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Religion in Chinese Culture
Before talking about religion, I have to say something about "Dragon" (龙) first. "Dragon" plays a very important role in Chinese traditional culture. Chinese often call themselves "Descendants of dragons". The concept and image of dragon had existed in ancient China more than five thousand years ago. Unlike the evil and greedy monsters in western legends, dragons in China are looked upon as powerful supernatunral existances and guardians of justice. Read more.
The most complicated game--GO (围棋)
Artificial Intelligence had been able to beat the best Chess players more than 10 years ago. As you probably already knew, the super computer Deep Blue beated Kasparov in 1996. With Moore's law working for so many years later on, computers have become way more advanced now. However, there is still one territory where programs have not been able to beat human intelligence, and it is not even close. This is GO - the ancient and mysterious Chinese board game. Read more.
Shanghai Culture: The Ocean Style(海派)
The name of Shanghai consists of two Chinese Characters: "Shang(上)" and "Hai(海)". "Hai(海)" means "Ocean" in Chinese. And the culture of Shanghai has been characterized as "The Ocean Style(海派)". Read more.
Traditional Chinese Culture
Chinese culture was quite influential in Asia in the old days. To western people, Chinese stands for "old" and "mysterious". But when you are visiting a Chinese city like Shanghai, you might be wondering why it looks so much similar to other places in the world if you only stay at hotels and shopping malls. If you have been to Yu Garden(豫园), well yes, it is so "Chinese". But of course you know that they are for tourists. So how much of the Chinese traditional culture is still influential nowadays?
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PeKing Opera(京剧)
As the national opera of China,PeKing Opera(京剧) is probably the most well known by the foreigners among all the Chinese traditions. Learn more about PeKing Opera
Dynasties(朝代)
You probably have heard of "Tang Dynasty" or "Ming Dynasty". But in which years did they exist? And how many dynasties were in China history? Let it be revealed here.
The Lunar Calendar(农历)
Wonder why there is a Chinese New Year and why the data is chaning? Why do Chinese say something like "I am a pig."?Learn about the Chinese Lunar Calendar
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