Yangtze River Three Gorges=长江三峡

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Yangtze River Three Gorges


长江三峡cháng jiāng sān xiáThree Gorges

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Happy New Year's Eve

Today is the New Year's Eve before 2010, the turn of a new decade. Nihaohello.org wishes you a wonderful new year ahead!

Meanwhile, do you know that there is a Chinese Calendar by which the Chinese communities follow? Mainly the festivals are followed on the Chinese Calendar which incorporates elements of a lunar calendar. Many Asian cultures follow this lunisolar calendar which was first perfected by the Chinese around 500BCE.

BCE="Before the Common Era", "Before the Christian Era", 
or "Before the Current Era''


Hence, the day before the Chinese New Year (or Spring Festival (春节)) 
is known as 除夕 chú xī .

For 2010, the Chinese New Year will be on 14th February 2010. 
Thus, the eve will be 13th February 2010.

chú xī

除夕

dà nián yè

大年夜

除夕	chú xī	(New Year's) Eve
大	dà	big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / oldest / eldest
年夜	nián yè	eve of lunar new year

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Rivers of China=中国河流

七大江河水系:黑龙江 - 辽河 - 海河 - 黄河 - 淮河 - 长江 - 珠江

Seven major river systems of China: Heilongjiang - Liaohe - Haihe River - Yellow - Huai River - Yangtze River - Pearl River

长江	Cháng jiāng	Changjiang river / Yangtze river
淮河	Huái hé	Huaihe River, a main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黄河 and the Changjiang 长江
黄河	Huáng hé	Yellow River or Huang He
黑龙江	Hēi lóng jiāng	Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈尔滨 / Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia / Amur river
海河	Hǎi hé	Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
辽河	Liáo hé	Liao river of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning
珠江	Zhū jiāng	Pearl River (Guangdong)
大	dà	big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / oldest / eldest
大	dài	doctor
江河	jiāng hé	the Changjiang (Yangtze) and Huanghe (Yellow river) / great rivers
水系	shuǐ xì	drainage system

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万古流芳= to leave a good name that will last forever

万古流芳= to leave a good name that will last forever

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Sandpainting

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Chinese cities and its perfecture

