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(1) both the 5 oz. silver lunar coin and the 5 oz. silver panda coin were debuted, (2) the 5 oz. silver lunar coin was the first of the series to be over 99% pure silver, and (3) the 5 oz. silver coin had a face value of 50 yuan, even though it contained over 10 times as much silver as the 15 g silver coin, which had a face value of 10 yuan.
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. [1] In traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese zodiac is very important and exists as a reflection of Chinese philosophy and culture . [ 2 ]
Sun Wukong fights the Moon Rabbit, a scene in the sixteenth century Chinese novel, Journey to the West, depicted in Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon. In the Buddhist Jataka tales, [4] Tale 316 relates that a monkey, an otter, a jackal, and a rabbit resolved to practice charity on the day of the full moon (), believing a demonstration of great virtue would earn a great reward.
The Qin Empire (2009) Zheng He Xia Xiyang (2009) Bing Sheng (2009) Three Kingdoms (2010) The Han Triumph (2010) Huang Yanpei (2010) The Legend of Yang Guifei (2010) A Weaver on the Horizon (2010) The Dream of Red Mansions (2010) Secret History of Empress Wu (2011) The Qin Empire II: Alliance (2012) Chu Han Zhengxiong (2012) Heroes of Sui and ...
Bǎoliándēng Qiánzhuàn. Prelude of Lotus Lantern ( Chinese: 宝莲灯前传) is a 2009 Chinese mythology fantasy television series. The television series directed by Hong Kong director Mang San Yu and written by Wang Biao, and starring Vincent Chiao, Zhou Yang, Liu Xiaoqing and Liu Tao. It tells the story of Erlang Shen, a popular Chinese ...
An important aspect of Chinese culture is the zodiac, which is based on a 12-year cycle. Said to have originated from a Chinese Poem about 12 animals that came from the heavens to help farmers ...
The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The first one is known as lichun in Chinese, risshun in Japanese, ipchun in Korean, and lập xuân in Vietnamese. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in particular to the day ...
Running time. 45 minutes per episode. Production company. CCTV. Original release. Network. CCTV-8. Zheng He Xia Xiyang is a 2009 Chinese television series based on the voyages of Zheng He, the explorer who led seven expeditions to Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Africa in the 15th century.