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Story of dragon boat festival : Duanwu festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. “Duan” means “beginning” and “wu” is synonymous with the figure 5. It is an important traditional festival of China. Dragon boat racing has a rich history of ancient ceremonial and ritualistic traditions, which originated in southern central China more than 2500 years ago. The legend starts with the story of Qu Yuan, who was a minister in one of the Warring State governments, Chu. He was slandered by jealous government officials and banished by the king.  Out of disappointment in the Chu monarch, he drowned himself into the Miluo River. The common people rushed to the water and tried to recover his body. In commemoration of Qu Yuan, people hold dragon boat races yearly on the day of his death according to the legend. They also scattered rice into the water to feed the fish, to prevent them from eating Qu Yuan's body, which is one of the origins of zongzi, one Traditional Chinese Rice Du...

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《再别康桥》诗歌里“康桥”是指哪座桥呢？我们一边欣赏徐志摩的诗，一边鸟瞰剑桥大学的风景。 这是中国近代诗人徐志摩脍炙人口的新诗《再别康桥》。“康桥”是指哪座桥呢？1920——1922年徐志摩曾在剑桥Cambridge, 是英格兰的一个城市，河流名字也叫Cambridge，过去翻译为康桥，现在翻译剑桥，是英国著名的剑桥大学所在地，也因此驰名于世。 1928年秋天，徐志摩最后一次重访英国剑桥，事先谁也没有通知，一个人来到康桥找几年前的英国朋友。遗憾的是一个英国朋友也不在，只有他熟悉的康桥古镇。一幕幕过去的生活图景，又重新在他的眼前展现……在他乘船回国路途中，面对汹涌的大海和辽阔的天空，执笔记下了这次重返康桥的切身感受。把剑桥的景色和依恋之情融入诗中，表达告别剑桥的淡淡哀愁。 这首诗最初刊登在1928年12月《新月》月刊上，后收入《猛虎集》。可以说“康桥情节”贯穿在徐志摩一生的诗文中，而《再别康桥》无疑是其中最有名的一篇。 《再别康桥》表达了诗人对康桥的爱恋，对往昔生活的憧憬，对眼前的无可奈何的离愁，对康桥的依依不舍、留恋之情。全诗以离别康桥时感情起伏为线索，抒发了对康桥依依惜别的深情。语言轻盈柔和，形式精巧圆熟，诗人用虚实相间的手法，描绘了一幅幅流动的画面，构成了一处处美妙的意境，细致入微地将诗人对康桥的爱恋，对往昔生活的憧憬，对眼前的无可奈何的离愁，表现得真挚、浓郁、隽永，是徐志摩诗作中的绝唱。 这首诗表现出诗人高度的艺术技巧。诗人将具体景物与想象糅合在一起构成诗的鲜明生动的艺术形象，巧妙地把气氛、感情、景象融汇为意境，达到景中有情，情中有景。诗的结构形式严谨整齐，错落有致。 —————————————————————— 《再别康桥》 作者：徐志摩 轻轻的我走了， 正如我轻轻的来； 我轻轻的招手， 作别西天的云彩。 那河畔的金柳， 是夕阳中的新娘； 波光里的艳影， 在我的心头荡漾。 软泥上的青荇， 油油的在水底招摇； 在康河的柔波里， 我甘心做一条水草！ 那榆荫下的一潭， 不是清泉，是天上虹； 揉碎在浮藻间， 沉淀着彩虹似的梦。 寻梦？撑一支长篙， 向青草更青处漫溯； 满载一船星辉， 在星辉斑斓里放歌。 但我不能放歌， 悄悄是别离的笙箫； 夏虫也为我沉默， 沉默是今晚的康桥！ 悄悄的我走了， 正如我悄悄的来； 我挥一挥衣袖， 不带走一片云彩。 英语译文 Very qu...

Shanghai Shared office and virtual assistant cost  Please go with our video 13 minutes long, which will mainly introduces you the shared office space in Shanghai, and virtual office. You will learn the prices and other information which can help you choose the best fit offices in China.  ______________________________ Regus Shared office space at Century Metropolis Shanghai Regus offices provide global business solutions starting from the office space, coworking, virtual offices and meeting rooms. I like to introduce Shanghai Century Metropolis tower as an example to show you the general cost in Shanghai China. The Century Metropolis Tower is at the bustling Century Avenue, this distinctive curved-glass building gives you a stylish base near the prominent Lujiazui commercial zone.  Regus offices are located on the 6th floor, with convenient on-site parking. There are many choices of high-end restaurants and leisure venues nearby. The major transportation is metro line two...

Chinese Qingming Festival Chinese Qingming Festival is coming!  What is Qingming festival?  The Qingming festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English (sometimes also called Chinese Memorial Day or Ancestors' Day). It is a traditional Chinese festival observed by the Han Chinese of mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.  What is the time for Qingming festival?  It falls on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, 春分either 4, 5 or 6 April in a given year. The Qingming Festival has been observed by the Chinese for over 2500 years. It became a public holiday in mainland China in 2008.  What people do for Qingming festival?  During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites, pray to their ancestors and make ritual offerings. Offerings would typicall...

Best Chinese Songs Playlist – New Pop Star on 2021 China CCTV Gala Show Why we like the music we do？New study suggests that musical tastes are cultural in origin, not hardwired in the brain. We are conducting an experiment and ask anyone who reads this post to participant and rate the pleasantness of three new Chinese pop songs by Mr. Wang Qi. The reason to start the test to Wang Qi’s songs is because Mr. Wang Qi is a native Chinese pop singer. He was born in a countryside of Liao Ning province, China. He is a Han nationality, he cannot speak English and has not received classic music training in the schools. But he became immediate famous in one night by presenting one pop song, The shepherd of Cocotohai, at the China CCTV Gala show in Feb. 2021. Another reason is Wang Qi’s talent in both lyrics writing, music composing and singing. All popular songs are created by himself. Wang Qi wrote one popular song in 2017, “lover fan”, a folk style song initially widely spread in the northeast ...