The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival. Because the ancient "I Ching" in the "six" as the number of yin, the "nine" as the number of yang, the ninth day of September, the sun and the moon and yang, the two nine heavy, so it is called Chung Yeung, also known as Chung Kau, the ancients believe that it is a worthy of celebrating the auspicious day, and from early on began to celebrate the festival.
Celebrating the anniversary of the birth of a child.
Celebrating the Chrysanthemum Festival is a colorful and romantic event, which generally includes activities such as going out to enjoy the scenery, climbing up to a high altitude, viewing chrysanthemums, inserting dogwoods all over the place, eating Chrysanthemum cakes, drinking chrysanthemum wine, etc. The festival is also known as the "Chrysanthemum Festival".
JiuJiu Chongyang, because and "long time" homophonic, nine in the number is the largest number, there is a long long life meaning, and autumn is also the golden season of the year's harvest, Chongyang Festival, far-reaching significance, people have always had a special feeling for this festival, Tang poetry and Song Dynasty has a lot of congratulations on the Chongyang, chrysanthemums in the poetry of the masterpieces.
Today's Chrysanthemum Festival, was given a new meaning, in 1989, China's September 9 every year as the Elderly Day, the traditional and modern ingenious combination of respect for the elderly, respect for the elderly, love for the elderly, to help the elderly of the festival. The country's institutions, groups, streets, often at this time to organize from the work of the old people retired from the autumn tour to enjoy the scenery, or the water for fun, or mountaineering fitness, so that the body and mind are bathed in the embrace of nature; a lot of families of the younger generation will also be assisting the elderly elders to the countryside activities or for the old people to prepare some tasty food and drink.
Origin of the Chongyang Festival
The 9th day of the 9th moon, as early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period of the "Chu words" has been mentioned. In Qu Yuan's "Faraway Journey", he wrote: "Setting up the Chongyang into the Emperor's Palace, creating the first ten days of the year and observing the Qingdu". The word "Chongyang" here refers to the day, not yet to the festival. Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, in his "Book of the Ninth Day and Zhong Yao", clearly wrote about the Chongyang feast: "The years go by and the months come and go, and suddenly it is the ninth day of the ninth month. Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon should be together, so the common people honored its name and thought it was suitable for a long time, so they used it to enjoy the banquet."
Tao Yuanming, a literati of the Jin Dynasty, said in the preface to the poem "Nine Days of Idleness": "I live in idleness, love the name of the ninth. Autumn chrysanthemums fill the garden, while holding the mash by and by, empty clothing nine Chinese, sends the mind to the words." Here both chrysanthemum and wine are mentioned. Probably in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Chongyang Day has been the practice of drinking wine, chrysanthemum appreciation. By the Tang Dynasty Chongyang was officially designated as a folk festival.
During the Ming Dynasty, on the 9th day of the 9th month, the whole palace had to eat flower cakes together to celebrate the occasion, and the emperor had to climb to Mount Banzai in person in order to enjoy the autumn spirit, a custom that was passed down until the Qing Dynasty.
The legend of Chongyang Festival
Like most traditional festivals, Chongyang Festival also has an ancient legend.
Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in the River Ru, and whenever it appeared, people fell ill in every house and died every day, and the people in the area suffered from the plague demon's ravages.
A plague claimed the parents of a young man, Hengjing, and he himself was nearly killed by the disease. After recovering from the disease, he left his beloved wife and his folks, and resolved to go out and visit the immortals to learn the art of ridding the people of the plague. Hengjing went around to visit the famous masters and masters, and finally found out that there is the oldest mountain in the east, and there is an immortal with infinite magic power on the mountain. Hengjing, undaunted by the difficulties and dangers and the long distance, was guided by the crane, and finally found the mountain, and the immortal with the magical magic power. Hengjing was touched by his spirit and finally took him in and taught him the art of demon-slaying. Hengjing was able to practice hard and sleeplessly, and finally developed an extraordinary martial arts skill.
This day, the fairy chief called Hengjing to him and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of the ninth month, the plague demon will come out to do evil again, you have learned your skill, you should go back to do away with the evil for the people". He gave Hengjing a packet of cornelian cherry leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and taught Hengjing how to avoid the evil spirits, so that Hengjing could ride a crane and hurry back home.
