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The Chinese Art of Cutting Vegetables

Jie&Karin wrote 1 month ago: Vegetable art displayed at a Chinese New Year festival in Alameda, US. March 2012    This time … more →

Tags: chinese traditions, Cross-culture comparisons, Alameda, Chinese cooking skills, Chinese Culture, chinese food, Chinese vegetable cutting, Jen Lin-Liu

The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony for Mo Yan2 comments

Jie&Karin wrote 5 months ago: Stockholm City Hall The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm The Nobel Prize Ceremony will take p … more →

Tags: Swedish culture, Cross-culture comparisons, Chinese Literature, Nobel Prize, Mo Yan, Stockholm, Nobel Prize Ceremony, lucia procession

Mo Yan, 莫言, and Orhan Pamuk – Nobel prize storytellers of rural and urban life2 comments

Jie&Karin wrote 6 months ago:  We compare this year´s Nobel prize laureate of literature, Mo Yan from China, and a previous Nobel … more →

Tags: Cross-culture comparisons, Chinese Literature, Chinese countryside, istanbul, Nobel Prize, Mo Yan, Orhan Pamuk, Dumplings, jiaozi

The Lantern Festival,Yuanxiao Jie, 元宵节- and Valentine´s Day

Jie&Karin wrote 2 years ago:     Full moon all over the globe! On the 15th day after Chinese New Year´s Eve it is the first full … more →

Tags: Swedish culture, China Culture, Cross-culture comparisons, chinese traditions, Chinese Traditions, Chinese Culture, Full Moon, Lantern Festival, valentin´s day

The Temple Fair and the Flower Fair

Jie&Karin wrote 2 years ago: In the days after the Chinese New Year´s Eve there is often a Temple fair with lots of stalls sellin … more →

Tags: Swedish culture, China Culture, chinese traditions, Shanghai, Chinese History, Chinese Traditions, Shanghai culture, Chinese Culture, Chinese New Year

The mystery with the bamboo scroll

Jie&Karin wrote 2 years ago: The last 3 weeks Karin has been in China, spending some time in Yunnan, and Jie has been busy with t … more →

Tags: China, Sweden, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Culture, Travel, li, China Culture

Old traditions and modern times

Jie&Karin wrote 2 years ago:   Karin gives some glimpses from Su Hua´s book “Ancient  melodies”.   (The drawings are … more →

Tags: China, Sweden, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Culture, Travel, li, China Culture, Chinese Literature, Chinese History

Ancient melodies…

Jie&Karin wrote 2 years ago: Karin has moved back to Sweden from China, and she has been totally exhausted by all the packing up … more →

Tags: China, Sweden, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Culture, Travel, li, Chinese Literature, Chinese History


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