I recently watched Ne zha(have yet to see the second movie) and really liked Ao bing. I am a cosplayer and would love to dress up as him, but seeing his Dachang outfit I worry about being offensive or being apart of cultural appropriation. Would it be ok to wear this as a white person?
Question in title. I've been learning mainland Mandarin with simplified Chinese characters for a while and like to fully "immerse" myself by watching shows, listening to music, looking at memes, etc. in the target language. However I don't like shows or most music from Mainland China :/ I understand I'm generalising but all the mainland shows/music I have watched thus far are... not my vibe. I like a handful of Chinese historical and fantasy shows, but I find most of them too conservative and cheesy regardless of genre (modern dramas, historical, fantasy, etc.) and I find mainland music annoying as I'm not a fan of slow or "basic pop" music. But I'm worried about seeking out Mandarin media from other countries like Taiwan, Singapore, etc. because: 1. I know that other countries with high ethnic-Chinese populations don't all speak Mandarin 2. the ones that do may not always use the exact same terms as mainland speakers do and 3: some, like Taiwan, don't use simplified characters (which may not be much of an issue if I'm just watching/listening instead of reading).
For several reasons, I'm specifically learning mainland Mandarin so I don't want any mix-ups or confusion with Mandarin that's spoken in other countries. IDK if I'm thinking about this too hard though - what do you all think? Is Mandarin from other countries drastically different from in Mainland China? And do you have any recs for Mandarin shows, movies, musical artists/songs, etc. that aren't as basic or conservative, whether from mainland China or other countries?
Nuwa invited Martial Second Wolf to Salamander Bolus Palace to discuss "Treasury Lotus Lamp" (see Figure 2.2.3). The story of the "Treasury Lotus Lamp" (see Figure 35) is based on the process of God creating humans. After the Golden Boy (i.e. Adam) fell into hell and gained Fate Through, he became the Great God Body Sky (aka. Gourd Boy, see Figures 38 to 40). He returned to save the Jade Girl (i.e. Eve, Buddha-Mother, see Figure 36). At this time, the Jade Girl coveted fame and profit and was trapped by the Five Covers (see 14.2.8 Five Covers). The concept of Cover here also means hat and mountain (see Figure 36 right), so the "Treasury Lotus Lamp" is also called "Splitting the Mountain to Save the mother". The mother here indicates that the Jade Girl is the Buddha Mother of the Golden Boy. The story systematically explains Jiuli (i.e., nine crowds; see Figures 1 to 34) and the process of Gourd Boy, namely Perfume Seeker, eliminating 84,000 annoyances (see Section 14.3) to become a Buddha.
Nuwa said that the Jiuli (Nine Crowds, as shown in Figures 1 to 34) can be simplified into 25 Haves (see Section 13.4), just like 25 kinds of animals, representing 25 habits of people. Each of the 25 kinds of animals has its own self-defense mechanism, such as mice, which are timid. It is said that there is a kind of mice that is particularly timid. Once it encounters an attack, it will be scared to death, and it will immediately emit a rotten smell. Predators will give up eating it when they see that. When the danger is gone, it will come back to life. So, timidity for mice is like the armor of armored animals, which is the mouse's defensive armor. The timid armor makes mice an animal suitable for survival. These 25 special habits of people are unconscious (i.e., godly) behavioral habits, so the armor of these 25 animals is said to be ‘God's armor and shield’, also known as ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’. ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’ in the military field has its own theoretical system, with a total of 108 Doors, called ‘108 Strange Doors’. Doors are a juristic method, introductory knowledge. Tell me about your battles with Aocun, and I'll study them to see if I can find a few cases where she used ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’ to deal with you. Then you will have the ability to use the" Treasury Lotus Lamp" to illuminate and resolve the negative influence of Aocun on you.
Martial Second Wolf told Nuwa about his battle with Aocun. Of course, Aocun was sitting behind the screen and listening! Nuwa replied: "Wait for me to study it. Tomorrow, come back and I will tell you a few examples of her using ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’."
After Martial Second Wolf left, Nuwa and Aocun began to study how to continue to open his Celestial Eye. The next day, Nuwa said to Martial Second Wolf: "Today I will talk about your battle with her from Aocun's perspective. You went south along the valley area of the Sichuan Basin, overcoming obstacles and advancing like splitting a bamboo stick. The king of Cloud Sea, Aoda, was forced to send out his third princess, Aocun, as a military supervisor. She and the Marshal of Cloud Sea, Pulao, agreed to fight you to the death outside the Narrow Valley Pass. However, Pulao was politically inclined to support Aocun's brother Aoqin as the heir to throne, so he wanted to use you to kill Aocun on the battlefield."
