Jiǔlóng (九龙):The Nine Dragons. In folklore, this refers to nine Chinese dragons that held dominion over water bodies. In theBaopuziancient text, though, it is instead a generic term for the celestial steeds of gods. Today, 九龙 is of course, also the Chinese name for Hong Kong’s ...
答案: 【Chengde Mountain Resort is the largest existing imperial garden in China.】 10、 问题:What Chinese classical gardens have been mentioned in this video? 选项: A:Suzhou Lingering Garden. B:Humble Administrator’s Garden. C:Chengde Mountain Resort. D:The Summer Palace. 答案: 【Suzhou Ling...
Undoubtedly the most well-known female doctor in China’s long history is Tan Yunxian (1461-1556) of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It’s not that there were no other noteworthy female doctors; it’s just that there are very few detailed records of their lives and their work. Lorraine W...
That leads to my second thought: at any given time in the 17-year history of this blog, we’ve had a small but dedicated cadre of commenters, but the makeup of that group has changed over time. This has also had a salutary effect: for every post I’ve ever written here, I could ...
(3)Which of the following is not mentioned according to the passage? A.You should never mind if you do something perfectly for the first time.B.What others think of you isn't very important if you fail to do something.C.You can do better in the second time if you prepare well for...
history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was ...
The first film in The Hobbit Trilogy, An Unexpected Journey, is the one I’ve seen the most, is the one that’s probably most faithful to the book, and is the one where Bilbo is actually the main character. As mentioned, it does get a little too sidetracked with everything else going...
digging in and forming roots to home, the community, our history. But, as we all know, life does not always go according to plan. Job opportunities popped up in other cities which were too good to pass up. And so we moved. A home was vacated a few years after we moved in, because...
because this idea has given people the illusion that they have some control over these endeavours. Paul McCartney points out that many bands were playing at least as much as the Beatles when they were in Hamburg, but they didn’t all become successful.Ten thousand hours is not enough, people...
Here’s one reason. In the 19th century, British Robert Morrison produced the first Chinese-English, English-Chinese dictionary in history. He translated the Chinese “loong” as “dragon”. This dictionary had a great influence. As a result, “dragon” has been widely used in the West. ...