Learn pinyin online

Posted on February 11, 2012 by John

I found a flash, it can help you to learn pinyin.

It looks like:


The Link:  http://www.goingker.com/KSHY/study.html  (in IE is OK, it doesn’t work in Firefox and chorme)

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Years of the Pig

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

02/16/1923-02/04/1924

02/04/1935-01/23/1936

01/22/1947-02/09/1948

02/08/1959-01/27/1960

01/27/1971-02/24/1972

02/13/1983-02/01/1984

01/31/1995-02/18/1996

02/18/2007-02/06/2008

02/05/2019-01/24/2020

 Pig is not thought to be smart as dog. It likes sleeping and eating and becomes fat. Thus it usually features laziness and clumsiness. On the positive side, it behaves itself, has no calculation to harm others, and can bring affluence to people. Consequently, pigs were once regarded as wealth.
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Years of the Dog

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

01/28/1922-02/15/1923

02/14/1934-02/03/1935

02/02/1946-01/21/1947

02/18/1958-02/07/1959

02/06/1970-01/26/1971

01/25/1982-02/12/1983

02/10/1994-01/30/1995

01/29/2006-02/17/2007

02/16/2018-02/04/2019
 

The dog is man’s friend who can understand the human’s spirit and obey its master, whether he is wealthy or not. The Chinese regard the dog as an auspicious animal. If a dog happens to come to a house, usually the host will be very glad to adopt it, for it symbolizes the coming of fortune. Poodles, especially black poodles, bring more luck. The masters of dogs are not only humans, but immortal in legends as well. The invincible God Erlang used a wolf-dog mix to help him capture monsters.
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Years of the Rooster

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

02/08/1921-01/27/1922

01/26/1933-02/13/1934

02/13/1945-02/01/1946

01/31/1957-02/17/1958

02/17/1969-02/05/1970

02/05/1981-01/24/1982

01/23/1993-02/09/1994

02/09/2005-01/28/2006

01/28/2017-02/15/2018

 

The rooster is almost the epitome of fidelity and punctuality. For ancestors who had no alarm clocks, the rooster’s crowing was significant, as it could awaken people to get up and start to work. Another symbolic meaning the rooster carries is exorcising evil spirits. People used to worship ancestors and believed in fortune telling for a long time.
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Years of the Monkey

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

02/20/1920-02/07/1921

02/06/1932-01/25/1933

01/25/1944-02/12/1945

02/12/1956-01/30/1957

01/30/1968-02/16/1969

02/16/1980-02/04/1981

02/04/1992-01/22/1993

01/22/2004-02/08/2005

02/08/2016-01/27/2017

 

The monkey is a clever animal. It is usually compare to a smart person. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC – 476 BC), the dignified official title of marquis with the pronunciation ‘Hou’, was the same as the monkey’s. The monkey was thereby bestowed with auspicious meaning. Pictures of it are pasted on walls and doors to bring good fortune in officialdom.
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Years of the Sheep

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

02/01/1919-02/19/1920

02/17/1931-02/05/1932

02/05/1943-01/24/1944

01/24/1955-02/11/1956

02/09/1967-01/29/1968

01/28/1979-02/15/1980

02/15/1991-02/03/1992

02/01/2003-01/21/2004

02/19/2015-02/07/2016

 

The sheep (or ram) is among the animals that people like most. It is gentle and calm. Since ancient times, people have learned to use its fleece to make writing brushes and skin to keep warm. As it is white, people describe delicate and precious white jade to be ‘suet jade’. Thus it is close to the meaning of good things.
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Years of the Horse

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

02/11/1918-01/31/1919

01/30/1930-02/16/1931

02/15/1942-02/04/1943

02/03/1954-01/23/1955

01/21/1966-02/08/1967

02/07/1978-01/27/1979

01/27/1990-02/14/1991

02/12/2002-01/31/2003

01/31/2014-02/18/2015

The spirit of the horse is recognized to be the Chinese people’s ethos – making unremitting efforts to improve themselves. It is energetic, bright, warm-hearted, intelligent and able. Ancient people liked to designate an able person as ‘Qianli Ma’, a horse that covers a thousand li a day (one li equals 500 meters).
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Years of the Snake

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

01/23/1917-02/10/1918

02/10/1929-01/29/1930

01/27/1941-02/14/1942

02/14/1953-02/02/1954

02/02/1965-01/20/1966

02/18/1977-02/06/1978

02/06/1989-01/26/1990

01/24/2001-02/11/2002

02/10/2013-01/30/2014
In the Chinese zodiac, the Snake is listed after the Dragon, but its place and its significance as a symbol of worship is far less than that of the Dragon. The Snake carries the meanings of malevolence, cattiness and mystery, as well as acumen, divination and the ability to distinguish herbs. In some places, people believe that a snake found in their court can bring delight. During Spring Festival, people like to paste onto their doors and windows the paper-cut ‘Fu’ character (happiness), combined with a snake twisting around a rabbit onto their doors and windows as a popular pattern indicating wealth.
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Years of the Dragon

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

02/03/1916-01/22/1917

01/23/1928-02/09/1929

02/09/1940-01/26/1941

01/27/1952-02/13/1953

02/13/1964-02/01/1965

01/31/1976-02/17/1977

02/17/1988-02/05/1989

02/05/2000-01/23/2001

01/23/2012-02/09/2013

 

The dragon enjoys a very high reputation in Chinese culture. It is the token of authority, dignity, honor, success, luck, and capacity. In ancient China, a dragon was thought to speed across the sky with divine power. Emperors entitled themselves exclusively as ‘dragon’; their thrones were called ‘dragon thrones’, their clothes ‘dragon gowns’.
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Years of the Rabbit

Posted on February 6, 2012 by John

02/14/1915-02/02/1916

02/02/1927-01/22/1928

02/19/1939-02/08/1940

02/06/1951-01/26/1952

01/25/1963-02/12/1964

02/11/1975-01/30/1976

01/29/1987-02/16/1988

02/16/1999-02/04/2000

02/03/2011-01/22/2012

 

The rabbit has represented hope for a long time, by Chinese people. It is tender and lovely. The moon goddess Chang’e in Chinese legend had a rabbit as her pet, which stimulated the thought that only the rabbit was amiable enough to match her noble beauty. The Chinese character ‘Tu’ (rabbit) is part of ‘Yi’ (escape or leisure) indicating speed and distance. The Han people have a custom that a pregnant woman is not allowed to eat rabbit meat for fear that the child will be born with a harelip. The newborn is given paintings of children and rabbits representing that the child will have a peaceful and happy life.
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