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The China Biographical Database (CBDB) is a relational database on Chinese historical figures from the 7th to 19th centuries. [1] The database provides biographical information (name, date of birth and death, ancestral place, degrees and offices held, kinship and social associations, etc.) of approximately 360,000 individuals up until April 2015.
Yang Huanyi (simplified Chinese: 阳焕宜; traditional Chinese: 陽煥宜; pinyin: Yáng Huànyí; c. 1909 – 20 September 2004), a resident of Jiangyong County, Hunan province, was known as the last proficient speaker and writer of Nüshu script (women's writing). Many people believe the language originated in Jiangyong County.
After the letter was read and issued on state media, all channels promptly turned their television channel logos into black and white. During the announcement, the official portrait of Jiang Zemin during his leadership was shown in grayscale and coverage of funeral proceedings were accompanied by the playing of the dirge [] (哀乐), an instrumental piece that has been played to mark the death ...
During the announcement, the official portrait of Deng Xiaoping during his leadership was shown in grayscale and coverage of funeral proceedings were accompanied by the playing of the dirge (哀乐), [4] [5] an instrumental piece that has been played to mark the death of every Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader since Mao Zedong [6] and later ...
Speakers of other Yue Chinese dialects, such as the Taishanese people who speak Taishanese, may or may not be considered Cantonese. The Hakka and Min-speaking people (such as Hoklo , Teochew and Leizhounese ) who also reside in Guangdong are usually differentiated from the Cantonese as they speak non-Yue Chinese languages.
Nien Cheng or Zheng Nian (January 28, 1915 – November 2, 2009) was the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan [1] (Chinese: 姚念媛; pinyin: Yáo Niànyuán). [2] She was a Chinese author known for recounting her experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.
Yang Jisheng (born November 1940) [1] [2] is a Chinese journalist and author. His work include Tombstone (墓碑), a comprehensive account of the Great Chinese Famine during the Great Leap Forward, and The World Turned Upside Down (天地翻覆), a history of the Cultural Revolution.
Zhou died on 14 January 2017 at his home in Beijing, one day after his 111th birthday. The cause of death was not made public. [3] His wife had died in 2002, and his son had died in 2015. [3] The following year, a Google Doodle featuring an animated logo in Chinese honored what would have been Zhou's 112th birthday. [16]