‘ 中華民國三十六年’ or ‘Zhōnghuá mínguó sānshíliù nián’ or ‘Zhong Hua Minguo San Shi Liu Nian Zhong Zheng 中正’ –‘Thirty-six years of the Republic of China’ – meaning 1947. The final ‘character’ or device in the bottom left corner is ‘Zhong Zheng’, apparently a per...
There are three tones (high, mid, low) in syllables ending in-p,-t, and-k; six tones occur in other types of syllables (mid level, low level, high falling, low falling, high rising, low rising). Two tones are used to modify the meaning of words (high level °, and low-to-high...
Today we gave the people what they wanted. A visit to Chengdu Taste was in order. Chengdu is a highly authentic Chinese Restaurant, meaning their menu is more indenious to certain provinces of China than that of typical domesticated American Chinese Food. ...
Since the late Ching period, the Chinese people have been using a pejorative term, "devils," to label Westerners. They call Negroes "black devils," Native Americans, "red barbarians" and Indians, "Au Cha." Devils and barbarians are treated as immoral and the Chinese people boast themselves ...
The name is French, meaning "ox blood", and the glaze and the colour sang de boeuf are also called ox-blood or oxblood in English, in this and other contexts. Tradeware ceramics in the Philippines are ceramics produced in different countries and traded within the Philippines. They are ...
Contributing to later confusion, the name of each lunar mansion consists of only one Chinese word, the meaning of which could vary at different times in history. The meanings of the names are still under discussion. Besides the 28 lunar mansions, most constellations are based on the works of...
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Joined Colors; Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain Ceramics from Collectors in The Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong. Washington D.C: Smithsonian Institution in association with Tai Yip Company, Hong Kong. Crick, Monique, editor, 2001. Taoci No 2 Céramiques du fond des mers Les nouvelles...
Zen, important school of East AsianBuddhismthatconstitutesthe mainstream monastic form ofMahayanaBuddhism inChina,Korea, andVietnamand accounts for approximately 20 percent of the Buddhist temples inJapan. The word derives from theSanskritdhyana, meaning “meditation.” Central to Zen teaching is the ...
Cultured Chinese people often employ quotations from the book to elucidate a point, drawing meaning from its use within the context of the writing. It was composed sometime in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. It is a masterpiece of Chinese vernacular literature and is ...