Hengjing returned to his hometown, and on the morning of the ninth day of the ninth month, he led the townspeople to a nearby mountain according to the immortal chief's instructions, and gave each of them a piece of cornelian cherry leaf, a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and made preparations to subdue the evil spirits. At noon, with a few screams, the plague of the devil rushed out of the Ru River, but the plague of the devil just jumped to the bottom of the mountain, suddenly smelled a burst of cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine, will stop, face suddenly changed, then Hengjing holding demon sword chased down the mountain, a few rounds on the Wen devil stabbed to death under the sword, from the first nine days of September to climb up to the custom of avoiding the epidemic year after year passed down. Wu Jun, a native of Liang, wrote about this in his book Qi Harmony Records.
The custom of ascending the heights on the Chongyang Festival was later regarded as an activity to avoid disasters and calamities. In addition, in the traditional concept of the Central Plains people, the double-nine is also the meaning of long life, health and longevity, so later the Chongyang Festival was established as the festival of the elderly.
Customs of Chrysanthemum Festival
Golden Autumn sends a refreshing fragrance, the fragrance of Dan Gui, the Chrysanthemum Festival on the first nine days of September in the lunar calendar, rich in activities, full of interest, there are climbing, chrysanthemum, drink chrysanthemum wine, eat Chrysanthemum cake, dogwood, and so on.
Denggao
In ancient times, folk in the Chung Yeung has the custom of ascending the heights, so the Chung Yeung Festival is also known as the "Festival of Ascending Heights". It is rumored that this custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there were many poems written by literati, most of which were about the customs of the Chongyang Festival; Du Fu's seven rhymes, "Ascending to the heights", is a famous piece of writing about ascending to the heights of the Chongyang Festival. There is no standardized rule on the place of ascending to the heights, but it is generally to climb high mountains and towers. There is also the custom of eating "Chrysanthemum Cake".
Eating Chrysanthemum Cake
According to historical records, the Chrysanthemum Cake is also known as the flower cake, chrysanthemum cake, five-color cake, the system is not fixed, more random. September 9 when the sky is bright, to piece of cake on the forehead of the children, the mouth read the words, wishing the children all things are high, is the ancient people in September for the cake's original intention. The delicate Chongyang cake to be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, the top is also made into two small sheep, in line with the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some also inserted a small red paper flag on the cake, and light candles. This is probably the "light", "eat cake" instead of "high" meaning, with a small red paper flag instead of cornelian cherry. Today's Chongyang cake, there is still no fixed varieties, all over the Chongyang Festival to eat the fluffy cakes are called Chongyang cake.
Appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine
The Chrysanthemum Festival is the time of the year when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and it is rumored that the practice of appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine originated with Tao Yuanming, a great poet of the Jin Dynasty. Tao Yuanming was famous for living in seclusion, famous for poetry, famous for wine, and famous for his love of chrysanthemums; later generations followed his example, and then there was the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums at the Chrysanthemum Festival. In the old days, the literati and scholars also combined chrysanthemum-appreciation with banquets and drinks, in order to get closer to Tao Yuanming. In Kaifeng, the capital of Northern Song Dynasty, the chrysanthemum-appreciation style was prevalent, and there were many varieties of chrysanthemums with a variety of colors at that time. Folk also called the ninth month of the lunar calendar "the month of chrysanthemums", and in the Chrysanthemum Festival where chrysanthemums blossomed in the frost, viewing chrysanthemums became an important part of the festival. After the Qing Dynasty, chrysanthemum appreciation is especially prosperous, and is not limited to the ninth day of the ninth month, but is still the most prosperous before and after the Chrysanthemum Festival.
