por pedroceinos | Jun 29, 2020 | culture
SOME PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS IN BUDDHA’S TIMES Peter Harvey. Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge University Press. 2013. (Excerpts from the book. Page 11 and ff.) In its origin, Buddhism was a Samana-movement. Samanas were wandering ‘renunciant’...
por pedroceinos | Jun 28, 2020 | culture
The origin of chinese characters The origin of Chinese characters in John C. Didier, “In and Outside the Square,” Sino-Platonic Papers, 192, vol. 1 (September, 2009) The technology of writing appears suddenly and morphologically fully developed on Shang oracle bones...
por pedroceinos | Abr 6, 2020 | ethnic-groups
childbirth among the naxi The rituals performed at birth suggest that in the Naxi traditional thought the entering of the Sv life god in a person is a gradual process developed during the last term of pregnancy and the first days of life, and that this process is...
por pedroceinos | Abr 4, 2020 | ethnic-groups, jinuonationality
The wonderful culture of the jinuo Hidden in the tropical mountains of China’s southern border lives one of its most interesting minorities: The Jino nationality. With a population of only 21,000 people they are one of the less known ethnic groups in China, who in the...
por pedroceinos | Abr 3, 2020 | chinese-characters
Chinese character 次 second, times Main meanings second times, order inferior remain stand. Statistics HSK – 2 STROKES – 6 RADICAL – 冫 Etymology Elements —- two 二 + open mouth 欠. Phonetic series 次. This is two 二 breaths (or two sneezes) with...
