Weekly Photo Challenge – Chinese Heritage & Thursday’s Special
Chinese has more than 5000 years of heritage. I am only touching a drop in the ocean. The following photo is a novelty way to represent the structure of emperors in many dynasties.
Most social values are derived from Confucianism and Taoism. Confucian thought focuses on the cultivation of virtue and maintenance of ethics, and the importance of the family and social harmony.
Taoism is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony. Taoist ethics in general tend to emphasize Naturalness: simplicity and spontaneity. The Three Treasures are: Compassion, Frugality, and Humility.
The ancient written standard was Classical (Traditional) Chinese. It was used for thousands of years. The modern standard is Simplified Chinese. As for spoken language, there are multiple dialects in different regions of China. The Reformers established a Beijing-based Mandarin as a national spoken language.
The music, dance, acrobat, Kungfu, Tai chi, arts, ceramic, architecture, and cuisine also play major roles in Chinese heritage.
The Showers of Blessings 
This is a lovely post, with some truly profound quotes. China has such a rich and fascinating culture; I’m sure many (most?) Americans have no idea! I’ve never been to Asia, but China would definitely be on my list of places to see.
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I think I’m influenced by Confucius teaching, as well as the philosophy of Tsao in that have the mentality of being moderate, and live a simple life! There are many places I want to see in China also!
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Excellent quotes and beautiful pictures, Miriam!
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Thank you, Madame for reading it!
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I have always like Confucius’s quotes. This is a great heritage to live by. Great post, Miriam. Thank you.
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Thank you, Paula! I like Confucius’s quotes also!
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Great post!!! Bravo!
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Thank you so much for reading!
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Awesome post!
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Thank you Dahlia! Thank you for reading!
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Virtual reality, I was there, I walked through each photo, an amazing experience, thank you for sharing, just had to reblog!
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I was little ambitious first, but it was too overwhelming to do what I wanted to do, and settle with what I got. Toward the end, I only made a list of things with no writing of photos. How can I write enough for 5000 years? Thank you for reblog!
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Some amazing photos, the one where you were both all dressed up and sitting on thrones, magnificent!
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That was fun! My sister took photos of the process of the photographer dressing up us for the photos! It was many layers, then there were certain ways of holding the fan in my hand, my husband sitting with the legs open relaxingly….
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China has never been on my wish list, you’ve changed my mind, thank you!
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My siblings in Hong Kong had been to some nice provinces. If I go again, I would ask for their recommendation!
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Keep me updated ha ha 🙂
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Sure, it may not be this year though, with my anticipation of being a grandma in September!
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Hope all goes well, it’ll be one of the best times of your lives.
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You’re right! I’m privileged!
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Reblogged this on Mick E Talbot Poems and commented:
I’ll follow you forever said Confucius to the blind, my mind will guide you.
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Oh, I missed that one!
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Reblogged this on La Rioja and the world seen from my guardaviñas.
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Thank you for the reblog!
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What a nice colorful post. 😀
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Thank you Cee. My sister video taped her Tai Chi, it would be too lengthy to post that!
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The written text in Chinese is fascinating. It is so artistic.
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It’s calligraphy. It was part of my homework in grade school!
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So you can write in Chinese? That sounds fascinating (however silly that may come across to you).
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Yes, I can write Chinese. Since it has not been my regular practice for 40 years. It takes longer to construct the sentences, and may also forget how to write some of the word. I have to check with Google translate if I write Chinese to my siblings!
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But you can write. We shall go with that artistic high.
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I should practice calligraphy, but be specific of what you mean!
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Art is as the eyes perceive it, right? I find calligraphy to be a form of art, one I wish I could master.
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I practiced Chinese calligraphy as well as English. We had practice books, writing the whole page of A, B, C, then the last few pages are short words, and then short phrases. I wrote the addresses in calligraphy all my daughter’s wedding invitations!
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How lovely that is Miriam. My father writes with a calligraphic flourish and I really wish I could have learnt it but well I did not!
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It’s like painting, not to late to learn if you’re interested! Come to think of it, next time when I go to the Chinese community, I may stop by a bookstore and see what is available!!!
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True. Maybe I will look up the knowhow of going about it once I move. Learning is such a therapeutic experience.
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Yes, when I started watercolor class 3 years ago, I was the only one totally emerged in what I was doing. Everyone had been doing for ages, so they could socialize while painting!
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That is certainly a novel thought. I did not know you could paint and socialise. What do we know about the strange mysteries of life! 🙂
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The instructor kept giving tips, I totally tuned her out and fouced in my world of the detail of the painting. It was fantastic!
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That is concentration. I would possibly want to splatter some paint on her 😉
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Haha, I know it’s concentration! I love it!
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And it is evolving as the country marches on in its modernization efforts!
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Yes!
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Beautiful photos! I’m most interested in the one that looks like horses carved out of the stone? Is it some kind of stone? Very intricate and amazing! 🙂
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I think it is one piece of stone. I don’t know what kind it is. It surely is interesting!
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Wow! Even China’s culture is awesome and one of a kind! Good post! Enjoyed it
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Thank you so much!
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I absolutely love this! It’s so interesting. I could have read on and on. Fascinating! Thank you 😊
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Thank you for reading it. This post broke my record of number of photos included!
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It was great! I bet there were loads more you wanted to add as well lol. Such an amazing & interesting subject 😊
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Yes, one could write a history post
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