Posts by Mr Li Sheng

Why Tibetans carry out celestial burial?
I went to Tibet many years ago and had a chance to witness the celestial burial. I would like to talk about my understanding to celestial burial. The usual interpretation about the celestial burial is described below. “Celestial burial is a folk custom of Tibetans. All Tibetans believe in Tibetan Buddhism, and they regard it as their greatest wish to ascend to heaven after death.” “Vultures used for celestial burial are regarded by Tibetans as divine birds, which can take people’s souls to heaven.”

Tibetan Water Burial Ceremony is an ancient way of burying corpses. In Tibetan areas of China, water burial has a deep historical origin and is widely spread. Even today, with the rapid development of modern civilization, water burial is still popular. Based on the analysis of the origin, our modern Chinese strive to interpret the special funeral culture of water burial in an all-round way.

The Laba Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar Chinese calendar. “La” represents the 12th lunar month，and “ba” means the number eight. Laba Festival is originated from the Chinese ancient harvest celebrations. It is a kind of ritual to thank to ancestors and gods. In addition to worship ancestors the activities, there also remains also a custom in the HuNan province of Chinaa, people beat drums to drive away the evils and sickness. People believed the witchcraft, a magic power, so the people beat drums to drive away the evils and sickness.

Traditional Chinese Bamboo Flute, Story of Chinese Bamboo Flutes. Bamboo Flute instrument Basic Structure. Famous Bamboo Flute Artists and Schools in China. How to play the bamboo flute? How to choose a bamboo flute instrument?

Solar terms originated in China, then spread to Korea, Vietnam, and Japan, countries in the East Asian cultural sphere. Although each term was named based on the seasonal changes of climate in North China Plain, peoples living in the different climates still use it with no changes.

There are two spelling for “Peking Opera” , traditional Chinese 京劇 and simplified Chinese 京剧. Its literal meaning is Capital drama. Beijing opera arose in Beijing in the middle of the 19th century. It was based on the combination of Anhui opera and han opera, absorbing some merits of other local artistic forms. Peking opera is a performance art incorporating singing, reciting, acting, martial arts. The opera performances were mainly practiced in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.