The word Panchen is a short form of Tibetan Sanskrit “Pandit”, which means scholar and “Chenpo”, great, thus Panchen Lama is referring to a Tibetan great scholar. Next to the Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama
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Manas
Monday, Oct 1 2012 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, Word of the Day
Manas is one of the greatest Chinese epics along with with Tibetan Gesar and Mongolian Jianggar and one of the longest in the world with more than 230 thousand lines. The epic of Manas is one of the most important cultural
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Uygur
Thursday, Aug 30 2012 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, Word of the Day
A minority ethnicity of Turkish descent dwelling in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions, in Northwestern China. The word uygur means alliance and refers to the population itself.
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Qingming Festival
Tuesday, Apr 3 2012 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, Word of the Day
Society
The Qingming Festival is a day dedicated to celebrating the dead and ancestors. Traditionally it falls 104
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Dahu
Friday, Mar 9 2012 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, Word of the Day
Dahu, ©BennyT85Erhu's Blog
Music
The Dahu is a Chinese musical instrument that is played by rubbing the strings. It has a large soundbox
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Baofahu
Monday, Feb 27 2012 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, Word of the Day
Society
New rich, parvenu. It is used in China to describe the new millionaires, those who managed to make a fortune quickly. The term is derived from hu suffix, that indicates a “person who”, and baofa
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Losar
Wednesday, Feb 22 2012 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, India, Other Countries, Word of the Day
Society
Losar, the New Year, is the most important holiday in the Tibetan year and generally lasts 15 days: it begins today according to the lunar calendar. In the days before the monks perform rituals of purification.
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Wu long
Thursday, Feb 2 2012 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, Word of the Day
©©EricHIll
Society
It’s the way Chinese call the Dragon Dance, a traditional dance performed during the most important celebrations, like the Spring Festival. It starts putting in motion a long dragon, sometimes even 70 meters, generally made of lightweight aluminum
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Nian
Monday, Jan 23 2012 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, Word of the Day
Society
A Chinese legend regards the origin of the Festival of Spring, or the New Year: Nian was an animal with a huge mouth that could swallow whole people. An old man, who in reality was a god in disguise, tamed it and rode it away
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Mantou
Monday, Dec 5 2011 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, Word of the Day
Cuisine
It is a bun in the traditional Chinese cuisine. It is made with wheat flour and leavening agents and steamed. It was one of the most typical elements of the workers meal,
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