When you combine different Chinese characters, you can make different words. Let's now learn some terms for modes of transportation.
If you look at the character for elephant, one might see a representation of the elephant with a long trunk, four legs and a tail. This is why Chinese is known as a "pictographic" language.
If you look at the characters related to plants, you will notice that most of them contain the "tree" or "grass" radicals.
What does typography mean to you? Why is it important?
Designing a new font is extremely difficult, especially since there are thousands of characters in the Chinese language.
Innovation of a writing system occurs by creating a better version of what already exists, which is always related to one's national heritage.
Ever wonder what the origins of the Qingming Festival are? This video explains the stories and significance of the traditional holiday and the many ways it is celebrated.
Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honor their ancestors or loved ones at their graves.
Cherish what you have now so that you will not regret it later.
Gain a quick overview of the most important festivals in the Chinese calendar.
The first part of Dashan’s joke about a county chief trying to hide his lack of penmanship at a calligraphy exhibition.
Dashan continues the amusing story of County Chief Hu Bu Zi and his farcical attempt to conceal that he is a fraud.
Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell is perhaps the most famous foreigner in China. He talks to talk show host, Chen Luyu, about his life and remarkable career in China as xiangsheng (a traditional form of "crosstalk" comedy) performer and cultural ambassador, Dashan.
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