Section from “Qingming Festival on the River” by Zhang Zeduan, Northern Song dynasty
A sensational exhibit at the China Pavilion of the Shanghai EXPO 2010 is the animated rendition of a Northern Song dynasty (960 – 1127 CE) painting “Qingming Festival on the River” (also translated as “Along the River during the Ching-ming Festival”) by Zhang [...]
There will be a grand celebration of the Hakka (Kejia 客家) origin of many Chinese on Sunday, 11th July, 2010, at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto.*
The Hakka people are a branch of the Han Chinese who experienced several major migrations in their long history. They left the Yellow River region in northern [...]
As Canada engages the 21st century, the Chinese in Canada have finally emerged from the 19th century notion that they are still the children of Gold Mountain with its attendant artifacts of the Head Tax, exclusion mentality, and an urge to return to the motherland of China. The 2006 census indicated that that there were [...]
Kong Fuzi (孔夫子551 – 479 BCE), popularly known in the West by the Latinized name of Confucius, was a teacher and a philosopher who shaped Chinese culture for the last 2,500 years. His personal name was Qiu (丘) and courtesy name* Zhongni (字 仲尼). He lived towards the end of the period referred [...]
This is the Year of the Tiger. This portrayal of a tiger, along with an old man, is most fascinating in the history of Chinese or even world Art insofar as the tiger is usually not perceived as a calm and cuddly cat.
Shi Ke (石恪) of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period [...]
Section of the Tang dynasty handscroll “A Hundred Horses”
The handscroll “A Hundred Horses,” ink on silk, was by an unknown artist of the Tang dynasty (618 - 907 CE). It shows horses in various poses: galloping, charging, rolling on the ground, feeding, etc. There are altogether 41 grooms in the picture and [...]
Jerry King is a Fengshui consultant trainer in the Four Pillars of Destiny based in Vancouver, Canada. He consults in China, Hong Kong, North and South America.
In my Fengshui practice, many clients always want to know about their destiny which includes a consultation of their career, health, wealth and relationships. Many methods are [...]
From time to time, Ginger Post will post selections from Chinese proverbs, fables, paintings, calligraphy, porcelains, literature, philosophy and other treasures from Chinese civilizations for the enjoyment of the readers.
From the Book of Lao Zi,* Chapter 58:
Misfortune, happiness leans on it;
Happiness, misfortune crouches under it.
禍兮福之所倚，福兮禍之所伏。
Fable from the book of Huai Nan Zi: [...]
HSBC or the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation is one of the largest and leading banks in the world. HSBC’s headquarters is hard to miss, being located in the heart of the Central District on the Hong Kong side. Completed in 1985 at a cost of close to $US 5 billion, the building has [...]
People’s Republic of China was founded on lst October, 1949, as Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed to the world that the Chinese people had stood up. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of this momentous occasion, there were large scale parades in Toronto and Vancouver on Sunday, 27th September, 2009.
Over 40 community organizations and [...]