousands of years ago in India by Siddhartha Gautama the first “Buddha”, meaning “the enlightened one”. As a young boy Siddhartha li...
Chinese Zodiac
The Chinese zodiac The origin of the twelve signs of the chinese zodiac The twelve animals in the cycle of the Chinese Zodiac derive from a legend about Budd...
Sports in china
Women's World Cup Soccer From 10th to 30th September 2007 the Women’s World Cup in soccer will take place in the Republic of China for the second time. Apart...
Chinese Culture Articles
Chinese Proverb: The Foolish Old Man Who Moved the Mountains
Pronunciation: Yúgōng yí shān Meaning: "Yugong moves the mountains" Literal translation of the characters: foolish – old man (a name) – to move – mountain Ba...
Chinese Proverb: Without Foresight, Trouble Is Near
Pronunciation: Rén wú yuǎnlǜ, bì yǒu jìnyōu. Meaning: One who gives no thought to distant matters will soon find worry close at hand. Attributed to: Confucius
Chinese Proverb: To Err and Not Correct It
Pronunciation: Guò ér bù gǎi, shì wèi guò yǐ. Meaning: To make a mistake and not correct it — that is the real mistake. Attributed to: Confucius
Dating in China
Relationships are complicated everywhere, and dating someone from a different culture — including a Chinese partner — brings its own extra layer of things to...
Chinese Fashion
Silk, exquisite fabrics and striking colors give Chinese fashion its distinctive appeal. With its exotic silhouettes and understated elegance, Asian style ha...
The Chinese Lunar Calendar
According to legend, the Chinese lunar calendar was invented by the mythical Yellow Emperor, Huangdi, said to have reigned from 2698–2599 BCE. The Yellow Emp...
Chinese Chess (Xiangqi)
Chinese chess (Zhongguo Xiangqi) is conceptually similar to Western chess. There's a king who must be checkmated, a rook, a horse (knight), soldiers, and off...
Chinese Tea
The invention of tea is credited to the Chinese, who have known this hot drink for thousands of years. Even members of China's earliest dynasties enjoyed its...
Chinese Dragons
While dragons in Western folklore are usually monsters ultimately slain by a hero, Chinese dragons are bringers of good fortune and a symbol of benevolence....
Feng Shui in Chinese Architecture
Feng shui is a system of principles meant to channel qi (life energy) as it flows through a house or garden, so that it brings good fortune, wealth, health a...