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The Legend of the Great Wall
Ancient myths still recall the suffering of ancient workers during the construction of the Great Wall.
One of the legends tells of a lady named Meng Jiang and her husband, who was called upon to build
it. When winter approached, this woman wandered hundreds of miles with warm clothes, only to
find that her husband had died. Out of great grief, she lay against a wall and wailed until the wall
cracked, revealing the remains of her husband, whom Meng had carried to the ancestral burial
ground.
Bus 375
This is quite a famous ghost story set in Beijing, which is concerned about the bus.
On the 14th of November in 1995, it was already very late at night, the last bus for route 375 stopped
outside the bus stop outside the southern gate of the Yuan-Ming-Yuan Garden. On the bus there’s a
ticket lady besides the driver, two on board: an old lady and a young man.
After passing 2 bus stops, the driver spotted three shadows on the side of the road trying to wave
down the bus, one person was being supported by the two others. All three new comers were also
wearing traditional Qing Dynasty palace long gowns and looked abnormally pale. Everyone got a
fright.
The old lady suddenly stood up and started to assault the young man sitting in front of her, She
claimed that he had stolen her wallet. She demanded that they get off at the next stop where there's
a police station.
Both of them got off at the next stop and as the bus headed away, the old lady breathed a sigh of
relief. Because she noticed that under the long gowns they were wearing there were no legs. (ie.
symbol of ghosts)
On the third day, the police located the missing bus in a water reservoir about 100Kms away from
Fragrant Hills. Inside the bus were 2 very badly decomposed corpses.
Pan Gu
central figure in Chinese Daoist legends of creation. Pan Gu, the first man, is said to have come forth
from chaos (an egg) with two horns, two tusks, and a hairy body. Some accounts credit him with the
separation of heaven and earth, setting the sun, moon, stars, and planets in place, and dividing the
four seas. He shaped the earth by chiselling out valleys and stacking up mountains. All this was
accomplished from Pan Gu’s knowledge of yinyang, the inescapable principle of duality in all things.
Another legend asserts that the universe derived from Pan Gu’s gigantic corpse. His eyes became the
sun and moon, his blood formed rivers, his hair grew into trees and plants, his sweat turned to rivers,
and his body became soil. The human race, moreover, evolved from parasites that infested Pan Gu’s
body. These creation myths date from the 3rd to the 6th century. Artistic representations frequently
depict Pan Gu as a dwarf clothed with leaves.
The Legend of the Four Dragons
The dragon is a very popular mythological animal in China that is deeply connected to the culture and
is associated with rain and river.
Legend has it that there were no rivers or lakes in China in the past, only seas. There were four
dragons: a black one that liked to fly through the air, a pearl that possessed fire, a yellow one focused
on the earth, and a large dragon that worshipped water.
These creatures flew and were happy until one day they saw the people of the earth begging the
gods for rain, without which they could not get crops to feed themselves. The desperate dragons
decided to go to the Jade Emperor and asked him to let it rain. His intervention annoyed him, but he
promised rain the next day and told them to return to the sea.
However, not a single drop of rain fell the next day or for several days afterwards, which aggravated
the human race even more. The dragons were saddened by the emperor's inaction and lack of
interest in the men. Since the emperor was not finished, the dragon decided to act. The great dragon
suggested that they take the sea water and drop it from the sky onto the bodies of water, which the
four did in haste.
But the sea god warned the Jade Emperor, who was furious that he did not have his permission and
ordered the dragons captured. The emperor ordered the mountain god to put a mountain on each of
them to imprison them forever. Not regretting their actions, the dragons transformed the Yangtze,
Heilongjiang, Huanghe and Zhujiang rivers.
Gudiao
is a bird from the ancient bestiaries of China. It resembled an eagle but with horns on its head. It was
said to make the sound of a crying baby. It lived in the mountains of ancient China.
2.
Chinese new year lasts 7 days in china.
The Chinese zodiac 12 signs and 5 elements. In order they are The Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit,Dragon,
Snake, Mouse, Goat (or some people say it’s sheep), Monkey, Pooster,Dog and lastly Pig.
Each animal is associated with particular personality traits for example ( people born in year Pig
should be smart)
5 elements- as western elements we would say fire, water, earth and wind but in Chinese zodiac they
have metal, water, wood, fire and earth.
Maybe you‘re wondering why cat, so popular animal in China isn’t one of the zodiac. Well there’s a
legend that says those 12 animals in zodiac have won a race which was made by king Nefrit or King of
the sky.
In fact, these animals were associated with the daily life of the ancient Chinese but in that culture
they bring good luck.
Festival Qinming lasts 5. april. It’s something like we have day of the souls.
Moon festival celebrated on the day of the 8th full moon of the year. Celebrations are held in cities
and the theme focuses on the moon with lanterns, lights, decorations and parades with big
celebrations where they eat moon cakes.
One of the most famous Chinese desserts, yuèbing, known as mooncakes, is traditionally eaten
during the Autumn Festival. This festival ranks right up there with Chinese New Year in importance
and is celebrated in the middle of autumn when the moon is full.
Mid-autumn festival is celebrated on September 29th and it’s almost the same as the moon festival.
Habits and traditions The Chinese do not shake hands in greeting, but salute with a bow as a sign of
respect. The Chinese consider it rude to look into the eyes.In the act, the color white is considered
mournful. The number 4 is considered unstate because the pronunciation is similar to the word
death. On the contrary, they consider the number 8 to be a lucky number.
3.
