Spring Festival in China

Spring festival, the most important holiday in China is coming! Spring festival is the beginning of a new year calculated by Chinese traditional calendar and also indicates that winter is leaving and spring is comming. To chinese, this is a reunion holiday. Not only how far we are from home, we are all eager to go home to be together with families. We will be happy as much as we likes, and put down all the burdens as much as possible. Happy, laughing, and propitous words are aroud us. And as you know, most of Chinese people don't have religion faith, but we revere ancestors. In daily life, most of our culture relates with ancestors. Therefore, In this big holiday, many ceremonies are held to show respect for ancesotors. Although in morden China, such ceremony are less than before, but the spirit of the holiday are still eternal, that is renion with families and ancestors.

Simple introduction of 墨家、道家、儒家

According to the difference between teaching, Chinese philosophy could be divided to the 墨家、道家、儒家and so on.And i must announce that this is just my understand about them and i am not a philosopher, even not good at philosophy. This is just my knowledge about it and i would like to share. 道家, which teaching essence is freedom. People should not be binded up by money, power and substance and pursue freedom in body and spirit, freedom in spirit is most important. Compared with seeking for freedom of 道家，the esseces of 儒家is 仁义礼智信between people, which meaning is kindness,support, politeness,wisdom and honesty. It believes that if people obey to the teachings, the society will be good. The essence of 墨家is 兼爱、非攻.The 兼爱 is 兼相爱交相利 meaning if we love others, we will do benefit to others, and the sameness is that benefit others could bring love from others. And 非攻means people should not destroy others interest in life and substances, and also should take action to avoid conflits. Compared to attach importance of controling ourslves to abide the rules among each other, 墨家 exceed the relationship between people and emphasize love all people, and the love could bring goodness and non-conflict. To me, i believe in 墨家. If everyong could love others the same as ourself, how many conflicts we could avoid, and war will never happen too. The second i believe in is 道家.Without the bind of substances and others' opinion, just looking for freedom in my heart, this really makes me peaceful and quiet in my mind. The next is 儒家. The reason i don't like it as 墨家and 道家 isn't for it is bad, actuallly it is good. Just because too much rules and regulation it stress makes me feel unfree a little.
This is just i understand superficially about Chinese philosophy. And i would like to share it with you.

Simple introduction of 墨家、道家、儒家 According to the difference between teaching, Chinese philosophy could be divided to the 墨家、道家、儒家and so on.And i must announce that this is just my understand about them and i am not a philosopher, even not good at philosophy. This is just my knowledge about it and i would like to share. 道家, which teaching essence is freedom. People should not be binded up by money, power and substance and pursue freedom in body and spirit, freedom in spirit is most important. Compared with seeking for freedom of 道家，the esseces of 儒家is 仁义礼智信between people, which meaning is kindness,support, politeness,wisdom and honesty. It believes that if people obey to the teachings, the society will be good. The essence of 墨家is 兼爱、非攻.The 兼爱 is 兼相爱交相利 meaning if we love others, we will do benefit to others, and the sameness is that benefit others could bring love from others. And 非攻means people should not destroy others interest in life and substances, and also should take action to avoid conflits. Compared to attach importance of controling ourslves to abide the rules among each other, 墨家 exceed the relationship between people and emphasize love all people, and the love could bring goodness and non-conflict. To me, i believe in 墨家. If everyong could love others the same as ourself, how many conflicts we could avoid, and war will never happen too. The second i believe in is 道家.Without the bind of substances and others' opinion, just looking for freedom in my heart, this really makes me peaceful and quiet in my mind. The next is 儒家. The reason i don't like it as 墨家and 道家 isn't for it is bad, actuallly it is good. Just because too much rules and regulation it stress makes me feel unfree a little. This is just i understand superficially about Chinese philosophy. And i would like to share it with you.

Who want to learn Chinese I cann't find compositions written by people who want to learn Chinese. So i just wonder how many people want to learn it on italki?

Use of punctuation in Chinses Chinese punctuation is similar with English,but there is some difference too.Chinese mostly use comma to divide sentences instead of conjunction in Engish.The most interesting and meaningful punctuation is suspension points, which is like 'and so on' in English. However, suspension points is written in '......' style, could bring many fancy. It has something artistic beyond the word and can't be expressed by any words.And the feel of this punctuation is like Chinese painting, attaching importance to the potential and meaningful expression but not direct and real expression, which we call it 意境 in Chinese.

A thorough idealism must be a true realism I used to have many dreams and imagination about life, future and love. However, when i have to live by myself, i find that life does't play as i had dreaming at all, even harder and hurt sometimes. I am confused for the real life, and cried for many times. During a long time, i felt i am lost and can't find my direction just like walking it heavy fog. I lost all my dreams, further more, i didn't know what do i hope to do and what i can do. This kind of mood makes me blue. Until now, in fact, i don't know my direction exactly. This feels ridiculous. Life polish my dreams and turns me to be a common one. But this is life which is not mysterious but actual. Many conflicts and difficulty existed may kill peoples' courage and spirits. However, i have to say that, this also is wonder of life. Maybe, life will beat you down. But if you overcome the difficulty and the fear of life, you will find that life is so amazing and beautiful. It will show its multiple colours. So when you accept that life is realistic not idealistic and put down the unreasonable imagination, you will feel full and real in your heart. This feel could be like a parable that you stand on the land stably not fly in sky. In this situation, we could pursue our dreams steadily. So if you are a thorough idealistic person, you should be realistic first.

An interesting symbolization of 馬羊 The Chinese tradional word to write horse is 馬and goat is羊。These word all sybolize the animals body shape. 馬, the up part looks like horse head and trunk, and these four points under is four legs. So it feels like a horse running fast. 羊 is easily to describe. Horn in up, and the down part is body. It looks like you looking at a goat from his face side.

Being strong, being alive We are independent beings living on earth. Nobody has the responsibility to love others considerate and thoughtful expect parents to childern. Friends, lovers and relative only walk together with you on life road and accompany each other. But they are not responsilbe to be with you forever. They will leave you, and because of human nature, they love themslfves most. So do not hope love and care from others more than from you. You should be strong enough to love youself and face the world alone. As long as you are strong, you could live alone having peaceful and happy heart, and treat the people around you independently and well. Therefore, do not ask for care from others. Being strong, you could be alive and live alone.

A Chinese joke about study Most of Chinese junior school hang a banner written 好好学习天天向上.Maybe this is the most popular phrases among children. And the meaning is ' You should study very hard, then you could make progress everyday'. However, the phrases is translated to be chinese-english type as a joke. It is as follows. 'Good Good Study, Day Day Up'