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Archive for February, 2008

Tagged from Miah

Yesterday, when I checking mybloglog.com, I found a message from Miah, I got tagged by her.
This is my second tagged here, the first is Six questions from Ygmroz.
All I have to do is spell my name using the letters and their corresponding meanings. My name is ShangNing, so…
S: Lives life for fun
H: Freakin’ beautiful eyes
A: […]

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The historical temperatures of Beijing

Beijing weather station (China Meteorological Administration) releases the temperature per hours.
The data were stored to my database day by day, because I believe the historical data are valuable, and the historical data are interesting.
Some days ago, Google Chart API was opened to Google fans, it lets the fans dynamically generate charts.
That’s a great production for […]

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park

There are two amusement parks in Beijing, one is Beijing Amusement Park, and another one is Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park.
Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park is a theme park located in the Shijingshan District of Beijing, it first opened on September 28, 1986.

The park that imitates Disney Park, its previous slogan in English was “Disneyland is too […]

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Four ancient Chinese great beauties

Shi Peijun is of Xi Shi descent, she is the fifty-fivth Xi Shi’s life. Xi Shi is one of the four great beauties in the ancient China. The four beauties renowned for their beauty.

The four beauties lived in four different dynasties, each hundreds of years apart. In chronological order, they are:
Xi Shi, said to be […]

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Avoid getting haircut during this month

The first month of lunar year, we Chinese are not allowed by parents or grandparents to do haircut until the 2nd day of the second month. Why do not Chinese have haircut during the first month of the lunar year? It is an interesting history.

Han Chinese are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the […]

Friday, February 8th, 2008

What do Chinese do in Spring Festival days?

Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th. Chinese have to do the appointed things at the appointed day:

The 1st day of spring festival: It is a time when families […]

Thursday, February 7th, 2008