Posts by Mr Li Sheng
How and where to learn Chinese Calligraphy?
Two options for you to learn Chinese calligraphy. : China Travel Study and online training. You can start your research mandarin and improve your Chinese language skills besides calligraphy practice. Learning by doing.
Read MoreSomething you need to know before starting to learn Chinese painting
As one of the oldest artistic traditions, Chinese painting is still popular and continuous at present not only in China but also in the world. Chinese panting is known as guóhuà (simplified Chinese: 国画), meaning “national” or “native painting”, instead of Western styles of art which came to China in the 20th century.
Read MoreChina House Cave Yaodong and Loess Plateau
This is the Loess Plateau in northern China and the valley of the Yellow River. The traditional cave houses are commonly distributed on the Loess Plateau of northern China, mainly in four provinces: Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, and the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia. It is called a yaodong (Chinese: 窰洞; pinyin: yáodòng) or “house cave”. That is a particular earth dwelling， popular in the Loess Plateau in northern China. The Chinese people generally choose a hillside to carve out of a central sunken courtyard. Let me show you some pictures.
Read MoreAnsai Waist Drum Dance
In the cultural center of Ansai county, there is a bric of the waist drum dance portrait from the Song Dynasty on display, which was unearthed in northern Shanxi. The portrait vividly shows the waist drum performance at that time. As time goes by, the waist drum dance is no longer an activity for military purposes, but a folk dance of the local people for the purposes of worshipping the deity, praying for a good harvest and celebrating the spring festival.
Read MoreNon copy right Asian Style Background Music
Non copy right Asian Style Background Music
Read MoreChinese Textbook over 100 years ago
Chinese textbook over one hundred years ago. At present when computer typing has been popular, people seem to have little opportunity to read handwriting a lot. Here is one special Chinese textbook of Qing Dynasty used in the elementary school more than 100 years ago. You will be surprised to the beautiful Chinese calligraphy.
Read MoreLearn Chinese through Songs
Pan XiaoFeng is a native Chinese pop singer, born in 1972 and raised in JiLing province of China. Pan XiaoFeng became well-known after his first CD album “Western Dao Lang” was released. His CD album used the same name “Dao Lang” as another Chinese pop singer, which had caused an uproar and lawsuit.
Read MoreXiamen University China Campus
Xiamen University Campus Tour, (Chinese: 厦门大学; pinyin: Xiàmén Dàxué), Learn Chinese, XMU summer program, colloquially known as Xia Da (Chinese: 厦大) in Mandarin Chinese. It is a public research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China. Read more…
Read MoreTravel China, Xiamen City Tour, Transportation in Xiamen
Xiamen Travel guide, xiamen city tour, transportation in Xiamen, Travel Guide to Xia Men, Chinese Summer program in Xiamen university, Brief introduction to Xia Men. Xiamen (厦门 Xiàmén) is a coastal city in Fujian Province in Southern China. It has been an important port for centuries. Read more:
Read MoreTop Four Chinese Folk Love Stories 4/4
The romantic legend of the white snake originated from the areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Known to every household, it ranks among the four folklores which are most famous in China. The legend of the white snake originated over 1000 years ago in the northern Song Dynasty, telling a love story about Bai Suzhen, a beautiful lady who was actually a white snake, and a young man called Xu Xian. Read more
Read MoreTop Four Chinese legendary stories 3/4
The butterfly lovers is a Chinese legend which tells a tragic love story between a pair of famous lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Their love story is considered as the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet.
Read MoreTop Four Chinese legendary stories 2/4
Being one of the four greatest love legends in ancient China, the story of Men Jiangnv has been told all around China over the past generations. The legend of Men Jiangnv, with a history of more than 2000 years, has gone through a series of evolution, which has led to a tale having an ever-enriching plot.
Read MoreTop four Chinese legendary love stories 1/4
All four Chinese love legends have tragic ending . What on earth is love that makes lovers vow to stick together in life and death? When you take a look at some of the most famous Chinese stories about love, whether from history literature myths or legends, there’s a lot of death going on, but it’s romantic, don’t everyone want to live and die with the one- day love. I am sorry I don’t want to be Romeo and Juliet, I want to live, I mean I would want her to live too, I just want to live. Anyway, here are four of the most famous stories about love throughout Chinese history.
Read MoreHow to talk “Dragon Boat Festival”in English?
How to talk “Dragon Boat Festival”in English? 端午節 Story of dragon boat festival : Duanwu festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, June 14. 2021. It is an important traditional festival of China. Read More
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