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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Romance of the Three Kingdoms ( 三国演义 ) - Classical Chinese Novel
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Battle of Red Cliff - Romance of the Three Kingdoms

A 1000 year old engraving marked the site
of the Battle of Red Cliff in today's Hubei, China.

Written by Luo Guanzhong ( 罗贯中) in the late Yuan and early Ming period (the exact period is not known ), the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, continue to be the most popular classical novels in Chinese Literature all these years.

The period of the Three Kingdoms, from late Eastern Han to the Western Jin Dynasty (169-265 AD) lasted about ninety years, and was an extremely chaotic period in which heroes rose to compete against one another and legends were made.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

The Book of Poems
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:: Chinese Literature, Ancient China

The Chinese Book of Poems

Shi Jing ( 诗经 ) or The Book of Poems is one of the most significant headstreams of Chinese Literature. Complied over a period of almost 500 years from the Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, it contains 305 poems and was part of the Confucius’s curriculum in his time.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Pregnancy Gender Selection - A Chinese Child Birth Conception Chart
By linusleong @ 10:27 PM :: 2277 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Feng Shui, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Handcopied of original medical work on child birth care for females.

With a one-child policy in effect for two generations, the Chinese have it tough when it comes to raising a family. Gender selection at conception and pregnancy stages has always been an important consideration to the Chinese family as it is only the Son, and not the daughter, that will eventually carries the family name.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

TCM - Famous Ancient Chinese Physicians
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:: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Ancient China

Li Shizhen, a well known medical practitioner during the Ming Dynasty.

Li Shizhen

The field of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM, is an ever evolving and adaptive discipline that has gained increased popularity in recent times. The early beginnings of the Traditional Chinese Medicine were recorded in three major classic works; namely The Yellow Emperor’s Internal Medicine (黄帝内径), The Treatise on Febrile Diseases (伤寒染病论), and The Pharmacopeia (本草纲目) or otherwise known as The Indices of Drugs.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Traditional Chinese Festivals – Duan Wu ( 端午 ) on 8th June 2008
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:: Chinese Culture

Dragon Boat Racing During Duan Wu Festival

The Duan Wu ( 端午 ) Festivals falls on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese Lunar Month. This year, it will be on the 8^th of June. There are actually many origins to this Festival, the most commonly excepted version is that the day is used to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan ( 屈原 ), an official and poet in the State of Chu ( 楚 ) state during the Warring States period.