Inserting Cornus and Hairpin Chrysanthemums
The custom of inserting Cornus on the Chongyang Festival was already common in the Tang Dynasty. Ancient people believed that inserting cornelian cherry on the day of Chung Yeung Festival could protect against disasters; or wear it on the arm, or make an incense bag to put the cornelian cherry inside and wear it, and also insert it on the head. Mostly women, children wear, some places, men also wear. Chrysanthemum Festival to wear cornelian cherry, in the Jin Dynasty Ge Hong "Western Scripture Miscellany" has been recorded. In addition to wearing cornelian cherry, people also wear chrysanthemums on their heads. This was already the case in the Tang Dynasty and has been practiced throughout the ages. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of the Chongyang Festival in Beijing was to put chrysanthemum branches and leaves on doors and windows to "lift up the evils and attract good luck". This is a variation of the head hairpin chrysanthemum. Song Dynasty, there will be colorful silk cut into cornelian cherry, chrysanthemum to give each other to wear.
Customs of Chung Yeung Festival
In addition to the above more common customs, there are also some unique forms of festivals around. Grain ah, surimi ah, on ah on the field". Shaanbei over Chongyang in the evening, the day is a full day of harvesting, playing field. At night, the moon over the treetops, people love to enjoy buckwheat boiled mutton, to eat dinner, people go out of their homes in twos and threes, climbed the nearby hills, lit a fire, talk about the sky and the earth, to be called by the chickens before going home. Night hiking, many people are picking a few handfuls of wild chrysanthemums, go home and inserted in the daughter's head, in order to avoid the evil spirits.
PuXian in Fujian, people follow the old custom, to steam nine layers of Chongyang rice fruit, China's ancient times have Chongyang "food bait" custom, "bait" that is today's pastries, rice fruit and so on. Song Dynasty "Jade Candle BaoDian" cloud: "nine days of food bait, drink chrysanthemum wine, the time of corn, broomcorn and harvest, in order to stick to the flavor of rice to touch the class to taste the new, and then become a habit. Early Qing Dynasty Putian poet Song Zuqian "Min wine song" said: "I was shocked to hear that the festival is near the Chung Yeung Festival, the delicate hand with a basket to pick up the wild fragrance. Pestle and mortar pounded into a green powder wet, the pearls call Lang taste". In recent times, people have also converted the rice fruit into a very distinctive Jiuzhong Rice Fruit. High-quality late rice with water washing, soaking for 2 hours, drained, mixed with water and ground into a thin pulp, add alum (dissolved in water) mixing, plus red plate sugar (mixed with water boiled into a thick liquid sugar), and then placed in a steamer on the pot, laying on a clean cooking cloth, and then divided into nine, scooped into the rice fruit pulp, steamed for a number of hours that is cooked out of the cage, the surface of the rice fruit smeared with peanut oil. This rice fruit in nine overlapping layers, can be uncovered, cut into diamond angles, four sides of the hierarchy, was translucent body, eaten sweet and soft to the mouth, and does not stick to the teeth, can be called the best gift to honor the elderly Chung Yeung food.
Masses in some places also have the opportunity to take advantage of the Chung Yeung mountaineering, sweeping ancestral tombs, commemorating the ancestors. Putian people to Chongyang ancestor worship than the Qingming for more, so there is a custom to March for the small Qingming, the ninth for the big Qingming said. Due to the Putian coast, the ninth day of the ninth month is also the anniversary of Mazu's ascension to heaven, the townspeople go to the Mazu Temple in Meizhou or the ancestral shrine of Tin Hau in the harbor and the palace to offer sacrifices and seek blessings.
After the founding of New China, the Chung Yeung Festival was enriched with new activities. 1989, the Chung Yeung Festival was designated as the Elderly People's Day. The first to this day, all over the world to organize the elderly mountaineering autumn excursions, broaden their horizons, exchange of feelings, exercise, and cultivate people to return to nature, love of the country's great mountains and rivers of noble character.
Changyang poetry
Cai Sang Zi Chungyang
Mao Zedong
Life is easy to God is difficult to old, years and years of Chungyang,
this year and Chungyang, the yellow flowers of the battlefield is very fragrant.
Once a year the autumn wind is strong, not like the spring light,
Something like the spring light, the lonesome river sky ten thousand miles of frost.
Memories of Shandong Brothers on September 9
(Tang) Wang Wei
It's a strange place to be alone, and I miss my family twice as much at festivals.
It's a good thing that I know where my brothers are climbing up, and that there are fewer dogwoods to be found.
