A: 飞机场在哪儿？
B: 不知道你可以走出租汽车。
C: 开车的话，走270到170。 然后走170到70西边。 三分钟就到了。
The Princess and the Cowherd
Niulang found seven beautiful celestial maidens taking a bath in the lake, and encouraged by his cheeky ox, stole the maiden's clothing, just to see what would happen. The sisters decided to send their youngest sister Zhinü, the most beautiful of them all, to retrieve their clothing. Since Zhinü was seen naked by Niulang, she agreed to marry him. They did, and they lived happily with the two children Zhinü bore for Niulang. Unfortunately, the Goddess of Heaven discovered that one of her celestial maidens had married a mortal, and became very angry. The Goddess forced Zhinü back to heaven, and on earth, her husband was very upset to find her gone. When Niulang was grieving for his missing wife, his ox informed him that if he killed him and wore his skin, Niulang would be able to go to heaven to his wife. Niulang killed the ox (but he was sad to!) and put on the skin. He took his children up to heaven with him, but the Goddess was angry that he did. So she took her hairpin and scratched a great river in the skies between them. This is the milky way. Once a year, magpies would take pity on them and form a great bridge. Zhinü and Niulang would cross their wings and meet for one day. This day is July 7th.
A festival in China (and later moved to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam) is celebrated on July 7th. It is called Qixi. (In Japan it is called Tanabata and is more widely celebrated, where people write wishes on paper and attach them to bamboo poles). It is customary for women to mostly celebrate it in China. Single or newly married women making offerings to the cowherd and the weaver, often fruit, tea, or makeup. Half the makeup is thrown from the roof and the other half is divided up between friends. Sometimes, girls test to see if they will become skilled at embroidery by throwing a needle into a bowl of water. If it floats they will be skilled.
(wikipedia)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
blog 5
昨天我有睡觉。 今天我起床八点钟。 我吃早饭了。 然后开车来学校。 来学校二十分钟。
Sun Tzu was a military genius, who is acknowledged for writing a book of military tactics and such called "The Art of War." Sun was a general under the command of the king of Wu. An interesting legend, be it true or not, was a test that the king gave to Sun, an order to turn his 180 concubines into a trained army. It is said that Sun split the ladies into groups of two, putting the king's favorite concubines as the commanders. When the concubines didn't follow Sun's orders, Sun had the commanders put to death, stating "...that if the general's soldiers understood their commands but did not obey, it was the fault of the officers" (wikipedia). It is not surprising that the concubines became obedient and followed orders very quickly. The Art of War isn't simply a book for military people. Many people, business leaders, politicians, and more look to Sun's writings for inspiration on furthering there positions. I have started to read the book myself, but I'm only up to a few pages. Hopefully, I'll learn something useful from it.
Sun Tzu was a military genius, who is acknowledged for writing a book of military tactics and such called "The Art of War." Sun was a general under the command of the king of Wu. An interesting legend, be it true or not, was a test that the king gave to Sun, an order to turn his 180 concubines into a trained army. It is said that Sun split the ladies into groups of two, putting the king's favorite concubines as the commanders. When the concubines didn't follow Sun's orders, Sun had the commanders put to death, stating "...that if the general's soldiers understood their commands but did not obey, it was the fault of the officers" (wikipedia). It is not surprising that the concubines became obedient and followed orders very quickly. The Art of War isn't simply a book for military people. Many people, business leaders, politicians, and more look to Sun's writings for inspiration on furthering there positions. I have started to read the book myself, but I'm only up to a few pages. Hopefully, I'll learn something useful from it.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
blog 4
这个周末，二月十四号是中国新年。 今年的动物是老虎。 作年牛了， 明年兔子。我生日年的蛇。 我的生日是六月十号。
We recently watched "Cow" in Chinese class. I have a feeling that some of my classmates aren't too happy with the movie that we chose, mostly because it was very confusing. I looked the plot up on the internet, and it said that the movie was about how Niu Er developed his "relationship" with the Dutch cow he never wanted in the first place. It was interesting, but very confusing, because the movie kept moving back and forth through time. Also, some of the horrifying parts seemed really funny, although I'm sure that the producer didn't mean for them to be. I was expecting a happy ending, and while the ending was somewhat happy, the way the actor acted made it seem very sad and depressing. Although I enjoyed watching the movie, I don't think that I'd jump at the chance to see it again.
We recently watched "Cow" in Chinese class. I have a feeling that some of my classmates aren't too happy with the movie that we chose, mostly because it was very confusing. I looked the plot up on the internet, and it said that the movie was about how Niu Er developed his "relationship" with the Dutch cow he never wanted in the first place. It was interesting, but very confusing, because the movie kept moving back and forth through time. Also, some of the horrifying parts seemed really funny, although I'm sure that the producer didn't mean for them to be. I was expecting a happy ending, and while the ending was somewhat happy, the way the actor acted made it seem very sad and depressing. Although I enjoyed watching the movie, I don't think that I'd jump at the chance to see it again.
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