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Chinese Pinyin – Writing Chinese Characters

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

There are many ways to do this, but if you just need to write a few words, a simple solution is to use MS Word and the MS IME. Here are some links about the MS IME.

Save as plain text and choose the appropriate encoding, either UTF-8, GB2312 or Big5. Make sure that no characters appear in red! Then open the text files in your HTML editior. Depending on which one you use, you may or may not see the Chinese characters. I use Dreamweaver, and it works fine there, but if I open the text files in Notepad, the Chinese appear in the UTF-8 case, but not if I use GB or Big5.

If you’re looking for a good Unicode editior, you may want to check out EmEditor. You can use the MS IME with it! They give out academic licenses for free!

 

(Source: www.math.nus.edu）

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Chinese Culture – Xinji Wall Hangings(2)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The wall hanging “Zhaozhou Bridge” tells a folk story about Zhao County, Hebei Province. The 1,400-year-old bridge, which is shaped like a rainbow, possesses an important position in world history. Many folk stories in China circulate about this bridge — and the picture depicted in the wall hanging is one of them. It is said that the great carpenter Lu Ban built Zhaozhou Bridge with his superior skills. The great wonder even lured the gods from the heavens to test it. Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals , rode a donkey back and forth over the bridge, carrying the sun and moon in a bag; the firewood god rolled his cart, loaded with five mountains, across the bridge; and two celestial beings tried to weigh down the mighty structure. However, even under all this weight, the bridge remained intact thanks to Lu’s unparalleled skills.

The Xinji people are no longer satisfied with such themes, however, and some new wall hangings depict their longing for a brighter future.

（Source: chinaculture.org）

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China Travel – Tomb Towers and Stone Sculptures in Gaoyi Graveyard

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Tomb Towers and Stone Sculptures in Gaoyi Graveyard lie in the Xuxianqiao Town, 7 km to the east of Ya’an City of Sichuan Province.

 

The Tomb Towers and Stone Sculptures in Gaoyi Graveyard are the best preserved and most marvelous among all the stone towers extant in Sichuan Province. The 5-storeyed tomb towers are built of stones. Now the tomb tower in the east is 13 meters far from the one in the west. There are inscriptions on both the two tomb towers.

 

The base of the west tomb tower is carved with king posts and bracket sets, etc. The carvings around contain such subjects like human figures, horses, carriages, birds, animals, etc. On its back is a hawk with ribbons in mouth. In front of the west tomb tower stands a pair of stone beasts that appear strong and powerful, elegant and traditional. A stele stands between the two tomb towers. The top of the stele is in the shape of a semicircle with dragons carved on it. The square base is carved with two dragons looking at each other, their tails tangled on the backside of the stele. Illegible epigraph on the tablet registered the time when the tomb towers in Gaoyi Graveyard were built.

(Source: chinaculture.org)

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