Nine days on Mount Qishan
(Tang) Du Mu
Jianghan Autumn shadow of the geese first flew, and the guest with the pot on the Cuiwei.
It's hard to meet the people of the world and laugh at them, and the chrysanthemums have to be inserted all over their heads.
But I'm not going to be able to get a tincture of Mo?t and Mo?t to pay for the festivities, and I'm not going to be able to climb up and hate the sunshine.
This is the only way in the history of the world, so why should I be alone in Oxford?
September 10th
(Tang) Li Bai
Yesterday, I climbed to the top of the mountain, but today I will raise my goblet again.
The chrysanthemums are too bitter to be exposed to the two suns.
September 9, the Xuanwu mountain travel overlook
(Tang) Lu Zhaolin
September 9, the mountains and rivers overlooked, return to the heart to look at the accumulation of wind and smoke.
This is the first time I've ever seen the mountain and the river, and I'm looking forward to the wind and smoke.
Nine Days in Shu
(Tang) Wang Bo
September 9, looking at the township platform, his seat in the countryside to send guests cup.
The people are tired of the pain in the south, and the geese are coming from the north.
September 9th
(Tang) Wang Jin
More than Kyoto, the grass has been withered in August frost.
Today, I climbed up to the top of the mountain and bottled wine, but I don't know if I can have chrysanthemums.
Nine Days
(Tang) Yang Heng
Yellow flowers and purple chrysanthemums fall along the hedges.
It is not easy to look at the countryside today, so I have to insert a cornelian cherry with the crowd.
Binghe nine days of the lucky Linwei Pavilion climbed high to get the word
Wei Anshi
The ninth anniversary of the opening of the autumn festival, to get a move Chen Yi.
The golden wind is blowing the chrysanthemums, and the jade dew is weeping the cornelian cherry branches.
Reviewing the Eight Corners of the Corner, the Seven Observations of Astronomy.
It is time for me to be in the depths of the world, and I will not forget the danger of living in the heights.
Drunken Flower Shade
(Song) Li Qingzhao
The mist and thick clouds are worrying about the eternal day.
The festive season is again the second day of the year, and the jade pillow and gauze cupboard, the middle of the night cool through.
Don't worry, I'm not going to be able to get a good look at you, but I'm going to be able to get a good look at you.
There is no way that you can't be happy with the way you look, but the curtains are rolling in the west wind, and the people are thinner than the yellow flowers!
Yangzhou in Chang'an also September 9, line Weishan Pavilion fugue rhyme
(South Chen) Jiang always
Heart chasing the southern clouds died, the shape with the northern geese to come.
The chrysanthemums under the hedge in my hometown, how many flowers are blooming today?
Drunk with the east wind, the 9th anniversary of the reunification
(Yuan) Guan Hanqing
The title of the red leaves and clear flow of the Royal Gully, and the yellow flowers of the people drunk on the song building.
The sky is long and the shadow of geese is scarce, the moon is falling and the mountains are thin.
Cold and clear in the twilight of the fall, the decaying willows and cold cicadas a piece of sadness,
Who is willing to teach the white clothes to send wine.
Nine days
(Ming) Wensen
Three years ago, the chrysanthemum was not at home when it opened.
When would I expect to drink today's wine, and suddenly I am facing the flowers in my old garden?
There are clouds in the open field, and geese gather in the sand in the cold sky.
There is no limit to what you can do when you are in the mountains, but there is no limit to what you can do when you are in the mountains.
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The scene of the bus - [Humor]
The bus is often used to go out.
This day I went out and took the same bus I always take. There were a lot of people in the bus and it was quite crowded. I found a standing position at the back of the car. Right in front of a chubby middle-schooler-like, with a pair of thick glasses and his age, sitting on the seat and looking around. At the end of the stop, a couple of old ladies came up, one of whom, a fat old lady, stood by the fat student's seat. The old lady was quite serious, and I happened to notice that she was staring directly at the fat student in her seat. The fat student was pretending to look out of the car, not looking at the old lady's eyes. The old lady was still staring. The fat student's head, like a pulley, turned from side to side, but not towards the old lady's eyes.
