嗌: [ yì, ài ] 
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(Source: dict.cn)
Archive for June 16th, 2008
Beijing Olympic – Hongqiao Pearl Market
Monday, June 16th, 200820-minute walk south from Chongwenmen Subway Station
Also known as the Pearl Market, the store offers the enthusiastic shopper more than they could wish for. Fill your basket with pearls, bespoke jewellery, jade, arts and crafts, antiques and clothing. A fish market in the basement provides the food alternatives you might need for weekend.
Open: 8:30 a.m.? p.m.
Address: 16 Hongqiao Lu, opposite the East Gate of the Temple of Heaven, Chongwen District
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)
Children Chinese – Chinese Festivals (2)
Monday, June 16th, 2008Superstitions
On Chinese New Year Eve, parents encourage children to stay awake as long as possible, because legend says that the longer children stay awake the longer their parents will live.
The Kitchen God was an important ancient deity. Once each year, right before the new year, this god’s job was to make an annual report about the behavior of the household to his boss, the “Jade Emperor”. Today, as part of the Chinese New Year celebration, sweets are often exchanged so that the kitchen god’s report will be sweet and flattering. (Nobody believes in the kitchen god anymore, but almost everyone likes the treats!)
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Sweeping during Chinese New Year is very unlucky as you might sweep the new year luck out of your house! |
(Source: ancienthistory.mrdonn.org)
