Category Archives: China literature

The Chinese Art of Cutting Vegetables

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Jie&Karin

   This time we want to highlight the Chinese art of cutting vegetables, which is an ancient Chinese tradition. First we show some art pieces displayed  at a Chinese New Year Festival in Alameda, near San Francisco 2012. Jie: It is … Continue reading →

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The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony for Mo Yan

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Jie&Karin

The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm The Nobel Prize Ceremony will take place in the Swedish capital Stockholm on December 10th. Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been presented to the Laureates on this date, which is the anniversary … Continue reading →

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Mo Yan, 莫言, and Orhan Pamuk – Nobel prize storytellers of rural and urban life

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Jie&Karin

 We compare this year´s Nobel prize laureate of literature, Mo Yan from China, and a previous Nobel prize laureate, Orhan Pamuk from Turkey, and the  stories of  their rural and urban childhoods in eras of transition . Mo Yan 2012 Nobel Laureate of Literature A couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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The Lantern Festival,Yuanxiao Jie, 元宵节- and Valentine´s Day

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Jie&Karin

    Full moon all over the globe! On the 15th day after Chinese New Year´s Eve it is the first full moon in the first month of the Lunar calendar. In China on that day the Lantern Festival is celebrated. … Continue reading →

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The Temple Fair and the Flower Fair

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Jie&Karin

In the days after the Chinese New Year´s Eve there is often a Temple fair with lots of stalls selling all kinds of stuff. In Shanghai there is a Temple fair at Longhua Temple, where people visit the temple and … Continue reading →

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The mystery with the bamboo scroll

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Jie&Karin

The last 3 weeks Karin has been in China, spending some time in Yunnan, and Jie has been busy with the Asian games going on in Guangzhou. We had little time to write, but now Karin is back in Sweden … Continue reading →

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Old traditions and modern times

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Jie&Karin

  Karin gives some glimpses from Su Hua´s book “Ancient  melodies”.   (The drawings are Su Hua´s own illustrations in the book) Su Hua´s book “Ancient melodies” is based on her own life as a child in a wealthy family around 1915 in … Continue reading →

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Ancient melodies…

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Jie&Karin

Karin has moved back to Sweden from China, and she has been totally exhausted by all the packing up and organizing of things, with no time to think of the blog. Till one day she found a book…  (here is … Continue reading →

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