The bus had already passed one stop.
I stood by and laughed at the scene. It was like I had watched a Korean drama (I personally feel that one of the characteristics of Korean dramas is the subtle portrayal of life's details).
Finally, the fat student stood up and looked toward the old woman, who nodded at him and slowly took her seat. Several stops later, the fat student got off the bus, and the old woman remained in her seat.
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Traditional Chinese Holidays of the Mid-Autumn Festival -[Walkthrough]
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It is the second most important traditional festival after the Spring Festival.
The 15th day of the 8th lunar month is the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the interpretation of the ancient Chinese calendar, August is the second month of autumn, called "mid-autumn", August 15 and in the mid-autumn, so called "Mid-Autumn Festival", Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is complete, symbolizing the reunion, and therefore called "reunion festival".
From the seasonal point of view, the mid-seed is the "Autumn Harvest Festival", spring and summer sowing of grains to the fall should be harvested, since ancient times, people have been drinking and dancing in this season, joyfully celebrating the harvest. About the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are originated in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) Tang Xuanzong tour of the Moon Palace romantic story: Tang Xuanzong Mid-Autumn Festival night in the palace when the moon festival, the attendant Taoist magic, the hands of the walking stick into the air as a silver bridge, Xuanzong stepped into the Moon Palace. But see the gate tower plaque on the book "Guanghan Qingxu House", the door of the tall osmanthus tree under the white rabbit is pounding medicine, the palace Chang'e nymphs in the melodious music accompaniment, dancing. Emperor Xuanzong returned from the Moon Palace, ordered people to organize the secretly written down dance music, named "Nishang Yuyi Song". The reason why the Moon Palace is called "Guanghan Palace" is also related to this legend.
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Li Kai-Fu: A Difficult Mission (Reprint) - [Walkthrough]
Li Kai-Fu: A Difficult Mission
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Resistance - [Walkthrough]
August 16th is a big day. I don't think it's a day that any Chinese will ever forget. Sixty years ago on this day, the Japanese imperialists unconditionally surrendered.
Every aspect of society is holding commemorative events to mark the occasion. And then there is "our neighbor" who is still playing hide-and-seek even today.
I have to admit that I don't have a deep understanding of the victory in the war, and I think it's a very distant historical event. But when I saw the public opinion propaganda a lot of images, text and movie and television works for this historical event description, I have too much heart surge, and even tears. So many army soldiers, so many ordinary people, so many conscientious Chinese (including overseas Chinese, etc.), countless sacrifices, contributions, countless unyielding, resistance, how can we forget, how not to be respected.
We should always remember these history! Children and grandchildren! Mr. Sun Yat-sen said: the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still have to work hard!
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There is something about reading - [Sensational]
Yesterday, I saw a speech, the reading of a speech, is Lin Yutang. Mr. Lin Yutang preached in the twenties or thirties. I can't believe that even after such a long time, some of the words in the speech can still resonate with me.
The speech made the following points: First, we should always read, read more, so that we can keep our minds from falling behind. I was impressed that he used the word "mean" to describe the state of the brain after people do not often read. The most straightforward thing is that conversations with them will be tasteless. Secondly, textbooks in school cannot be regarded as real reading; reading is spontaneous, and reading is to be able to communicate with the author without time and space constraints. He criticized the practice of hanging from a beam, not real reading, he roughly said that reading is a need from the heart. Thirdly, reading has a lot to do with one's experience and comprehension. There are a lot of things that you may struggle to read at the time, but that's all, and there's absolutely no need to lose confidence. It is perfectly fine to engage in it after a while. It is also about finding reading material that is compatible with your experience. Fourthly, reading is a hobby, and it may be that at one time you will be interested in this aspect of the subject, or that after a while you will be interested in the other, which is perfectly possible. Reading is supposed to solve problems...
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Traditional Chinese Festivals of the Tanabata Festival - [Walkthrough]
In our country, the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar is the Tanabata Festival, commonly known as "the seventh day of the seventh month".
In China, the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the Tanabata Festival, which is also known as the "Begging for Coquettishness Festival" or "Daughter's Festival", which is one of the most romantic of the traditional Chinese festivals, and also a day that girls used to attach the greatest importance to.