China is one of the richest countries in the world.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Perhaps the most significant of Avatar's filming locations is the stunning Zhangjiajie National Park in
Hunan Province, China. The forest park is known for its impressive geological formations and is also
part of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area. In addition, UNESCO has listed Wulingyuan as a World Heritage
Site for its remarkable beauty. Zhangjiajie National Park with its impressive pillar-like mountains
makes us wonder whether we are on Pandora or on Earth. In the film, Zhangjiajie depicts the floating
mountains of Hallelujahs using CGI. Although the mountains of Zhangjiajie do not levitate, the
pervasive thick fog that surrounds them creates the atmosphere of the Hallelujah Mountains.
Fortunately, the National Park is open for visits with an entrance fee of around 40 euros and 8 euros
for the cable car.
Most notable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of the hillside in the 8th century and looking
down on the confluence of three rivers. At 71 metres high, it is the largest Buddha in the world.
Yuanyang County is located in Honghe Prefecture in southeast China's Yunnan Province along the
Red River. It is well known for its spectacular rice terraces.
China is the only country where bamboos grow and giant pandas live naturally.
However, there are other animals than pandas in the country, such as the hulok, the irbis, and the
two-horned camel.
In the northwest, antelope, red deer, mountain sheep, red wolf.
In the northeast, the opposite is true for moose, wolf, lynx, brown bear and squirrel.
4.
Tanghulu is a popular candied fruit snack popular throughout northern China. This Chinese street
food is different from the traditional candied fruit. Instead of a soft candied fruit, the hardened sugar
syrup forms a hard crunchy shell around the fruit. It is served on a long bamboo skewer.
Hong Kong egg cakes are small round cakes filled with smooth, egg custard. They are often served in
dim sum restaurants as well as Chinese bakeries. These Chinese egg tarts can be found in Hong Kong,
Macau, and Chinatowns around the world.
A popular snack throughout China, sticky rice balls, or tang yuan, are stuffed with red beans, sesame
seeds, peanuts and other sweet fillings that are very similar to mochi. Packets of frozen tang yuan
can be found in most Chinese supermarkets.
Chai Ko is served on a long skewer is especially popular in Hong Kong. It was most popular in the
1980s when street vendors all over Hong Kong sold the treats, and you can still find it on the street as
well as in candy shops. In China, steaming cakes rather than baking them is the popular way to
prepare desserts; most people in China don't even use their own ovens.
Black sesame soup or paste is a popular Chinese sweet soup made from black sesame seeds and rice.
Black sesame has often been promoted by the Chinese as a health food to maintain black hair color.
It is high in minerals and vitamins. Black sesame soup is a sweet Chinese dessert made from black
sesame seeds, sugar, rice flour and water.
Sometimes during Chinese New Year, "tang yuan" or balls of glutinous rice are added to the soup. In
Chinese medicine, black sesame helps to detoxify the body, regulate the urinary system, nourish the
hair and act as a laxative.
The typical Chinese New Year pastry fao gao has several English names - prosperity cake, lucky cake
and fortune cake. Its purpose is to bring good luck when eaten and is often given to others during the
holiday, like many other Chinese New Year foods. The word fa has a double meaning, both
"prosperity" and "picked up", while gao means "cake". The cakes can come in a variety of colours,
and although they look soft, the inside is quite thick.
Dragon's beard is similar to cotton candy, but while cotton candy is big and fluffy, this Chinese candy
is small and thin. Its name derives from its resemblance to the image of a dragon; the candy floss is
so shaggy that it resembles a dragon's beard. The making of dragon beard candy is also considered
an art form in China, as it is made by boiling a sugar mixture into a gel-like substance, which is then
formed into a circle that is folded and pulled around in figure eights until a number of tiny strands
are formed.
5.
Jackie Chan, born 1954, is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist and stuntman, known for his
acrobatic fighting style, comic timing and innovative stunts, which he usually performs himself. Chan
has been acting since the 1960s and has appeared in more than 150 films. He is one of the most
popular action movie stars of all time.
Chan has been featured in various pop songs, cartoons and video games. He is an opera-trained
singer and is also a cantopop and mandopop star, and has released numerous music albums and
sung many theme songs for the films he has starred in. He is also a world-renowned philanthropist
and has been ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the ten most charitable celebrities.
Jiang Wen (born 1963) is 60 years old, is a Chinese actor, screenwriter and director. As a director, he
is sometimes classified as a member of the "Sixth Generation", which emerged in the 1990s. Jiang is
also known internationally as an actor who co-starred with Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's debut film Red
Sorghum (1986) and more recently as Baze Malbus in Star Wars Rogue One (2016). He is the older
brother of fellow actor Jiang Wu.
The9 was a Chinese girl group formed through the survival show Youth With You 2. The group
consisted of Liu Yuxin, Yu Shuxin, Xu Jiaqi, Yu Yan, Xie Keyin, An Qi, Zhao Xiaotang, Kong Xueer and Lu
Keran.
The9 was formed on May 30, 2020, and officially debuted on August 10, 2020. The group was
disbanded on December 5, 2021.
WayV is a Chinese boy band. The group is composed of seven members: Kun, Ten, Winwin, Lucas,
Xiaojun, Hendery, and Yangyang. They debuted on January 17, 2019, with the digital extended play
The Vision.
The group has earned several accolades from both national and international award ceremonies,
including the Favorite Asian Artist at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards and the Best Dance
Performance (Chinese) at the Asian Pop Music Awards for their 2021 single "Kick Back".
