汉语词汇学训诂学研究的新创获——评胡继明教授新著《《广雅》研究》

<尔雅>的一部训诂学词汇学著作,在"雅学"中占有重要地位.自隋朝曹宪为之作音以后,历来受到训诂学家的重视.     

汉字文化圈内的域外汉文小说

汉字文化圈有过五次扩大.随着汉字文化圈的扩大,朝鲜、日本、越南等国相继出现了汉文小说.朝鲜汉文小说总字数在1000万以上,日本汉文小说达数十种,越南汉文小说也达数百万字.为加强域外汉文小说的研究工作,应从资料的收集出版、小说研究的多种角度和文化交流的视野三方面拓展空间.     

中国人的姓氏

原始之姓当今社会,我们每个人都有自己的姓,而中国人的姓又都是从父姓,即延续父亲的姓。这和当今日本人以及英、美人的姓(surname)大体上一样。然而,我们中国人最原始的姓,即王充在《论衡·诘术篇》中所说的“古者有本姓,有氏姓”的“本姓”,却和今天的情景恰恰相反,则是从母姓,即延续母亲的姓。这从“姓”的字形、字义、字音上,可以得到一个肯定的答案。姓,在金文中写作“生”;“生”就是姓的本字。由谁生的,即姓之本义。后来加了女字旁,更清楚地表明它的含义。而且姓的读音起初也读作“生”。《说文》释姓曰:人所生也,从女,从生。由此可以…     

中国戏曲在海外华人社会的演出

作为一种极具民族和地域特色的艺术形式,中国传统戏曲在华人社会文化生活中有着十分重要的地位,是他们的主要娱乐方式。伴随着海外华人移民的步履,中国传统戏曲也陆续出现在世界各国的舞台上。据相关文献记载,华人在国外演出中国戏曲最早可以追溯到14世纪。     

Chinese Folk Toys

<正>China’s auspicious culture,known for its time-honored and mysterious traditions,has had extensive impacts on every facet of Chinese society.As a unique form ...     

Chinese Seal Art

<正>Chinese seal carving is a unique traditional art combining both calligraphy and sculpture. It has both practical functions in replicating characters or images and artistic values as a branch of calligraphy and carving.     

Chinese Embroidered Pouches

<正>In the agricultural society of ancient China, men went out for farming and hunting while women were supposed to do housework and weave fabrics at home. Needl...     

Asia's Chinese name

Abstract

Although the mother-tongue of some 90% of the population in Hong Kong is Cantonese, schools and universities in Hong Kong have witnessed the downgrading and even abandoning of Cantonese as a medium of instruction (MOI) in classrooms. For universities, this process is accelerated by the discourses of “internationalization.” For primary and secondary schools, the main compelling force is parents’ anxiety over their children's future. This paper discusses the social context in which the forsaking of Cantonese as a medium of instruction has occurred, and also the unintended consequences of silencing the mother-tongue of most of the Hong Kong students (and teachers) in secondary schools and universities.     

Chinese Doucai Porcelain

Doucai is a variety of decorative porcelain formed by the combination of underglaze blue-and-white and overglaze decoration. Before firing, the contour of the pattern should be sketched on the base with blue-and-white, and some paffs should be filled with blue-and- white too. Then the painted base should be sent into the kiln and fired into blue-and- white porcelain, on which the blank of the previously-sketched pattern should be filled with paints of various colors. And then it should be fired again in the low-temperature kiln with oxiding flame about 800 degrees Celsius. As the underglaze blue-and-white and the overglaze decoration seem to contend for beauty, it is called ＂Doucai＂ （literally, compete for color）.     

从汉字中查考中国古代神话的史实

传说中的始祖神女娲,在金文中应为 .伏羲之伏应为驯伏,羲是晨光之义.炎帝是大火(星)之意.黄帝即皇天上帝.夸父是对日影的测量.羿是善射的英雄.     

漫谈汉语、汉字与韩国社会

近年来,在中国出现韩剧热的同时,韩国也出现了汉语热和汉字热。2003年起,韩国参加汉字等级资格考试的人,每年都超过百万。     

Acting Australian and being Chinese: Integration of ethnic Chinese business people

This paper reports the integration experience of ethnic Chinese business people as they search for a sense of place in their host country, Australia. Data were obtained from semi-structured interviews with 30 ethnic Chinese business owners in the city of Brisbane. The respondents collectively represent 12 types of businesses (e.g., retail, trade, and hospitality). Findings indicate that the two dimensions of Berry's acculturation model, the heritage culture and the host culture, are not necessarily creating incompatible demands on immigrants as they integrate into the host country. Instead, the two dimensions complement one another in the integration process. This paper challenges the dual majority-minority conceptualization, which treats home culture and host culture as existing entities, and it provides further support for viewing cultural identity as performance, always flexible, changing, situational, and being shaped by the immigrants’ interactions with their co-ethnics and the host nationals.     

七夕乞巧习俗与古代女性文化心理

中国的七夕节是一个伴随着牛郎织女的传说一同发展起来的传统节日,其滥觞大概是在汉代,晋代葛洪的《西京杂记》有“汉彩女常以七月七日穿七孔针于开襟楼”的记载,说明当时七夕穿针习俗已经开始流行。随着时代的推移,七夕逐渐发展成为中华民族普遍奉行的一个重要节日,并且受到了广大民众的喜爱。     

群体本位的中国人

较长时期以来,我一直怀有一个强烈的愿望：希望中国的影视界能够拍摄一部展示我们中国化的核心特质和中华民族的民族性格的影视作品。这部影视作品应当深刻而准确地把握和揭示中国化与民族精神中最本质、最具代表性、最足以体现与其他民族     

Chinese Fengshui and Architecture

In 1996, Southeast University opened courses on architecture and fengshui and the textbook Basics of the Book of Change compiled by Prof. Li Shicheng from the Physics Department of the university was widely received. In big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, it has been a public secret today that geomancers are invited to practice geomancy when a real estate development project is launched, a new shop is opened, or someone rents or buys an apartment. From September 9 to 11, 2…     

游侠与政治

游侠(或称侠客)，作为一个社会群体，从战国时期现身于历史舞台，至汉代臻于鼎盛。在二十四史之中，只有《史     

Chinese Painter Rao Yongtang

Rao Yongtang, born in 1929 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, is a listed artist of national first grade, member of the Artists Association of Sichuan Province and the Artists Association of Chengdu City, council member and fellowship of Sichuan Province Painting Society for Senior Artists, honorary president of the international Xizhi Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, and tenor professor of the China Art Creation Center for Calligraphers and Artists.     

Chinese New Year Celebrated Abroad

<正>During the Spring Festival of 2010, or Chinese New Year, the Ministry of Culture of China launched a variety of events in celebration of this traditional festival of Chinese people.——From the editor     

麋鹿和中华文化

麋鹿在中国先秦古籍中单称鹿，甲骨文的鹿字，即是麋鹿的象形描绘，突出雄麋的一对大的分叉之角、引人注目的大眼睛和四条善奔跑的腿。现在楷书的鹿字，其上部的“广”，看不出是麋鹿角的变形，下部的“比”还可以理解是四条腿的变形，中间是单侧大眼睛的象形，总的看，还可以使人联想到它与甲骨文的鹿字有一脉相承的关系。需要指出的是，古籍中的单词鹿虽即麋，但麋字出现以后，单独的鹿，既可指麋，也可指其他的鹿。