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10/28/11
Mooncake Festival Dice Game
Every month of September, Chinese celebrates the Moon cake Festival. One of the exciting games played during the celebration is the dice game. The game is really simple and may vary from one family to another. However, the principles and rules are universal. The important thing in the dice game is the red 4 dots. You just have to keep in mind to be able to get red 4 dots each throw and you are a sure winner.
What you'll need:6 fair dices, 1 bowl, long table (depends on the number of players), moon cake and/or other prizes.
Mechanics:1. Choose a starting point where the game will start. The person chosen to start the game will throw the...
5/3/11
Hungry Ghost Festival Myths
There are a lot of myths during the 7th moon or more commonly referred to as the Hungry Ghost Festival (or Ghost Festival).
The most popular myths are the following and the truths about them with respect to the philosophies and scriptures of Buddhism and Taoism.
Myth 1: The gates of Hell are opened during every 7th lunar month. Which means souls leave Hell and freely go to the living world.
THE TRUTH: Not all beings will be reborn in hell. Those who have earned strong negative karmas when they were alive will be the ones who will be reborn in hell. Although, when these souls have cleansed and lessen their bad karma they will again have...
Hungry Ghost Festival
An ancient scroll of the Hungry Ghost Festival
If the west celebrates Halloween, the Chinese also has an eastern version and it is the Hungry Ghost Festival (or simply Ghost Festival). In the lunar calendar the festival falls on the 7th moon and is commonly called as the ghost month. There is a debate on where the festival had originated. For Buddhists and Taoists in China, they claim that the festival is from the scriptures of Buddhism as to which Buddha tells that the gates of hell are opened. Others claim that it is mostly from Chinese folklore, traditions and other folk religions.
During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the Chinese...
5/2/11
Pan Hu the wonderful dog and China's Sinocentrism
Sinocentrism is an ethnocentric political ideology that regards China to be central or unique relative to other countries or nations.In short, it means that the Chinese race is supreme to all other non-Chinese. There is an ancient Chinese myth/legend that provides the sinocentrism of the Chinese- the tale of the wonderful dog named Pan Hu. Pan Hu's tale made the Chinese regard the uneducated Chinese, Man people(Miao, Mao,Ming, Mang) and the Non-Chinese people (Thai, Burmese, Tibetans) as dog people. Which means they are high-breed half human dogs and because they're half-breed human they are naturally lower than the Chinese people who are "pure...
Taoism
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Taoism One of the 3 major religion/philosophies in China along with...
4/30/11
The Top Most Beautiful Women in Ancient China
Chinese Legends and Myths has included ancient beautiful women who made a lot of controversy, special events, wars, transfer of powers and others because of their magnificent beauty.
Xishi (497 BC)Her story includes the King of Yue (Gou Jian), Prince of Fuchai (Wu) and Minister Pan Li....
Important Dates in Chinese History
BC
1766 Shang ruled the Huang Ho1027 Chou overthrew Shang500 Confucius Era221-226 Qin Dynasty (Great Wall of China)206 ...
Five Major/Basic Chinese Colors Meaning
Color Wheel
The Chinese has an equivalent meaning to each and every color. There is a large difference between the symbolism of colors in the Chinese perspective from that of the Western perspective.Here are the meanings of the colors according to Chinese tradtions and philosophie...
Celebrating Chinese New Year
The Chinese Dragon Dance
Myths and Legends during the Chinese New Year
The Chinese Beat NianIt is a long head sharp horn deep sea creature but according to legend on every new year’s eve it will climb to the shore to kill livesto...
Chinese Holidays and Festivals
China has a rich culture and tradition that they greatly show through their holidays and festivals. Here is the list of the holidays and festivals that are celebrated in China.
(Lunar Calendar)
1st moonChinese New Year equivalent to the Spring Festival
Lantern Festival- In celebration of the birthday of Yu-Huang-Shang-Ti (the Jade Emperor). Colors of the Lanterns in the Latern Festival are all red.
2nd moon 15th day which is the birthday of Tudigong who is known as the Lord of the Earth.BirthdaysWenchang (God of Literatu...
China: At a Glimpse
People's Republic of China Flag
The name China came from the “Chin” or “Qin” the 4th dynasty of China (221-206 BC). It is also the dynasty that united whole China.
GeographyTotal Land Area: 9,560,980 sq. km.North: MongoliaSouth: South China SeaEast: Pacific OceanWest: Tibet
China is found in the east portion of Asia....
