Three Letters and Six Etiquettes A. Three Letters Betrothal Letter: This was the formal document of the engagement,a must for...
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According to the old wedding custom of China，parents and matchmakers arranged the marriage.Especially for a woman，she had to"follow the man...
Apart from the top ten flowers, quite a lot of plants have deep symbolic meaning in them over the long...
China particularly loves its native lotus flowers，camellia，azalea，peony，chrysanthemums，etc.Perfumed and exquisite，these flowers are symbols of purity，perseverance，renewal and devotion.Being the favoured subject of...
China boasts a sophisticated tea culture.Tea ceremony rituals collectively represent the spirit of the"Way of Tea"with four basic principles:thrifty，harmony，respect and...
We Chinese give great attention to our tea and the way they drink it. People have high requirements for the...
When we talk about Chinese tea culture today，we shouldn't miss an important figure inChinese history-Lu Yu（733-804），who was respected as a"Tea...
China，the homeland of tea，is the first country to grow，produce and drink tea.The discovery of tea，one of the 3 beverages of...
Eating Utensils When food is mentioned, it is highly necessary to say something about the eating utensils. It is said...
China is a vast country with a wealth of local specialities for the cooking, and in different places, there are...
Importance As a common saying goes，there are three luxuries in one's life:an American house，a Japanese wife and Chinese food.That is...
Mend the Fold After a Sheep Is Lost During the Warring States Period, the State of Chu was not very...
An Illusory Snake in a Goblet In Jin Dynasty there was a man named Yue Guang who was fond of...
His Spear against His Shield A man of the state of Chu had a spear and a shield for sale....
Bringing the Painted Dragons to Life by Putting Pupils in Their Eyes During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, once lived...
A Foolish Man Buys Shoes In the past there lived a foolish man in a small kingdom called Zheng. One...
The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Terror One day a tiger was hunting around in a forest.An unlucky fox was caught...
Being an important part of the Chinese language and culture，Chinese idioms and fables are precious gems of Chinese wisdom.As a...
Grammar and Tones Chinese grammar is much simpler than that of European languages.There are no article（a，an，the），no tenses and no plurals.The...
The official language of the People's Republic of China（PRC for short）is Chinese，which isbased on the northern dialect.It is usually referred...