Menjelang Imlek, pasti kalian akan melihat huruf ini dipasang di berbagai tempat. Huruf ini adalah huruf ‘fu’ yang memiliki arti keberuntungan. Tapi, anehnya, huruf ini sering dipasang terbalik? Mengapa demikian?
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Pada zaman dahulu kala, hidup seekor monster yang bertanduk tajam dan memiliki surai seperti singa. Monster itu dikenal dengan julukan “Nián” (年) yang berarti ‘tahun’. Nián tinggal di dasar lautan yang dalam dan hanya muncul ke permukaan setiap malam tahun baru.
Pada saat malam tahun baru, Nián akan mendatangi desa-desa dan memporak-porandakannya. Keberadaannya menimbulkan kekacauan dan ketakutan para warga desa. Kedatangan Nián juga menimbulkan banyak kematian, karena Nián akan memangsa hewan-hewan dan manusia di sekitarnya. Setelah itu ia akan kembali ke dasar lautan dan tidak akan terlihat lagi sampai tahun berikutnya.
“Right and wrong can only be justified in one’s heart. You think I am wrong, but since when did I think that you were right? Xia Jiang, you may not believe in the ties of friendship, but you best not look down on times of friendship. Else, you will fail because of it.”–Marquise Yan
Synopsis:
During the 4th century, war broke out between the feudal Northern Wei dynasty and Southern Liang dynasties, leading Liang’s General Lin Xie to take his only child, the 19 year old Lin Shu, to battle. Unexpectedly, Lin Xie was framed by a political rival, causing the unjust deaths of seventy thousand Chiyan army soldiers, just after they drove off the hostile Wei forces.
“The heart of tea is in the plucking; the soul of tea is in the steeping.” — Earlene Grey
Green tea is a tea made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis that have not undergone the oxidation process that oolong tea had. Green tea is originally from China, but it is found in the whole world with a lot of different types.
“As the extreme of winter ushered in a new period, it was a time of reflection and pause for the whole empire.”
The Dong Zhi festival is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. To celebrate this festival, families would gather together and make tangyuan. They would eat the tangyuan that they made together. Tangyuan is a ball of glutinous rice, which symbolizes ‘reunion’ or ‘return’. Continue reading DONG ZHI
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