December 2011 – Page 16 – Budaya Tionghoa

“China has had a long and complex history and has managed to evolve its own culture for 4,000 years. It therefore not necessarily true that we know exactly what is best for the internal structure of China.” .................Henry Kissinger (1923-2023)

But Chinese civilization has the overpowering beauty of the wholly other, and only the wholly other can inspire the deepest love and the profoundest desire to learn ..........................................Joseph Needham (1900-1995)

... ...............The three Chinese inventions (navigation compass, printing, gunpowder) have provided an extraordinary impetus to the development of European civilization............................Sir Walter Henry Medhurst (1822 - 1885)

Panggilan Suami-Istri

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Zhonghua Wenhua

Budaya-Tionghoa.Net|Di salah satu film seri Mandarin ” Siluman Ular Putih (Bai Su Zhen) di tahun 1993 yang dibintangi oleh Angie Chiu , saya mendengar dialog antara suami istri… Si suami memanggil istrinya ‘Niang Zi’ dan si istri dengan sangat mesra selalu membalas ‘Xiang Gong’. Saya pernah tanya ke teman yang kebetulan orang dari Tiongkok , dia bilang bahwa ‘niang zi’ dan ‘xiang gong’ itu memang panggilan suami-istri.. Tapi digunakan di zaman dulu dan sekarang sudah jarang sekali dipakai.