Tonight Is a Night
with a Perfect Full Moon
月是今夜明
An illustration
of ancient Moon Day night party
Tonight the
celestial golden mirror of the middle
autumn unites the land in a reflective
glow, as it is a night with a
perfect full moon.
According to the Daoist
theory,
what happens on earth is a reflection of
what happens in heaven. It is believed
that the Great Yin the moon governs
people’s emotional responses, as
opposed to the Great Yang the sun that is
in charge of people’s physical aspects,
therefore when the moon resumes the
fullest shape of the year, people – at
least Chinese people - are in the mood
for a reunion gathering. And that is what
Chinese have been doing for thousands of
years: have a family dinner, complete
with
moon cakes, then take a tour to
lantern-decorated streets and gardens,
participating in lantern riddle games or
poetry contests. As well as – which is
a modern addition - watch moon party
shows on TV.
Butterfly Exhibition or
Butterfly
Execution?
Chinese are known
for being a hard working and diligent
people. But some times some Chinese are
just working a bit too hard, which
becomes rather destructive, for instance
when they keep decorating lawns and
streets with empty bottles and plastic
bags, volunteering loud talking shows in
public spaces. But those acts pale
greatly in comparison to what some of the
Chinese visitors did at a butterfly
exhibition in Jinan, Shandong
Province, because in that case the
consequence was deadly. When the show
started, there were 10,000 lively
butterflies, two days later, 8,000 dead,
apparently in the busy hands of the
visitors.
The exhibition
site was virtually transformed into an
execution site. No wonder the traumatized
show organisors declaimed that the
butterfly party was over. Well, at lease
for one day.
Graffiti
not Allowed, Unless You’re Li Bai
Power to
Power-Hungry
Shanghai
During a test run
on Thursday, hydraulic power generated by
the Three Gorges Dam was transmitted to
power-hungry Shanghai, the economic
powerhouse of China.
6000-Year Old
Building Sites Discovered
Chinese
archaeologists discovered a large group
of building sites in Shaanxi province,
and said it proved that as earlier as
6000 years ago people had already begun
to leave their cave-dwelling and build
houses above ground.
Remains of the house
pointed at by the red arrow
(Source of origina
photo: xinhuanet)
7000-Year
Old Articles Unearthed
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