Money Tree The Chinese "money tree" (yao qian shu 摇钱树) is a legendary tree from which coins fall down when shaken. The legends, history, archaeological discoveries and images of money trees are discussed in detail at Chinese Money Trees and Xian Numismatic Museum. Monkey The monkey (hou...
This paper is intented to analyze the interrelation,mutual influence and integration of phoenix tree,phoenix and empress in ecological and cultural terms. 文章分析了梧桐、凤凰、女皇3者的生态历史文化象征与浸润相融情况,指出梧桐蕴涵的女皇武则天历史文化的复合象征意义及其生态价值。 更多例句>> 3...
The mulberry tree had been cultivated for some time in China and silk became a Chinese monopoly. It was the chief article of export to Persia and the Near East via the caravan routes through central Asia, known as the "Silk Road". Han painting and drawing, either on silk, on lacquer or...
One legend claims that Xilingshi was in her garden when she picked some cocoons from a mulberry tree and accidentally dropped one into her hot tea. When she pulled it out, she found it unwound into one long filament. Then her husband built on this discovery, and developed methods for domes...
The next morning hundreds of flowers were in bloom. But, the peony stubbornly disobeyed the order and refused to bloom. The Empress was enraged and gave orders that all the peonies in the capital city ofChang'anwere to be banished. Those tree peonies that refused were burned to the ground...
Because it is intent on reaching the top of a tree, when it finally arrives there it makes that familiar loud noise, yiming jingren 鳴驚人, which means “ to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat” – what many a Chinese person might aspire to. So it made me smile today when...
Wang Di had no way into the city, so he changed into a cuckoo bird, flew onto a large tree in the Shu Palace Imperial Gardens, and cried in a loud voice, “People are precious! People are precious!” Cong Di heard the cuckoo’s plaintive call, and made up his mind to improve. Th...
This was cleared up in 1876, when Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India, meaning that India itself was an Empire, as it was presumed to be under the Moghuls. Thus, the slow process was completed by which the British Sovereign replaced the Moghul. ...
One night a monkey chieftain saw the bright reflection of the moon in the water below his tree. Thinking that the moon had died and fallen into the water, and fearing that the world would thus slip into darkness, the monkey called together his underlings and commanded them to join tails ...
For example, they used the symbol of the dragon to represent the emperor and the phoenix to represent the empress. Tigers and lions represented the ministers of government. The pine tree and the crane symbolized longevity. The jujube fruit symbolized "morning or early" because of a shared ...