Chinese Culture (General)
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The idea of praying to the Five (5) spirits: The God of the North, South, East, West and Center god.. by offering five cups of tea.
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1. For dining tables and dining chairs, the Chinese favour even numbers. 2. For example, this antique table has four supporting legs. And for all dining areas, chairs must be even numbers e.g. 4 chairs, 6 chairs or 8 chairs (excluding baby chairs).
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Dear Anon, Yes, in my opinion, this is indeed a true statement. 1. Currently in mainland China, where they have a `one' child family planning, there are many articles that mentioned the problem where the ratio of males babies are higher than female babies. Such articles, do mention that many parents had either aborted or killed/murdered female babies secretly. 2. To understand why this is happening, one can take clue to this: Chinese grand parents and even parents have a social pressure to give birth to baby boys. Why? This is because only the males can `carry' their family name. For example, the grand father's Surname is Tang, only a male child born to him can carry on …
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Dear Cecil, My wife has gotten pregnant but we are renovating the house which is technically a bit no no. We are not moving the bed as only the hall area is being renovated. 1) Can i still go ahead with the renovation of the hall area? Bedroom will be sealed off. 2) We are both planning to move to my parents place to sleep. Would this arrangement work better for the renovation and having this done can the renovation go on? 3) What other things do i need to take note of. My wife is not Chinese if that matters. Thanks Albert
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President Xi Jing Peng of China said: . When I was a small child , I was very selfish, always grab the best for myself. Slowly, everyone left me and I had no friends. I didn’t think it was my fault but criticise others. . My father gave me 3 sentences to help me in life. . FIRST DAY: One day, my father cooked 2 bowls of noodles put the 2 bowls on the table. One bowl has one egg on top and the other bowl does not have any egg on top. He said ”My child. You choose. Which bowl do you want”. Eggs were hard to come by those days! Only get to eat eggs during festivals or New Year. Of course I chose the bowl with egg! As we …
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Article on how sharksfin was removed from the menu of Thai Airlines: 1. Part 1: The story 2. Part 2: Picture and comments 3. Part 3: Final part of the article.
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The infinity knot nowadays is a very common sight. This infinity knot includes the symbol "FU" = Prosperity.
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Hi Cecil Wanted to seek your advice. My elderly uncle is moving house (downsizing) and he has a Guanyin statue, an ancestral tablet and 3 to 4 small amulets which he received from Thai Buddhist temples placed on the praying altar. He will be selling his house first and then source for a new flat. During this period, we are wondering what can we do with the items mentioned above? 1) Can we temporary place the ancestral tablet at my house? He is my maternal uncle i.e. different surname. Or must the ancestral tablet be placed in a household of same surname? if not can we place at a temple? (you have any recommendations for such holding places?) 2…
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Tibetan mastiffs are now selling for a Million Dollars!
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Dear Anon, In my opinion, this is not true. This is because, for one reason, especially in China, as houses are to live in and not often houses are sold. It is difficult to find alternative housing. One interesting thing is that trees are grown if they can thrive in a particular region. It would be interesting to know that in my country, if you do drive around in an estate, it is common to see an alternate house growing mango tree. Mango trees thrive in my region. For larger houses, especially in the past e.g. where houses (were) around 8,000 sq feet or more, you can see both Mango and rambutan trees planted. But because of land scarcity and smaller landed properties, Man…
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Source: The Straits Times, Wednesday January 19, 2005, Page 5 ============================================ Extract: "a red mourning armband is to show respect to an elderly..... In Chinese tradition, red mourning bands are worn by great-grandchildren...."
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Dear Anon, In my opinion, it depends on the person's religion. Thus not all Chinese believe in reincarnation. Because China is so vast, common religion found in the country includes buddhism, arabic (muslims), taoists and even Christianity etc... Thus like any other country, there will always be a mixture of `races' and religions. Which will determine one's view point or outlook. Warmest Regards, Cecil
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Relating to the 7th month festival and the gates of hell
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An effective Chinese concoction for loss of voice... (due to sore throat)
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A very colourful and bright red rickshaw widely used in Hong Kong in the 1960's thereabouts. Notice that this rickshaw may not fit the larger sized Chinese of today - "the hamburger kid"
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Dear Glyn, I totally agree with you with regards to the spoilt brats. Those who are pampered from day one they are born. These spoilt brats do not generally reflect the majority of children that were brought up `properly'. The good ones have good upbringing, filial piety and good social values. One worrying trend is the one child policy implemented in China. Wow you should see the one child family. Some of them are so plump! And pampered by their grand parents. Although one cannot blame China for their one child family due to their size of population. Many parents either abort a baby girl or `kill' them after they were born. There is an imbalance of births i.e. more boys …
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Sembawang God of Wealth Temple in Woodlands
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Dear Anon, Yes, the foundation of Chinese belief is to take care of their elders. It is also due to `Confucianism' or teachings on respect for the elders. Thus `filial piety' is prevalent in Chinese society. Warmest Regards, Cecil
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Dear Glyn, 1. From what I understand, it does not have anything to do with the planetary line up which occured on Friday. 2. The interesting thing is that it is once a year occurence in Korea. Frankly, I find it quite `scary' to stand at the centre or close to the middle. Although the tide will slowly recide, by imagine if water suddenly pours in and covers it up. Yes, I believe it happens only in a specific period and by chance, it occurred on that day. It may happen, a few days prior to it but this could not be predicted. One must be lucky to be there on the occurence. Warmest Regards, Cecil
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1. Yesterday Tuesday 21 July 2009; I was at a client's new apartment on their procedures. 2. A friendly family. And her mum passed me her business card. She specialises in Traditional Chinese Customary Wedding Preparation Needs. 3. As such specific services are harder to find; you, your friends or relatives might want to find out more from the attachment.
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Pictures taken in November 2007. Old and New. Not so sold and New....
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The Shanghai Commission for Management of Language use has been trying to fix malapropisms in the city's English-language signs and menus. "Gone too, is Racist Park, a cultural attraction that has since been rechristened Minorities Park.
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I have also my own personalized chopsticks that I bought in online store and I always use my chopstick every time I eat Asian dishes and for me it is now my habit to eat foods using a chopstick.
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