http://blog.mychineselearning.com/MyChineseLearning - RainbowSoft Studio Z-Blog 1.8 Arwen Build 90619Learn Mandarin ChineseLearn Chinese the easy way, with only a webcam and MSN, Skype, or Yahoo messenger - and your own professional Chinese teacher, who'll tailor LIVE 1-to-1 lessons to your specific study requirements.MCL.Init();Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:18:38 +0800service@mychineselearning.com (miffy)http://blog.mychineselearning.com/post/119.htmlWed, 01 Sep 2010 10:13:49 +0800http://blog.mychineselearning.com/post/119.html
The bell and drum were originally used as musical instruments in China. Afterward, however, they were used for telling time. As early as in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220), there was a morning bell and a dusk drum. Telling the time by bell and drum played an important role in helping people live and work regularly when there was no other means to keep track of the time. As a result, bell and drum towers became public architectures, and were widely constructed in almost every city throughout the country since the Han Dynasty. In the history of their construction, the bell and drum towers of Beijing are the largest and highest. Their layout is unique, in that they were placed fore-and-aft, not as the traditional sense of standing right-and-left horizontally.
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Hot pot - is the most famous and favorite dish in Chongqing. Chongqing local people consider the hot pot a local specialty, which is noted for its peppery and hot taste, scalding yet fresh and tender. People gather around a small pot boiled with charcoal, electric or gas filled with flavorful and nutritious soup base. You have a choice of spicy, pure and combo for the soup base. Thin sliced raw variety meat, fish, various bean curd products and all kinds of vegetables are boiled in the soup base. You then dip them in a little bowl of special sauce. Be careful since the spicy soup base is burning hot.
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Pixiu (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: pí xiū) originally known as Pi Xie (辟邪 avoid evil spirits in Chinese) is a Chinese mythical creature. It reembles a winged lion. Pixiu is an earth and sea variation, particularly an influential and auspicious creature for wealth. It is said to have a voracious appetite towards only gold and silver. Therefore traditionally to the Chinese, Pixiu has always been regarded as an auspicious creature that possessed mystical power capable of drawing Cai Qi (财气 wealth) from all directions Thus, it is helpful for those who are going through a bad year according to Chinese zodiac.
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King's mansion well a light repast street is the excellent taste a light repast of Beijing and in everyplace to constellate of 苑 .It covers more than 2000 square meters, constructing area more than 1000 square meters, the facilities is well-found, the whole day conduct.Inside street in addition to taste a light repast, also have exclusively an old type booth of sell, creating the civil handicraft product, folk thing, not a few handicraft products which spread in the folks will emerge here. Still take theatrical stage inside street, the drama is miscellaneous to play, chamber city rhyme in the city, show the special features of this street tradition culture more,feeling in view ten thousand carry".
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Sichuan Cuisine, known often in the West as Szechuan Cuisine, is one of the most famous Chinese cuisines in the world. Characterized by its spicy and pungent flavor, Sichuan cuisine, prolific of tastes, emphasizes on the use of chili. Pepper and prickly ash also never fail to accompany, producing typical exciting tastes. Besides, garlic, ginger and fermented soybean are also used in the cooking process. Wild vegetables and animals are usually chosen as ingredients, while frying, frying without oil, pickling and braising are applied as basic cooking techniques. It cannot be said that one who does not experience Sichuan food ever reaches China.
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Tangzhuang (Chinese: 唐装; pinyin: tángzhuāng; literally "Chinese suit" ) refers to the Chinese jacket that originated at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). Tangzhuang evolved from Magua (马褂), a Manchurian clothing, which was in turn adopted by the Han Chinese during Qing Dynasty. At that time, only noblemen, aristocracy and government officials were wearing it, however, in modern times it was eventually adopted by common people. This kind of clothing is often seen as a national costume for men, although women wear it as well. ...]]>Learn Chinese Culturehttp://blog.mychineselearning.com/post/113.html#commenthttp://blog.mychineselearning.com/http://blog.mychineselearning.com/feed.asp?cmt=113http://blog.mychineselearning.com/cmd.asp?act=tb&id=113&key=ecda7a21service@mychineselearning.com (miffy)http://blog.mychineselearning.com/post/112.htmlWed, 11 Aug 2010 09:40:00 +0800http://blog.mychineselearning.com/post/112.html

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MCL cooperates with AM 774 which is the only bilingual station of Beijing
People`s Broadcasting station to hold The Global Mandarin Talent Contest which will be held from June 25th to November 30th with the purpose of taking forward Chinese language and culture. The Global Mandarin Talent contest is sponsored by the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee and Beijing People’s Broadcasting Station.
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In ancient China, the oldest Chinese characters existing are Jiǎgǔwén characters carved on ox scapula and tortoise plastrons, because brush-written ones have decayed over time. During the divination ceremony, after the cracks were made, the characters were written with a brush on the shell or bone to be later carved. (Keightley,1978). With the development of Jīnwén (Bronzeware script) and Dàzhuàn (Large Seal Script) "cursive" signs continued. Moreover, each archaic kingdom of current China had its own set of characters.
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