Shanghainese (Shanghai dialect) is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the city of Shanghai, and the surrounding region. It is classified as a Sino-Tibetan language. Shanghainese, like other Wu dialects, is largely not mutually intelligible with other Chinese dialects such as Standard Mandarin, or even other sub-branches of the Wu language group.
 
Shanghainese is the [...]

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Shanghai’s nightlife is legendary. The city has innumerable bars and nightclubs in an unlimited variety of themes. There are bars to cater to every type of person. It is said that any visitor to Shanghai can find their perfect bar. Shanghai has a long history of jazz clubs, which have been popular since the 1930’s. [...]

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Cruising down Huangpu River, Shanghai’s mother river, is a wonderful experience. The cruise begins at the Bund, which is known as a “museum of architecture” and slowly cruises toward the Nanpu Bridge. At the bridge, the ship makes a u-turn and passes under the Yangpu Bridge. The ship then cruises to the Wusong Kou before [...]

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Xin Tian Di: A newly built scenic spot, Xin Tian Di is large complex built with a European feel. During the day thousands of sightseers can be seen visiting Xin Tian Di taking photos. In the evening, the area has a romantic European flavor. The Cafes are extremely popular with locals and visitors. The restaurants [...]

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The local opera of Shanghai originated from Shange, a type of popular folk song from the Jiangnan area, the area south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. With its sweet music, and the gentle Shanghai dialect, the Shange style of singing is extremely popular with people in the Shanghai and Zhejiang Province areas. [...]

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Compared with private gardens, royal gardens have the following characteristics: (1 ) They are very big, taking real mountains and real waters as the main factors for constructing gardens. Therefore, they pay greater attention to site selection, and their technique of building the garden is close to a realistic painting. (2) Royal gardens have a [...]

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After entering China, Buddhism was introduced into Japan through Korean Peninsula by monks in 538.
Jian Zhen, the well-known monk in China was invited to Japan to give lectures in 742. After five failures of going east to Japan, he finally got to Japan at the sixth time in 753, when he was 65 years old. [...]

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Ancient Chinese Military Civilization

( 2008-08-13 )

Ancient Chinese military thoughts and inventions as well as famous strategists have contributed a lot to the Chinese military civilization.
Ancient Chinese military thoughts
Based on the reasonable understanding of wars and military problems in the slavery and feudalism societies, ancient Chinese military thoughts experienced a consistent development in the past thousands [...]

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Making of the pottery figurines
 The Terracotta Warriors excavated from the Qinshihuang Mausoleum and the Pits are located in Lintong County, near Xi’an City, capital of Shaanxi Province. Constructed from 246 BC to 208 BC, the mausoleum was the first of its kind in Chinese history. The terracotta army guarding the mausoleum was discovered in 1974. [...]

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The Taiji (Great Heavenly Axis) forms a unity, from which two antagonistic concepts, Yin and Yang originate. The word Yin originally referred to a hillside facing away from the sun. Philosophically, it stands the gloomy, passive, female concept, whereas Yang (the hillside facing the sun) stands for the bright, active, male concept. Both concepts, though [...]

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