SUNNY LIN Life is beautiful!

the English name of Chinese famous high spot

十三陵The Ming Tombs
雍和宫Yonghe Lamasery
中华世纪坦China Century Altar
秦始皇陵The Emperor Qin Shihuang's Tomb
天安门广场Tian'anmen Square
华表Ornamental Pillars
人民英雄纪念碑The Monument to the People's Heroes
毛主席纪念堂Chairman Mao Memorial Hall
人民大会堂The Great Hall of the People
故宫The Forbidden City
乾清宫The Palace of Heavenly Purity
坤宁宫The Palace of Earthly Tranquility
御花园The Imperial Garden
九龙壁The Nine Dragon Screen
天坛The Temple of Heaven
回音壁Echo Wall
祈年殿The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest
颐和园The Summer Palace
佛香阁The Tower of Buddhist Incense
石舫The Marble Boat
十七孔桥The 17-Arch Bridge
铜牛Bronze Ox
谐趣园The Garden of Harmonious Interests
长城The Great Wall
居庸关Juyongguan Pass
北海公园: Beihai Park
故宫博物院: the Palace Museum
革命历史博物馆: The Museum of Revolutionary History
天安门广场: Tian’anmen Square
毛主席纪念堂:Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall
保和殿: the Hall of Preserving Harmony
中和殿: the Hall of Central Harmony
长城: the Great Wall
午门: the Meridian Gate
紫金山天文台: Purple and Gold Hills Observation
紫禁城: the Forbidden City
御花园: Imperial Garden
颐花园: Summer Palace

天 坛: Temple of Heaven
周口店遗址: Zhoukoudian Ancient Site
太和殿: the Hall of Supreme Harmony
祈年殿: the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest.
少年宫: the Children’s Palace
烽火台: the Beacon Tower
人民大会堂: the Great Hall of the People
清东陵: Easten Royal Toms of the Qing Dynasty
乾清宫: Palace of Heavenly Purity
民族文化宫: the Cultural Palace for Nationalities
劳动人民文化宫:Worker People’s Cultural Palace
北京工人体育馆:Beijing Workers’ Stadium
护城河: the Moat
仙人洞: Fairy Cave
黄果树瀑布:Huangguoshu Falls
西山晴雪: the Sunny Western Hills after Snow
避暑山庄:the Imperial Mountain Summer Resort
龙门石窟: Longmen Cave
苏州园林:Suzhou Gardens
庐山 :Lushan Mountain
天池: Heaven Poll
蓬莱水城: Penglai Water City
大雁塔: Big Wild Goose Pagoda
华山: Huashan Mountain
峨眉山:Emei Mountain
石林: Stone Forest
西湖: West Lake
白马寺: White Horse Temple
白云山: White Cloud Mountain.
布达拉宫 :Potala Palace
大运河: Grand Canal
滇池: Dianchi Lake
杜甫草堂: Du Fu Cottage
都江堰: Dujiang Dam
鼓浪屿: Gulangyu Islet
观音阁: Goddess of Mercy Pavilion
归元寺: Guiyuan Buddhist Temple
甘露寺: Sweet Dew Temple
黄花岗七十二烈士墓:Mausoleum of the 72 Martyrs
华清池: Huaqing Hot Spring
昭君墓: Zhaojun’s Tomb
毛泽东故居:Mao Zedong’s Former Residence
周恩来故居:Zhou Enlai’s Former Residence
越秀公园: Yuexiu Park
岳阳楼: Yueyang Tower
南湖公园: South Lake Park
中山公园: Zhongshan Park
漓江: Lijiang River
寒山寺: Hanshan Temple
静心斋: Heart-East Study
黄鹤楼: Yellow Crane Tower
黄山 : Huangshan Mountain
天下第一关:the First Pass Under Heaven
桂林山水:Guilin Scenery with Hills and Waters
秦始皇兵马俑: Qin Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Figurines
华清池 HuaQING hot spring
鼓楼 drum tower
大雁塔 Great GOOSE pagoda
西湖 the West Lake
泰山：Mount Taishan
庐山：Mt. Lu

天安门及广场 Tian'anmen and Tian'anmen Square
故宫 The Palace Museum
天坛 The Temple of Heaven
颐和园 The Summer Palace
长城 The Great Wall
(八达岭长城 The Great Wall at Badaling
居庸关长城 The Great Wall at Juyongguan Pass
慕田峪长城 The Great Wall at Mutianyu
司马台长城 The Great Wall at Simatai)
明十三陵 The Ming Tombs
北海公园 Beihai Park
雍和宫 Yonghegong Larmasery
白云观 The White Cloud Taoist Temple
北京孔庙 Beijing Confucius Temple
国子监 The Imperial College
潭柘寺 Tanzhe Temple
圆明园 The Ruins of Yuanmingyuan
周口店北京猿人遗址 Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
中华民族园 Chinese Ethnic Culture Park
世界公园 Beijing World Park
中华世纪坛 China Century Altar
桂林山水 the Landscape of Guilin
杭州西湖 the West Lake of Hangzhou
故宫 the Imperial Palace
苏州园林 the Gardens of Suzhou
安徽黄山 Mount Huang of Anhui
长江三峡 the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River
台湾日月潭 the Sun and Moon Lake of Taiwan
河北承德避暑山庄 the Summer Mountain Resort in Chengde, Hebei
陕西秦始皇陵兵马俑 Terra Cotta Warriors

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.

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

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.

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~~