There is also a widespread tradition that money should not be given in fours, or the number four should not appear in the amount, such as in 40, 400 and 444, as the pronunciation of the word " four " resembles that of the word " death " and thus signifies bad luck for many Chinese ( See Numbers in Chinese culture ).

The literary achievement of the ZGC is also outstanding-it signifies a new era in the development of ancient Chinese literature.

The design of four smaller stars surrounding a bigger one signifies the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China ( CPC )

In addition, the " ㅇ " stands for Heaven ( 天 ), the " ㅡ " represents the horizon of the Earth ( 地 ), and " ㅅ " signifies Man ( 人 ) as expressed in the Chinese character.

An important feature in Chinese architecture is its emphasis on articulation and bilateral symmetry, which signifies balance.

Misua signifies long life in Chinese culture, and as such is a traditional birthday food.

Leading people “ back to the correct direction in life ” not only signifies the guiding role of music, but also emphasizes on the power of the rulers, “ The correct ‘ mood ’ was set by the chief of state, the emperor, the son of Heaven .” The power of the rulers reflects a fundamental theme in Chinese civilization.

Water is the symbol of life and wealth in Chinese culture and the inward motion of the water signifies the retention of wealth for Suntec City.

In the European view of Chinese mythology, Joss signifies a household deity as well as his cult image, which the Portuguese and other Europeans called an " idol ".

The Kirin part of her song " Kaze no Kirin " is a mystical Chinese creature whose appearance signifies a good omen.

That Falun Gong, whose belief system represented a revival of traditional Chinese religion, was being practiced by a large number of Communist Party members and members of the military was seen as particularly disturbing to Jiang Zemin.

Buddhism would not see a true revival in Chinese society until the Mongol rule of the Yuan Dynasty, with Kublai Khan's sponsorship of Tibetan Buddhism and Drogön Chögyal Phagpa as the leading lama.

This regimen was considerably relaxed in 1953, and after the Hundred Flowers Campaign of 1956 – 57, traditional Chinese painting experienced a significant revival.

The market for Contemporary Chinese and Asian art saw a major revival in late 2009 with record level sales at Christie's.

Chinese miners took over from whites when the mines began to play out in 1868, and the town saw a brief revival after the arrival of the railroads and the establishment of a post office in the 1880s.

Chan Cho-Nam, Cheung Wing-Fook and Chan Po-Yin ( 陳步賢, 1883-1965 ) started the revolution-related Chong Shing Chinese Daily Newspaper ( 中興日報, 中興 meaning China revival ), with the inaugural issue on August 20, 1907 and a daily distribution of 1000 copies.

* January 4-A Chinese delegation of the Chinese OFEM company arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan to assist the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan with the revival of hydel power projects.

This regimen was considerably relaxed in 1953, and after the Hundred Flowers Campaign of 1956-57, traditional Chinese painting experienced a significant revival.

Another figure, Feng Youlan, following the Neo-Confucian school of Zhu Xi, sought a revival of Chinese philosophy based on modern Western philosophy.

The revival of Chinese folk religion with its ritual economy or temple economy, studied by on-ground researches, is also the key of the contemporary economic development in rural Mainland China.

Despite being heavily suppressed during the last two centuries of the history of China, from the Taiping Movement to the Cultural Revolution, it is now experiencing a revival and is supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China, particularly in the forms of Mazuism in southern China ( officially, about 160 million Chinese are Mazuists ), Huangdi worship, Black Dragon worship in Shaanxi, and Caishen worship.

The Government has since then supported the revival of the Chinese traditional religions, holidays and celebrations.

Masanobu was a contemporary of Sesshū ( 1420 – 1506 ), a leader of the revival of Chinese influence, who had actually visited China in mid-career, in around 1467.

Sesshū may have been a student of Shūbun, recorded from about 1414 ( as an apprentice ) and 1465, another key figure in the revival of Chinese idealist traditions in Japanese painting.

Some scholars have characterized this as an example of the revival of Maoism in the Chinese Communist ethos.

However, in the beginning of the 21st century, there has been revival in interest among craftsmen looking to construct bows and arrows in the traditional Chinese style.