包头	Bāo tóu	Baotou prefecture level city in inner Mongolia
北京	Běi jīng	Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government
本溪	Běn xī	Benxi prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China
板桥	Bǎn qiáo	Banqiao or Panchiao city in Taiwan
保定	Bǎo dìng	Baoding prefecture level city in Hebei
长春	Cháng chūn	Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
长沙	Cháng shā	Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
常州	Cháng zhōu	Changzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
成都	Chéng dū	Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
重庆	Chóng qìng	Chongqing city (Chungking), formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, abbr. 渝
大连	Dà lián	Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China
大庆	Dà qìng	Daqing prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
大同	Dà tóng	Dàtóng prefecture level city in Shānxī 山西 / Datong or Great community in neo-Confucian philosophy, sim. New Jerusalem
阜新	Fù xīn	Fuxin prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China
福州	Fú zhōu	Fuzhou prefecture level city and capital of Fujian province in east China / formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
抚顺	Fǔ shùn	Fushun prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China / also Fushun county
贵阳	Guì yáng	Guiyang prefecture level city and capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
广州	Guǎng zhōu	see 广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4]
高雄	Gāo xióng	Kaohsiung city in south Taiwan
淮南	Huái nán	Huainan prefecture level city in Anhui
淮安	Huái ān	Huai'an prefecture level city in Jiangsu
邯郸	Hán dān	Handan prefecture level city in Hebei / also Handan county
杭州	Háng zhōu	Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
合肥	Hé féi	Hefei, capital of Anhui province 安徽省 in south central China
哈尔滨	Hā ěr bīn	Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
呼和浩特	Hū hé hào tè	Hohhot prefecture level city, capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region 内蒙古自治区
嘉义	Jiā yì	Chiayi city and county in central Taiwan
吉林市	Jí lín shì	Jilin prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
基隆	Jī lóng	Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
鸡西	Jī xī	Jixi prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
济南	Jǐ nán	Ji'nan, subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China
锦州	Jǐn zhōu	Jinzhou prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China
昆明	Kūn míng	Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
柳州	Liǔ zhōu	Liuzhou prefecture level city in Guangxi / Zhuang: Liujcouh
洛阳	Luò yáng	Luoyang prefecture level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times
兰州	Lán zhōu	Lanzhou prefecture level city and capital of Gansu province 甘肅 in north central China
牡丹江	Mǔ dan jiāng	Mudanjiang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
南昌	Nán chāng	Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China / also Nanchang county
南京	Nán jīng	Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏 / capital of China at different historical periods
南宁	Nán níng	Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 广西壮族自治区 / Zhuang: Namzningz
宁波	Níng bō	Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
平顶山	Píng dǐng shān	Pingdingshan prefecture level city in Henan
齐齐哈尔	Qí qí hā ěr	Qiqihar prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
青岛	Qīng dǎo	Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong
汕头	Shàn tóu	Shantou prefecture level city in Guangdong
上海	Shàng hǎi	Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 沪
石家庄	Shí jiā zhuāng	Shijiazhuang prefecture level city and capital of Hebei province 河北省 in north China
商丘	Shāng qiū	Shangqiu prefecture level city in Henan
深圳	Shēn zhèn	Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong
沈阳	Shěn yáng	Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China / old names include Fengtian 奉天, Shengjing 盛京 and Mukden
苏州	Sū zhōu	Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
天津	Tiān jīn	Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. 津
太原	Tài yuán	Tàiyuán prefecture level city and capital of Shānxī province 山西省 in central north China
台南	Tái nán	Tainan (city and county in Taiwan)
台中	Tái zhōng	Taichung city and county in central Taiwan / Taichung city in central Taiwan
唐山	Táng shān	Tang Shan prefecture level city in Hebei
桃园	Táo yuán	Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan / the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality
潍坊	Wéi fāng	Weifang prefecture level city in Shandong
无锡	Wú xī	Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu
乌鲁木齐	Wū lǔ mù qí	Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China
武汉	Wǔ hàn	Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province
襄樊	Xiāng fán	Xiangfan prefecture level city in Hubei
香港	Xiāng gǎng	Hong Kong
徐州	Xú zhōu	Xuzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
西宁	Xī níng	Xining prefecture level city and capital of Qinghai province 青海省[Qing1 hai3 sheng3] in west China
西安	Xī ān	Xi'an city, subprovincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陕西省[Shan3 xi1 sheng3] in northwest China / see 西安区[Xi1 an1 qu1]
新莊	Xīn zhuāng	(N) Hsinchuang (city in Taiwan)
新竹	Xīn zhú	Hsinchu, city in northern Taiwan noted for its high tech industries
宜昌	Yí chāng	Yichang prefecture level city in Hubei
烟台	Yān tái	Yantai prefecture level city in Shandong
伊春	Yī chūn	Yichun prefecture level city in Heilongjiang
湛江	Zhàn jiāng	Zhanjiang prefecture level city in Guangdong province 广东省[Guang3 dong1 sheng3] in south China
郑州	Zhèng zhōu	Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China
张家口	Zhāng jiā kǒu	Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei
淄博	Zī bó	Zibo, prefecture level city in Shandong
枣庄	Zǎo zhuāng	Zaozhuang prefecture level city in Shandong
中和	zhōng hé	to neutralize
中和	Zhōng hé	Chungho (city in Taiwan)
鞍山	Ān shān	Anshan prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China

