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“China has had a long and complex history and has managed to evolve its own culture for 4,000 years. It therefore not necessarily true that we know exactly what is best for the internal structure of China.” .................Henry Kissinger (1923-2023)

But Chinese civilization has the overpowering beauty of the wholly other, and only the wholly other can inspire the deepest love and the profoundest desire to learn ..........................................Joseph Needham (1900-1995)

... ...............The three Chinese inventions (navigation compass, printing, gunpowder) have provided an extraordinary impetus to the development of European civilization............................Sir Walter Henry Medhurst (1822 - 1885)

Category: Budaya

Singkawang Trip

Posted on by Zhonghua Wenhua

Budaya-Tionghoa.Net | Dear friends, Victor’s and Ronni’s photos tell, more than any of my words can, of the energies of Capgome in Singkawang, West Kalimantan. But I will nevertheless share first impressions. Before I do that, there is first the important task I have to openly thank Ardian and his friends and our Victor Yue, without whom this trip would not have been what it was.

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Tata-cara Penulisan Nisan (Bongpay) Tradisional Tionghoa

Posted on by Zhonghua Wenhua

Budaya-Tionghoa.Net | Bongpay (Mandarin: Mu-bei) adalah sebutan dalam dialek Hokkian untuk papan nisan pada makam tradisional Tionghoa yang biasanya terbuat dari batu, marmer ataupun batu sejenis lainnya. Di atas bongpay biasanya terdapat tulisan-tulisan dalam karakter Han yang mengandung makna dan nilai artistik tersendiri. Bongpay biasanya selain menuliskan mengenai mendiang pemilik makam tadi, juga melambangkan bakti dari anak cucu sang mendiang.

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