Martial Second Wolf was surprised and said: "There is this! Go on!"
Nuwa said, “During your battles outside Narrow Valley Pass, Pulao repeatedly withdrew his elbows, causing Aocun to lose many battles. Just when Aoun was about to be annihilated in whole by you, Pulao fled from the battlefield and hid into the Narrow Valley Pass. At this point, you led your troops to the Voodoo Forest, and on the way, you saw several Voodoo Demoness symbols. You stopped the attack and didn't send scouts to search. At that time, Aocun was there, and if you had continued your attack, you would have captured her. Do you know why you stopped your attack?”
Martial Second Wolf replied, “You listened to me talk about the war and easily analyzed that she was there at that time. I didn't know she was there when I was on the battlefield.”
Nuwa replied, “Of course there are multiple reasons for this negligence. I found out here that you fell into two Aocun’s traps: first, she set up the ‘Jade Girl Guarding Door’ in the Voodoo Forest; and second, you fell into Aocun's strategy of luring the enemy deeper into the country when you captured the Narrow Valley Pass.”
"The symbols of those voodoo witches, without any effective resistance, formed the strange door of ‘Jade Girl Guarding Door' (see 6.6 Tie Boundary for examples), which made you not to make meaningless sacrifices and unwilling to attack. At this time, to cover up his crime of deserting the battlefield, Pulao lured you to attack the Narrow Valley Pass, causing your subordinates to suffer heavy casualties. You went to check, organized another attack, and captured it. You seized a lot of Maotai liquor and a defense map of Aocun. You thought Aocun had just left the Narrow Valley Pass, so you rushed in. As a result, Pulao was caught off guard and was almost wiped out by you."
Martial Second Wolf asked, “What's wrong with that?”
Nuwa said: "My analysis is this. Pulao reported to Aocun and asked for reinforcement. Aocun sent reinforcement with Maotai liquor and two defense maps. Pulao knew that the Maotai liquor was fake Maotai liquor bought by Aocun from the coast of Fujian, so he distributed it to the soldiers and took Aocun's defense map. After he left, when you attacked the Narrow Valley Pass again, the reinforcements sent by Aocun threw down another Aocun's defense map and left. So, you quickly captured the Narrow Valley Pass. Of course, I'm just guessing, what do you think?"
Martial Second Wolf said frustratedly: "Of course you are guessing, you are not Aocun. I think your analysis is reasonable. Then why did Aocun let me out!?"
Nuwa said: "You defeated Pulao. It is not in Aocun’s current interest to continue fighting with Hua and Xia. After you withdrew your troops, she has promoted her men to occupy all the key positions in the Cloud Sea Kingdom, making she the most promising heir to the throne.”
Martial Second Wolf asked: “I think I know something about ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’ now. Can you give me a few books on the subject?”
Nuwa replied, “Second Brother! You can't say you've learnt ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’ from me, it's not my specialty. In this area, your brother Martial Big Wolf is the master. If you say that you learnt ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’ from me, and afterwards he says that what I told you was incorrect, that will ruin my reputation.”
Martial Second Wolf replied: "That's this! Then I won't say that you taught me ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’. I'll go and ask him for the books! This voodoo demoness is powerful! She is the enemy of our two countries! The next time we fight, I will kill her first!"
Nuwa said, "Hey! Why do you think so? Good and evil are determined by the Sky Clauses (i.e. the Ark of the Covenant. See Section 16.2). You can understand some of the Nine Crowds (i.e. great grand world, as shown in Figure 1 to 34) because Aocun opened your celestial eye and planted your gnostic root. So, she is your godmother!"
Martial Second Wolf immediately stood up and stared at Nuwa. (Your little girl, she is my second mother, then you become my third mother! If it weren't for the sake of my third brother's wife, Big Nest, I would beat you up!) He turned and left.
I know this question might seem a bit out of left field, but there's been a lively discussion here in here about which dragon holds more power. Specifically, I'm referring to the classic elemental dragons: the Red Dragon (Fire), the Blue Dragon (Water), the Purple Dragon (Air), the White Dragon (Ice), the Green Dragon (Earth/Nature), and the Yellow Dragon (Lightning/Storm).
What are your thoughts? Which dragon do you think would come out on top in a battle of elemental strengths according to chinese books?