" While the previous administration of Governor John McDougall somewhat supported the Chinese presence in the state, Bigler advocated the revival of the 1850 Foreign Miners Tax, originally signed by anti-foreigner Governor Peter Burnett.

This led to a revival in interest amongst some Chinese football fans, as China had also won 1-0 against France in June 2010, as well as holding World Cup quarter finalsts Paraguay to a 1-1 draw in September 2010.

The Rattanakosin's rulers welcomed the Chinese, due to their source of economic revival.

Thus Chinese played a very crucial role in the revival of Rattanakosin kingdom.

Due to the religious stigma attached to the practice of surgery, the social position accorded to the surgeon became increasingly lower and thus made a revival of Chinese surgery impossible.

Image: Shubun-untitled. jpg | Tenshō Shūbun, a Zen Buddhist monk, an early figure in the revival of Chinese styles in Japan.

While Zhuyin is not used as a mainstream writing system, it is still often used in ways similar to a romanization system — that is, for aiding in pronunciation and as an input method for Chinese characters on computers and cellphones.

American Chinese cuisine often uses ingredients not native and very rarely used in China.

Dau Miu () is a Chinese vegetable that has become popular since the early 1990s, and now not only appears on English-language menus, usually as " pea shoots ", but is often served by upscale non-Asian restaurants as well.

For example: in Africa, the bronze heads of the Kingdom of Benin ; in Europe, Grecian bronzes typically of figures from Greek mythology ; in east Asia, Chinese bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasty — more often ceremonial vessels but including some figurine examples.

Other languages use fricative and often trilled segments as syllabic nuclei, as in Czech and several languages in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and China, including Mandarin Chinese.

The idea of Filial piety influenced the Chinese legal system: a criminal would be punished more harshly if the culprit had committed the crime against a parent, while fathers often exercised enormous power over their children.

Most Chinese emperors used a mix of Legalism and Confucianism as their ruling doctrine, often with the latter embellishing the former.

In Chinese, he is most often known as " Kongzi " ( 孔子, literally " Master Kong ").

Although Confucianism is often followed in a religious manner by the Chinese, arguments continue over whether it is a religion.

As a delicate cuisine, oil is not often used in large quantities and there is a relatively heavy emphasis on poaching, steaming and braising, as well as the common Chinese method of stir-frying.

Unlike the typical menu selections of many other Chinese cuisines, Teochew restaurant menus often have a dessert section.

Chinese noodles come dry or fresh in a variety of sizes, shapes and textures and are often served in soups or fried as toppings.

Chinese tea is often classified into several different categories according to the species of plant from which it is sourced, the region in which it is grown, and the method of production used.

This has resulted in a number of forms of fusion cuisine, often very popular in the country in question, and some of these, such as ramen ( Japanese Chinese ) have become popular internationally.

In Ancient China, successful men often supported several concubines — for example, it has been documented that Chinese Emperors accommodated numbers in the thousands.

Due to his highly praised work, Sima Qian is often regarded as the father of Chinese historiography.

Chinese classic texts, or Chinese canonical texts, () today often refer to the pre-Qin Chinese texts, especially the Neo-Confucian titles of Four Books and Five Classics ( 四書五經 ), a selection of short books and chapters from the voluminous collection called the Thirteen Classics.

An opposite example is the case of Chinese, whose variations such as Mandarin and Cantonese are often called dialects and not languages, despite their mutual unintelligibility, because the word for them in Mandarin, 方言 fāngyán, was mistranslated as " dialect " because it meant " regional speech ".

Decimal notation often refers to a base-10 positional notation such as the Hindu-Arabic numeral system ; however, it can also be used more generally to refer to non-positional systems such as Roman or Chinese numerals which are also based on powers of ten.

European dragons are more often winged, while Chinese dragons resemble large snakes.

Instead of true cinnamon, " Chinese cinnamon " ( also known as rougui, the ground bark of the cassia tree, a close relative of true cinnamon which is often sold as cinnamon ), may be used.

The earliest known Chinese kites were flat ( not bowed ) and often rectangular.

The one general exception to this is modern Chinese place names, personal names, and ( occasionally ) food names — these will often be written with kanji, and katakana used for the furigana ; in more casual writing these are simply written in katakana, as borrowed words.