Tuesday October 30, 2007 月光族 Moonlight Clan
Yue guang zu (月光族) “moonlight clan” are not “moonlighters” in the English sense, rather it refers to the type of people who spend all their earnings each month. The two characters yue (月) and guɑng (光) in the phrase have nothing to do with the moon or light but mean yue yue huɑ guɑng (月月花光) “monthly income completely gone”; the character zu (族) stands for a large group of people. Members of the moonlight clan are mostly young men and women who have just entered employment.
They do not usually earn very much and have not developed a habit of saving money, so all their money is used up at the end of each month. A male belonging to the moonlight clan is called Mr. Moonlight and a female is called Miss Moonlight.
Example
Mr. Li graduated from a fairly well-known university in Beijing and has been working in a company for two years with a monthly income of 3500 yuan. Mr. Li uses this money to pay the rent, utility bills, dine out, buy clothes and so on. More often than not, his purse becomes empty by the end of the month. As a result he sometimes has to borrow money from his parents. So, although he has been working for two years, Mr. Li has hardly any savings.
Friday October 26, 2007 China Traditional Festivel
Check how many Chinese troditional festivel you know.
1.New Year's Day 元旦(1月1日)
2.Spring Festival;Chinese New Year's Day 春节(农历一月一日)
3.Lantern Festival 元宵节(农历一月十五日)
4.International Working Women's Day 国际劳动妇女节(3月8日)
5.Arbor Day 植树节(3月12日)
6.Postal Day 邮政节(3月20日)
7.World Meteorology Day 世界气象节(3月23日)
8.Ching Ming Festival ;Tomb-sweeping Festival 清明节(4月5日)
9.International Labour Day 国际劳动节(5月1日)
10.Chinese Youth Day 中国青年节(5月4日)
11.Nurses' Festival 护士节(5月12日)
12.Dragon Boat Festival 端午节(农历五月初五)
13.International Children's Day 国际儿童节(6月1日)
14.The Party's Brithday 中国共产党成立纪念日(7月1日)
15.The Army's Day 建军节(8月1日)
16.Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival 中秋节(农历八月十五)
17.Teacher's Day 教师节(9月10日)
18.Double-ninth Day 重阳节(农历九月九日)
19.National Day 国庆节(10月1日)
20.New Year's Eve 除夕(农历十二月三十日)
过年 celebrate the spring festival
春联 spring festival couplets
剪纸 paper-cuts
年画 new year paintings
买年货 do shopping for the spring festival ; do spring festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
灯笼 lantern
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers (people scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
舞狮 lion dance (the lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety show
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay new year's call; give new year's greetings; pay new year's visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift culture note: in the old days, new year's money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth
辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
年糕 nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on new year's eve
饺子 jiao-zi; chinese meat ravioli
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Wednesday October 10, 2007 Associate with 2008
Express your ideas!What do you think about it?
Beijing Olympic medal Do you think it is a good combination of the Olympic standard and the Chinese culture or not? 
For my opnion, i just feel that the tape contains more chinese culture elements than the medal. There must be some other thing i did not realize from the picture, i hope so.
Beijing Olympic torch
In the first look, it makes me think cigeratte and monkey king stick. But anyway, it looks beautiful and really chinese.
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Thursday September 20, 2007 The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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Full of chinese charm and tradition, enjoy it~
For more details about the five Mascots, please visit sugar's blog~~
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