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.
Tai chi, feng shui and all kinds of exercise- explore early morning activities in parks around China.
Didn't love used to be simpler? This video certainly thinks so. With rising incomes and living standards comes rising expectations when it comes to finding "The One." This video looks at the importance of money in the marriage fortunes of Chinese men.
More on contemporary Chinese attitudes toward love and marriage, including how those views changed in response to a controversial 2011 marriage law and the Japanese earthquake. There's now a new realization that home ownership is not the most important prerequisite for tying the knot.
This entertaining and informative video on the Chinese obsession with gift-giving reveals a lot about contemporary Chinese social and political issues (covering everything from social competition to corrupt officials) and also delves into the ancient origins of this long-running practice.
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