On a clear summer and fall night, the stars in the sky shine brightly, and a white Milky Way runs across the north and south, and on the east and west banks of the river, there is a shining star on each side, looking at each other across the river, facing each other, that is, Altair and Vega.
Sitting on the eve of Tanabata to see the Altair and Vega stars, is a folk custom, according to legend, in this night every year, is the heavenly Weaving Maiden and the Cowherd in the magpie bridge meeting time. The Weaving Maiden is a beautiful, clever, dexterous nymphs, the mortal women will be begging for her wisdom and skill on this night, but also to her to ask for the gift of marriage, so the seventh day of the seventh month is also known as the Begging for coincidence festival.
People say that on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month, they can look up and see the Milky Way where the cowherd and the weaving maiden meet, or they can overhear the pulsating words of love of the two men meeting in the sky under the shelf of melons and fruits.
Girls in this romantic evening, the sky of the bright moon, seasonal fruits and melons, towards the sky to worship, begging the goddess in the sky to give them a clever mind and ...
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Encountering American Education II (reprinted) - [accompanying]
Encountering American Education (II)
Author. : Gao Gang
After several years of struggle, his store went from one to two, from two to three, and finally developed into a chain store, with business booming! He said with emotion, "I am proud of my ice cream store, not only because of the wealth it brings me, but more importantly, it brings me spiritual fulfillment, it makes me believe that I can turn my dreams into reality."
When we left, he insisted we not pay and gave me a T-shirt with his store logo on it. He said to me, "You are the first Chinese reporter to eat my ice cream, maybe one day I will open my ice cream parlor in Beijing, China, by Tiananmen Square, you must come then!" He laughed to himself again.
It was late when I left the ice cream parlor, and the dark blue night sky was filled with stars. This arrogant American boy who wanted to open an ice cream parlor in Tiananmen Square made me think: human ideals and talents may be just like the stars in the sky, which are different from each other, but together they form the magnificent landscape of human civilization.
Interest, is one of the best teachers, it has a way to transform the rotten ...
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Puppet and even mm (Tsinghua LAST version 2.0) (Reprint) - [Humor]
(1) Teaching aids
mm studied medicine, so even is no longer a person, even is a teaching aid.
mm learn stomatology, even bared his teeth all day;
mm learn bones and muscles, even had to bare his bladder;
mm learn physical diagnosis, even lay flat on the bed, so that she in my body and is to see and listen to, and is kowtowing and touching, looking for mines like a busy afternoon;
mm learn anatomy, even 。。。。。 Oh 。。。。 I don't dare to help.
mm pulled my hand, the most common words are not "I like you", but "your veins are really thick, want to tie the bias are difficult".
I remember a *** with the umbrella, mm hand a crooked, umbrella handle clamped me in the prime of a hair, uprooted, I screamed heart-breaking, mm should not, eyes straight at the hair, said: "This hair follicle growth is really standard"
In this way, even often by the mm angry, after the gas live, gas dead again.
However, the most hair-raising time is still--
mm students理时，一天蹦跳跳来清华，拿着大小齐全的一套刀剪，说："Guess what I'm learning today?" I face like dirt, do not dare to answer. Then mm went on to say: "We just learned the technique of separating the heart, it's very difficult,...
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Encountering one of the U.S. education (reproduced) - [accompanying]
Reproduced from Sina.com.
The 10-year-old child was sent to the American school, on the English class, the teacher assigned homework is to write a paper, the topic is actually so big that the sky: "How do I look at human culture"; on the history class, the teacher let the child play the role of presidential adviser to the country's decision-making as a high-level adviser; in the middle school physics class, the homework turned out to be a municipal research project - - - the layout of the city lighting system. -- the layout of a city's lighting system; and moral education actually starts with getting kids to love small animals.
There are no standardized textbooks, no standardized tests, no categorical ranking of students in three, six, nine classes. This is
American education as it appears before the eyes of a Chinese journalist.
