Chinese character are very independent from each other, most of them have specific meaning, if we check the ancient dictionary, we had more than 10,000 characters, but most of them just stay in the dictionary, they were dead!
Today we use just about 3000 characters for most of the daily use, it is also pretty good enough for most of the academic works, but how to express ourselves properly in sense of modern life, how to say, for example, “internet” in characters? instead of creating new characters, modern Chinese is prone to put characters together mostly for new meanings, and by this way, every year some new words come out.
Today let’s see two Chinese characters.
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Posted under character by admin 19.01.2010
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This is my second time to the park, this time I took some more photos with snow. I walked through the park from west to east, as it was a very cold day, this way kept me a little more warmer with the strong wind went from my back. The park is free as a public park, but to climb up the wall, you will need to go to the ticket office at the east end, it is in the arcade way, the arcade was the passage way for the old railway which connected Beijing and Shenyang in the north-east of Beijing.
Click here for more my last visit to this place. The place is very close to the subway station at the Chongwenmen.
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Posted under Beijing Snapshots, Chongwen by admin 14.01.2010
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1-The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing (宣武门天主堂), also known as Nantang (南堂, the South Cathedral), is an historic Roman Catholic Church located in Beijing. It was built by Italian missionary Matteo Ricci in the early 17th century, as the oldest Catholic church in Beijing, it was damaged many times by earthquakes and fires, the present Baroque style dates from 1904.
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Posted under Temples by admin 12.01.2010
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At the southern end of the Ming Tombs area is a large memorial archway called Pailou. Built in 1540, it is now a monumental construction, built of white marble with five arches. Six rectangular pillars support it with beautiful bas-relief carvings (lions, dragons, lotus flowers). It is 14 metres hith and 28.86 metres wide.
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Posted under Beijing Sightseeing, Changping by admin 11.01.2010
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Fengshui, or Feng Shui, a special Chinese tradition in architecture, usually links the whole process from site selection, designing, construction and interior and exterior decorating in ancient times.
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Posted under China Culture by admin 10.01.2010
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A visit to the Ruins of Yuanmingyuan after the first snow of 2010.
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Posted under Uncategorized by admin 06.01.2010
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The Line 1 of Beijing Subway was constructed in 1969, it was the first urban subway system in China, the system has 9 lines right now, and connects 147 stations around the downtown and suburb area of Beijing.
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Posted under Beijing City Planning by admin 03.01.2010
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Panjiayuan Flea Market is located at the south east of the 3rd Ring Road. It is an open air market, opened 7 days a week, but the best time to go is on weekend. The market was famous for antique dealings about 10 years ago, today it is famous for the big collections of handicraft works from the neighbouring provinces, but not entirely in the sense of antiques, you can still get some real stuff, but not very easy.
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Posted under Beijing Snapshots, Chaoyang, China Culture, Shopping, Uncategorized by admin 25.12.2009
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Once Beijing Textile City populated by factories and warehouses, Image Base is now all designer spaces for culture-based industries.
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Posted under Chaoyang by admin 14.12.2009
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The 2nd snow arrived as expected on 10th of Nov, and it was another heavy one! I took some photos in the hutongs around Dongsi Area.
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Posted under Beijing Snapshots, Beijing Weather, Dongcheng by admin 11.11.2009
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