por pedroceinos | Feb 28, 2021 | culture, movies
Shadow – A Film by Zhang Yimou Shadow – A Film by Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou leads one of the most consistent and brilliant careers in the cinematography of China, and with The Shadow (Ying) he delights the viewer again with a beautiful and surprising story,...
por pedroceinos | Feb 18, 2021 | culture
The horse in the Chinese horoscope The horse in the Chinese horoscope The horse is one of the animals of later incorporation into Chinese culture. If, as some scholars say, the system of 12 animals in the Chinese horoscope originated in the peoples who lived in the...
por pedroceinos | Feb 18, 2021 | culture
The rat in the Chinese horoscope The rat in the Chinese horoscope The rat for the Chinese is an animal to which are associated some positive and some negative qualities, in fact it is considered capable of carrying out numerous enterprises, not in vain it was the...
por pedroceinos | Feb 13, 2021 | culture
An oriental interpretation of dreams An oriental interpretation of dreams Last week, in a book about the Hani minority in the remote Jinping region, one of the authors devoted part of his article on divination to dream interpretation among the Hani. I translated it,...
por pedroceinos | Feb 11, 2021 | culture
What does it mean to dream of a cow in China? We tell you here What does it mean to dream of a cow in China? We tell you here In the last few days I have stumbled upon several documents dealing with dreams in China, and some with certain fragments explaining, in...
por pedroceinos | Feb 1, 2021 | culture
The ox and the ritual plow in springtime The ox and the ritual plow in springtime Throughout the imperial era, every year the beginning of agricultural work was celebrated by a solemn ceremony called the Plowing Festival. «The emperor himself would take a yellow plow...
