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As astronauts know, being able to see the Wall from space is a myth. It originated with the dream of one of the Chinese emperors (I forget who), in which he flew to the moon and could see the wall when he looked down on the earth, symbolic imagery representing the greatness of China's power and influence. Somehow it became part of the world's collective consciousness, but nevertheless it's completely untrue.
no! don't say that! next you'll say the tooth faerie didn't visit. :D :D
...i so believed you could see the Great Wall from space. :(
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Originally posted by amuse
no! don't say that! next you'll say the tooth faerie didn't visit. :D :D
...i so believed you could see the Great Wall from space. :(
Hehe sorry to dash your illusions, guys. You should watch more of the Discovery Channel :p
jeez guys why dont you just dash all my hopes and dreams to pieces, i bet next your gonna say santa's not real
What could be more real than someone morbidly obese squeezing through a tiny chimney and giving you presents for no apparent reason?
exactly =D
Well, as long as I get presents. :D
haha yeah i hear ya, but wait, it's all about the christmas spirit (or so all the films say)
lol. Right before all the little kids unwrap their presents.
And fyi, I am kidding, I do think it is too commercial.
'marge... who stole christmas?' [homer when all the presents were gone]
amen to that
I've always found it strange that x-mas is a holiday where you put a dead tree in your house and hang old socks in front of the fire (potentially spark prone) and stick candy in them? Why would anybody ever want to put a good peice of candy in a sock? Maybe hallmark was running out of ideas.
hi lara,Quote:
Originally posted by Lara
when I think of China, I picture rice fields with people cultivating them, wearing those wonderful big hats. What are they called? And I think of Tibetan Monks. I know there is more to it than that. Please share what ever you like about your culture. Every culture is unique, and our differences are what make the world an interesting place.
First of all, i really glad that you can have an interest in Chinese culture. I myself a Chinese and i deeply love our centuries-old culture and of course ones from other nations.
According to you, we call those who cultivate in the rice fields Å©Ãñ(Nong Min), which means peasant or farmer in English. Actually, there are about 80 hundred million peasants of a total population of 1.3 billion in China.
As far as Tibetan Monks, they are called Dalailama in China. But I don't like them at all, coz some of them are always want to make Tibet independent from our nation. This is what i can't reconcile with. Tibet is really a beautiful district of China. There are a lot centuries-old temples there, such as Lhasa Palace. It's really lofty, which i thinke should be considered as one of the greatest heritages of the World, just like the Great Wall and the Taj Mahal and so on so forth.
Do i make myself clear? If not, i'm sorry and i'm willing to spend more time to find you more materials about Chinese culture. I hope i can help!
Sunny.
Hi, EmilyQuote:
Originally posted by emily655321
As astronauts know, being able to see the Wall from space is a myth. It originated with the dream of one of the Chinese emperors (I forget who), in which he flew to the moon and could see the wall when he looked down on the earth, symbolic imagery representing the greatness of China's power and influence. Somehow it became part of the world's collective consciousness, but nevertheless it's completely untrue.
yeah, i know that legend.
It is emperor Yinzheng who ordered to build the Great Wall. He is also called Qin Shi Huang, which means the first emperor of Qin Dynasty. When he united the whole nation, he ordered to build the Great wall, half to show his greatest power and influence, half to keep China from the intruders. Then through the following thousands of years, it was destroyed partly by wars, and rebuit by several later emperors. It is really hard to imagine how to build this lofty wall in ancient.
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Originally posted by Sunny
Tibet is really a beautiful district of China.