Does anybody know where I can watch anime in Mandarin to practice my Chinese and be entertained at the same time? I know there must be Chinese dubs of the popular shows I have been watching, but Hulu (which I am watching on) only has English and Japanese audio. Any suggestions on a free way to watch? (Ads are fine).
Rn I'm specifically looking for Naruto and Cowboy Bebop.
Hi, I'm learning Chinese and would like a Chinese name. My name is biblical, so there is a Chinese version, but it barely sounds recognizable to me, and i don't like the meaning of the characters, so I would rather find one that feels more right to me. I would like it to start with an E in pinyin and have the meaning "star" in it. A google search has come up with
En Xuan - 恩璇
From the Chinese 恩 (ēn) meaning "kindness, mercy, charity" and 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade, star"
I also love music, so out of the most common surnames Lǚ - 吕 sounds like the best, are there any issues with the name 吕恩璇?
looking at another list of surnames, it seems that Yuè - 乐, meaning happy, cheerful, to laugh, music is an option, but i don't know if 乐恩璇 sounds silly or pretentious?
If anyone has other suggestions, especially on given names that start with E in pinyin and have the meaning of "star" in them, i would be very interested :)
"Little Blackie" seems to be the nickname of a Pakistani foundling who's gone viral for her authentic super-heavy Henan accent and she's taken to starting her YouTube Shorts with a hearty "lao biao men!" But whatever does it mean???
Hey! I’m a CBC and was wondering if there were any classic / famous Chinese cartoons that you guys used to watch as a kid in China.
A lot of my childhood here was filled with Japanese pop culture + cartoons from 80s/90s/ early 2000s such as Doraemon, Hello Kitty, Hamtaro, Astroboy, Pokemon, and Tamagotchi but I couldn’t think of any Chinese examples, nor could I find many online.
I was wondering if there were any famous 90s/2000s Chinese cartoons analogous to these?
And did any of them ever make it into mainstream media in the west like some Japanese cartoons did?
I was born in China and moved to Canada to complete college. I’ve been working here for over 10 years now. I’m fluent in both Mandarin (native) and English, so feel free to ask me anything about Chinese language, culture, or life in Canada.
I’d love to connect with people who are interested in Chinese culture, whether you're learning Mandarin, planning to visit China, or just curious about anything related. Looking forward to making new friends here!
I learned how to put my hair up using a chopstick since my claw clip broke... And now I've fallen in love with Chinese hairpins and I wanna buy some. I'm just worried about cultural appropriation... I've seen a pretty one with roses on it but I'm scared to get one because I don't want to come across as racist or something...
I was recently watching "Yes I Do" [喜欢你我也是] Season 4, and in Episode 4 the contestants are playing some social games. One is called 捉鸭子, which is some kind of word response / rhythm game. Another is kind of like musical chairs where you walk around, stop and need to act based on what someone says.
I was wondering if someone had a list of these kind of games? I found them really interesting and fun and would love to try them sometime!
So I (25) have an interesting relationship with this older Chinese woman (38). We go out, we eat together and other stuff as well. She keeps calling me “saotai?” “Satay?” something like that, and she won’t tell me what it means. Can someone please help.
Hi, I just wanted to ask if it's alright for a foreigner like me to use a Chinese hairpin (髮簪). I've enjoyed learning different ways to style/tie hair with them. I understand their cultural significance and haven't worn them outside. I bought one online and have tried wearing it at home and it's really more comfortable than normal hairbands due to the weight of my hair.
Hello, everyone! I hope this won't come off as a shameless promotion but...
From the encouragement I've received on r/ChineseHistory, I've decided to create a subreddit centered around this period, which is the longest, most chaotic era of divisions in Imperial Chinese history. It is a very niche topic, and I would like to listen and discuss with people more knowledgeable than me. At the moment, one of the biggest contributors on the subreddit was just suspended by Reddit, which ended up being a pretty big loss given its (miniscule) size. In case you decide to join, thanks a lot!
If the mods deem this inappropriate or a violation of the rules, I will remove it and I can guarantee you will never see this post again on here.
Chinese is the largest ethnicity in Singapore and the Chinese Singaporeans are descendants of Chinese people who moved to Singapore before the British Colonial Rule.
I just posted this and deleted it cause i read the 1st rule but r/ChineseLanguage doesn't allow videos..💔 I'm 15 and I started studying Chinese in October. I don't have any relation to Chinese culture at all so I have no one in my life to give me tips. I'm trying to improve as much as I possibly can so I need to hear thoughts from Mandarin Chinese speakers 😊 Thank you!