2009
Today is the 2nd Solar Term of 2009 — “The Rains”. The rainfall will increase gradually. On the other hand, it means temperature will become warmer and the amount of snow in rain form will decrease. The Chinese idiom “Spring rain is as precious as oil” indicates the importance of the rain of now. It [...]
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Today is the first day of new year(2009) in Chinese Calendar. Other than western new year, ancient Chinese used “tiangan” and “dizhi” to symbolize every year. The “dizhi”—Earthly Branches—consists of twelve animals and uses an animal for one year in duodecimal circle. The year 2009 in Western Calendar is the year of Ox in [...]
Happy new year! Although today is not Chinese new year, people in China are enjoying the holiday. A new SUGUO supermarket nearby my home opened today. Large crowd and shopping carts full of goods indicate that financial crisis had not affected China seemingly. In fact over 1,000 individual factories had closed down during the past half year in GuangDong, a province [...]
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