In the face of a very different from the Chinese education "Western landscape", a variety of doubts, confusion ensued, the U.S. education in the end to cultivate what kind of talent? "There is no disabled child, only disabled education." This is the education scholars alarmist, or a deep understanding of the objective law between people and education?
Have we Chinese seriously reflected on our education? Is there a flaw in our Chinese education? If so, where? How should a nation like ours, which is comprehensively planning its future prospects, look at the educational environment we provide for our children?
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The Elder 2 - [Sensational]
The Beauty of Taihu Lake
Taihu Lake is a beautiful place, and it's beautiful because of its water. The most important thing is that it is a beautiful place.
Where there are white sails on the water, where there are red diamonds under the water, where there are reeds on the water's edge, where the fish and shrimp are fat under the water, where the lake weaves an irrigation network, and where the rice and fruits fly around the lake.
Hey, Taihu Lake is beautiful!
The beauty of Taihu Lake is in the water of the lake.
The red flag reflects the green wave which, ah the spring breeze lake blowing ah, ah the water is a harvest wine, the lake is a jasper cup, filled with deep feelings full of love, hold to the motherland to report spring sunshine.
However, the beauty of Taihu Lake, the beauty of Taihu Lake!
Often go for a walk, but mostly after dark, perhaps because in the dark, more or less can hide something.
Walking along the lake, the wind passing by, that feeling is very good. It's just that a lot of the time, it's laced with a fetid odor, which is known to be ****ed up with pollution.
The lake is beautiful and has a lot of aquatic products, which is often used by elders when they describe to me what it used to be like. I believe in what my elders described to me.
When I was still in college, I went to Shanghai for a summer vacation. There were some relatives in Shanghai at the time that I could go to. One was one's aunt, one was one's youngest father-in-law, and that's all...
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Aggregate Veteran - [accompanying]
Robert Horry, an aggregate veteran, and the name is one that I used in a review article. epithet seems to me from a review article. Horry did it again in Game 5 between the Spurs and Pistons, beating the Pistons on a late three-pointer.
Horry has done it as many times as I can remember, first with the Rockets, winning two championships with Hakeem Olajuwon and other greats. Later, he won three championships with the Lakers. The following is from the NBA's Chinese website.
Won the 2000 NBA Finals with the team
In the 1997 Western Conference semifinals, set an NBA playoff record by making 7 of 7 3-point attempts against the Utah Jazz
Played in the 1995 NBA Finals, set an NBA Finals record by making 7 steals in Game 2 against the Orlando Magic
With the Rockets Won the 1994 and 1995 NBA Finals
Total*** Played in 118 NBA playoff games, averaging 9.9 points, 2.9 assists, and 1.32 steals
1995-96 season, averaged 1.63 steals per game, 16th in the NBA, and 1.54 caps, 20th in the NBA
February 1996 February 22, 1996, against the Cavaliers, hit nine three-pointers; season total **** hit 142 three-pointers, a career-high record...
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Chinese traditional culture of the Dragon Boat Festival - [Walking]
This month's 11th, is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month. I myself know relatively little about traditional festivals. So I'm going to transcribe some of the stories about the Dragon Boat Festival and its origins to increase my understanding of the traditional culture of our ancestors.
The following is transcribed from China.org.
Introduction to the Dragon Boat Festival
The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese folk festival, which is one of the ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. Duanwu is also known as Duanwu, Duanyang. In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival has many aliases, such as: Wuzhi Festival, heavy five festival, May Festival, Bath Orchid Festival, Daughter Festival, the day in the festival, the ground wax, the Poet's Day, Dragon Day and so on. Although the name is different, but on the whole, the people around the custom of the festival or more than different.
Over the Dragon Boat Festival, is the Chinese people more than two thousand years of traditional habits, due to the vast area, many ethnic groups, coupled with many stories and legends, so not only produced a number of different names of the festival, but also has different customs. Its content is mainly: the daughter back to her mother's home, hanging Zhong Kui statue, welcome the ghost ship, avoiding the afternoon, posting the afternoon leaf charm, hanging calamus, mugwort, swim in the hundred diseases, Pei Xiangbao, ready to sweet, dragon boat racing, martial arts, hitting the ball, swinging, to the children coated with xionghuang, drinking ...