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China comes to standstill to mourn quake tragedy

195854255 — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:27:37 GMT

China comes to standstill to mourn quake tragedy

-------------- Article from: Agence France-Presse

CHINA came to a standstill today, exactly one week after its earthquake tragedy, observing three minutes of silence to mourn the tens of thousands of people killed in the disaster.

Across the country, millions of people stopped where they were and fell silent, while air-raid sirens blared and motorists honked their horns.

The silent memorial began precisely at 2.28pm (1628 AEST), the exact moment a week earlier when the quake struck south-western China.

Several thousand people gathered in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, standing silently around a flagpole from which the red Chinese flag waved at half-mast.

They burst into chants when the three minutes passed.

In unison, the huge crowd shouted "Jia you! Jia you!," an exhortation that can be loosely translated as "Go! Go!", while punching the air with their fists.

Others shouted out "Long live China!," "Long live Sichuan!," and "Long live Wenchuan!"

Wenchuan county was the epicentre of last Monday's earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the Richter scale and devastated a wide area of Sichuan province, killing an estimated 50,000 people.

China started a three-day national mourning period today, ordering all flags at half-mast throughout the country and at Chinese embassies and missions overseas.

It halted all cultural and entertainment activities.

The Beijing Olympic torch relay that had been making its way through China also has been halted for three days.

Thank you ~~

195854255 — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:53:33 GMT

Thank you ~~

THANKS FOR EVERY PEOPLE WHO HELP CHINA, HELP OUR PEOPLE......

THANK YOU VERY MUCH~

Mourn China earthquake victims...

195854255 — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:43:33 GMT

Mourn China earthquake victims...

More than 40000 people have confirmed died and many are still buried or missing in the earthquake In Wenchuan, Sichuan Province in China......

Last night, hundreds of students gathered by the lake in my university. They lighted many many candles for lighting the way to the heaven for people who died in the earthquake. It was dark then and the light of the candles stand up against the dark sky. When I saw these, I was moved to tears. I felt the love and strength of our Chinese, My brothers and sisters. I felt a great nation,a great race .I was moved by the patriotism. there are patriotic songs or poems or something else .But sometimes they are so abstract that i don't feel them any more. But this time. Wow, I really feel the greatness of our people.

There are poverty, out-of-school, unfairness, despoilment, there is pain in this world and this is the true life. What we can do, in my opinion, is helping each other. We are humans, we all live in a same planet, we all have one mother nation. So we are brothers ans sisters. No matter white man, black man or the yellow race. We are all equal. We are in a same big family which called----earth.

Chinese New Year-----Spring Festival

195854255 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:46:56 GMT

Chinese New Year-----Spring Festival

Today is new year's eve, I just finished my great dinner. Now, I am here and want to tell you something about Chinese New Year-----the Spring Festival. Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. The dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February.

To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of the first month, which normally is called the Lantern Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.

Preparations for the New Year begin at the last few days of the last moon, when houses are thoroughly cleaned, debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes purchased. Houses are festooned with paper scrolls bearing auspicious antithetical couplet (as show on both side of the page) and in many homes, people burn incense at home and in the temples to pay respects to ancestors and ask the gods for good health in the coming months.

"Guo Nian," meaning "passing the year," is the common term among the Chinese people for celebrating the Spring Festival. It actually means greeting the new year. At midnight at the turn of the old and new year, people used to let off fire-crackers which serve to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the new year. In an instant the whole city would be engulfed in the deafening noise of the firecrackers.

On New Year's Eve, all the members of families come together to feast. Jiaozi, a steamed dumpling as pictured below, is popular in the north, while southerners favor a sticky sweet glutinous rice pudding called nian gao.

On the New Year’s Day, children and unmarried people are much happier. Because they can get the red envelopes with lucky money from their parents and other married people. And also they can get new clothes as presents. Some of the lucky money is saved in the bank and some is used to buy what we need Later I’ll show you some beautiful fireworks .Hope you love China, love the Spring Festival.

And welcom to China to see the 2008 Olympic Games!

Jiaozi

Firework

Click Here To Listening To The Happy New Year Song!!!

Eulogy for Our Dogs

195854255 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:06:11 GMT

Eulogy for Our Dogs

I am a dog person and have a dog friend named Storm. To my sorrow,he was hit by a car a couple weeks ago and died.I lost my best friend forever.......I dont know if you ever read this essay,but i want to write it down,for the people who love dogs,who listen to their dogs,who can really understand their dogs.

Eulogy for Our Dogs

The best fri end a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful.

Those who are nearest and dearest to us,those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith.The money that a man has,he may lose.It flies away from him perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrifice in a moment of ill-considered action.

The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.

A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.

He will sleep on the cold ground where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hands that have no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.

When all other friends desert, he remains .When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger ,to fight against his enemies; and when the last thing comes, and death takes the master in his embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true, even to death.

END

So from now on ,care for your dogs and listening to them. They give you love and also need your love......

I MISS MT STORM

Be Thankful

195854255 — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:19:25 GMT

Be Thankful

Be thankful that you don't already

have everything you desire.

If you did,what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something

for it gives you the opportunity to learn

Be thankful to the difficult times

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations

because they give you opportunity for improvement

It's easy to be thankful for the good thing.

A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who

are also thankful for the setbacks.

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles

and they can become your blessings