In the A.D. 1st century Buddhism caught they eye of the Han Emperor Ming, who sent a mission to India which returned in A.D. 67 with Buddhist scriptures, two Indian monks and several Buddhist images. By the end of the A.D. 1st century there was a Buddhist community in the Chinese capital of Loyang.
– from factsanddetails.com |
Archive for July 29th, 2010
China Gets Buddhism from India- China Fact
Posted by w_thames_the_d on July 29, 2010
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China and Japan Make Nice- Panda’s Go to Japan
Posted by w_thames_the_d on July 29, 2010
China and Japan are trying to mend old broken fences. China is sending giant Pandas to Japan, but the Chinese are every so sneaky. The names of the panda’s are Bi Li and Xian Nu, which roughly translates to “If you bastards ever invade us again, we will make Hiroshima look like a freaking wind storm”. Or something close to that, my Chinese is weak. The offical version follows:
“CHENGDU – Two giant pandas will leave their home in Southwest China’s Sichuan province early next year for a 10-year stay in a Japanese zoo. The gifts are in accordance with a 2008 agreement by Chinese President Hu Jintao and then-Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda during Hu’s Japan visit. Bi Li, a male weighing 135 kilograms, and Xian Nu, a female whose name means “fairy” and who weighs 120 kg, are both about 5 years old, which is equivalent to 19 years old in human years, said Tang Chunxiang, deputy chief at the Wolong center. The endangered bear has served as a diplomat in China-Japan ties for centuries. The earliest recorded Chinese gift of pandas to Japan was in 685, when a Tang Dynasty empress offered a pair to the Japanese emperor. |
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Bus in China- Peaceful Chinese Man
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China Vows No Liars Allowed at the Youth Olympic Games- Right….
Posted by w_thames_the_d on July 29, 2010
China is all about face, so this is somewhat humorous. They state that in the youth Olympics, no one lying about their ages will be allowed to compete. Just like in the real Olympics , eh China?
chinadaily “We’ve scrutinized every athlete’s age in the delegation for the Youth Olympic Games to make sure there is no one going to Singapore with a fake age,” Cai said on Wednesday of the event, which will showcase athletes between the ages of 14 and 18. |
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Punctuation in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on July 29, 2010
A friend was telling me that punctuation in China is a recent phenomenon. He claims that for thousands of years the Chinese did not use it, but it is onlly in the past few hundred years that punctuation became a part of the language. He says that they typically used words or phrases instead of periods, to indicate the end of a thought or sentence. |
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