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China Cities 中国城市

Simplified	Hanyu Pinyin	Official City Name	Urban Population	Region
上海	Shànghǎi	Shanghai	9,495,701	East
北京	Běijīng	Beijing	7,296,962	North
香港	Xiānggǎng	Hong Kong	6,780,000	South Central
天津	Tiānjīn	Tianjin	5,066,129	North
武汉	Wǔhàn	Wuhan	4,488,892	South Central
广州	Guǎngzhōu	Guangzhou	4,154,808	South Central
深圳	Shēnzhèn	Shenzhen	4,000,000	South Central
沈阳	Shěnyáng	Shenyang	3,981,023	Northeast
重庆	Chóngqìng	Chongqing	3,934,239	Southwest
南京	Nánjīng	Nanjing	2,822,117	East
哈尔滨	Hā'ěrbīn	Harbin	2,672,069	Northeast
西安	Xī'ān	Xi'an	2,588,987	Northwest
成都	Chéngdū	Chengdu	2,341,203	Southwest
长春	Chángchūn	Changchun	2,223,170	Northeast
杭州	Hángzhōu	Hangzhou	1,932,612	East
济南	Jǐnán	Jinan	1,917,204	East
大连	Dàlián	Dalian	2,118,087	Northeast
太原	Tàiyuán	Taiyuan	1,905,403	North
郑州	Zhèngzhōu	Zhengzhou	1,688,681	South Central
青岛	Qīngdǎo	Qingdao	1,867,365	East
石家庄	Shíjiāzhuāng	Shijiazhuang	1,632,271	North
昆明	Kūnmíng	Kunming	1,549,593	Southwest
兰州	Lánzhōu	Lanzhou	1,527,383	Northwest
高雄	Gāoxióng	Kaohsiung	1,526,420	East
淄博	Zībó	Zibo	1,514,070	East
长沙	Chángshā	Changsha	1,489,259	South Central
南昌	Nánchāng	Nanchang	1,386,454	East
乌鲁木齐	Wūlǔmùqí	Ürümqi	1,358,986	Northwest
贵阳	Guìyáng	Guiyang	1,341,243	Southwest
鞍山	Ānshān	Anshan	1,287,136	Northeast
唐山	Tángshān	Tangshan	1,279,226	North
无锡	Wúxī	Wuxi	1,245,129	East
吉林市	Jílín Shì	Jilin City	1,244,725	Northeast
抚顺	Fǔshùn	Fushun	1,244,114	Northeast
福州	Fúzhōu	Fuzhou	2,710,000	East
苏州	Sūzhōu	Suzhou	1,170,618	East
包头	Bāotóu	Baotou	1,146,506	North
齐齐哈尔	Qíqíhā'ěr	Qiqihar	1,125,948	Northeast
徐州	Xúzhōu	Xuzhou	1,120,534	East
合肥	Héféi	Hefei	1,107,143	East
台中	Táizhōng	Taichung	1,070,145	East
邯郸	Hándān	Handan	1,069,146	North
洛阳	Luòyáng	Luoyang	1,043,243	South Central
南宁	Nánníng	Nanning	2,450,000	South Central
大同	Dàtóng	Datong	1,279,226	North
汕头	Shàntóu	Shantou	940,786	South Central
烟台	Yāntái	Yantai	917,901	East
大庆	Dàqìng	Daqing	864,148	Northeast
淮南	Huáinán	Huainan	863,135	East
本溪	Běnxī	Benxi	831,691	Northeast
常州	Chángzhōu	Changzhou	827,131	East
呼和浩特	Hūhéhàotè	Hohhot	817,466	North
柳州	Liǔzhōu	Liuzhou	811,818	Southwest
宁波	Níngbō	Ningbo	806,889	East
伊春	Yīchūn	Yichun	803,724	Northeast
商丘	Shāngqiū	Shangqiu	790,240	South Central
台南	Táinán	Tainan	769,892	East
鸡西	Jīxī	Jixi	757,647	Northeast
淮安	Huái'ān	Huai'an	725,381	East
枣庄	Zǎozhuāng	Zaozhuang	711,204	East
阜新	Fùxīn	Fuxin	689,928	Northeast
锦州	Jǐnzhōu	Jinzhou	689,322	Northeast
潍坊	Wéifāng	Weifang	683,971	East
张家口	Zhāngjiākǒu	Zhangjiakou	681,109	East
牡丹江	Mǔdānjiāng	Mudanjiang	666,366	Northeast
平顶山	Píngdǐngshān	Pingdingshan	663,395	South Central
西宁	Xīníng	Xining	639,315	Northwest
湛江	Zhànjiāng	Zhanjiang	637,391	South Central
保定	Bǎodìng	Baoding	635,487	North
宜昌	Yíchāng	Yichang	634,568	South Central
襄樊	Xiāngfán	Xiangfan	633,173	South Central
板桥	Bǎnqiáo	Banqiao	551,995	East
中和	Zhōnghé	Zhonghe	412,842	East
新竹	Xīnzhú	Hsinchu	408,466	East
新莊	Xīnzhuāng	Xinzhuang	388,703	East
桃园	Táoyuán	Taoyuan	388,703	East
基隆	Jīlóng	Keelung	388,703	East
嘉义	Jiāyì	Chiayi	274,127	East

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