How do the Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year? What are the special customs that one must learn? Let Mengjiao go through them with you!
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There's a host of logistical issues to consider during the chaos Chinese New Year brings. Here's one most people overlook: parking your car. Check out these tips on how to prevent fireworks, thieves and car alarms from wreaking car-based holiday havoc.
I always say, if even in loving a person, humanity is restrained by itself, then the end of the world has already arrived. There's no need to wait until the day the earth is destroyed.
Already knowing that heartbreak is always inevitable, why are you cherishing a long and lasting affection? Because loves are always “loath to part from each other.” Then
why do you take to heart that tiny little bit of gentleness?
This tutorial teaches you how to do makeup for interviews to give a good first impression to your potential employers. Part one explains how to choose and apply base.
Faced with such serious smog and haze, a reporter from Henan speaks with residents about PM 2.5 masks that are useful for blocking dust and smog. A doctor is also interviewed about the effectiveness of such masks and how residents can prevent diseases caused by smog in their daily lives.
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Are people optimistic about the future of Hanfu clothing for men?
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Shiyin speaks with the Hanfu fandom and their journey to discovering Hanfu.
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Shiyin sets out to find out why there aren't as many young men that are embracing the Hanfu style.
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Shiyin continues to explore life dressed in Hanfu.
China has a large population. It also has the world's most rich and diverse natural landscape. The type of geography and climate contribute to the formation and preservation of the species. Any other country is not likely to have so many potential food ingredients.People collect, pick, dig [and] fish in order to get these gifts from the great nature. Through the seasons, we are about to see the story of man and nature behind its delicious foods.
Ji Di village is the truffle production center in Shangri-La. At three in the morning, this is already an empty village. People who have the ability to climb mountains are all out to look for the magical fungus.
Heavy rain makes the wild mushrooms quickly soar out in the wild forest. If they miss this one month in the rainy season, the truffles will have disappeared completely. In order to keep receiving gifts from nature, the villagers comply with the rules of the mountains.
Bamboo shoots are normally hidden under the mud. How do we find them? Why do Chinese cooks love this vegetable?
What are the tricks when you are digging up bamboo shoots?
The camera is now focused on Guang Xi, 1500 km away from the Zhejiang province where there is another kind of bamboo shoot growing in the hot and humid forest.
How many bamboo shoots do we know so far? Winter bamboo shoots, spring bamboo shoots, sour bamboo shoots. How are these bamboo shoots processed and cooked?
Lao Huang and his son, Shu Jiang, started building a mud kitchen to boil salt. So, what are they doing with that much salt?
What makes Nuodeng salt the best option for ham-making? How is Nuodeng ham made and what's the best way to enjoy it?
Shu Jiang has been making ham for ten years, but he's still not as good as his father. What are the tricks to make good hams? When the weather is humid enough, do those hams go mouldy?
In October, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River area officially enter the fall. In the Hubei Province, the water level begins to decline in the lakes near the Yangtze River. This natural phenomena creates an opportunity for people to take a close look at the bottom of the lake and brings us a delicious delicacy.
"Peach Blossom Utopia" received the Best Short Film Award at the 2006 Handsome Monkey Animation Awards in China. In the same year, at the DigiCon 6+2 Contest sponsored by Japan Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc., it received the First Place Golden Award.
This fisherman lives by the bank of Wuling River. Life has been hard for him. However, one day, a miracle happens.
The fisherman accidentally stumbles into a place that looks a lot like utopia, where he is welcomed and treated like an honorable guest.
The fisherman thinks he must be in heaven upon stumbling into new locale where the people entertain him with copious amounts of their best food and wine. Here, there is neither a government nor taxes looming over them and people treat one other with mutual love and respect.
The fisherman has to leave, but also wants to make sure that he can return to this wonderful place. What can he do?
Was the fisherman deceiving the others and/or himself? Did they find utopia in the end? Watch and find out.
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The idiom, "Cheng ren zhi mei," is explained through a story. It essentially means that we should help others succeed rather than pointing out their faults.
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The antagonist of the story, Wan Renxian, still hasn't learned to "Cheng ren zhi mei," laughing at his neighbor when he injures himself. However, when he is given another golden opportunity to do a good deed, the question becomes, will he finally take it?
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When Wan Renxian comes through at a time when he is most needed, his neighbors' reaction to his kindness isn't quite what he expects. Like "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," no one is willing to believe that this time, he is really telling the truth.
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Having discovered Wan Renxian's act of kindness, his neighbors apologize and thank him. Just as with the old fortune teller, Wan Renxian should be given a chance to right his wrongs. Such is the meaning of “Cheng ren zhi mei.”
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