Question about Italian name I like Italian football and I found many Italian name contain "Gian-", "del", "de" and "di", like Gianluigi Buffon, Gianfranco Zola, Gianluca Zambrotta, Del Piero, Del Nero, De Rossi, Di Natale...Do these letter-combination have perticular meaning in Italian?

Have you ever heard these? In China today there're sentences following: “崖山之后无中国”，“崖山之后，乃有民国；民国之后，再无华夏”They are about the destroy of Chinese culture. "崖山(Yashan)" refer to the "Yashan Battle", the last battle between the Song Dynasty and Mongolian. After that, China is governed by Mongolian(the Yuan Dynasty) for less than 100 years during which Chinese culture are distroyed terribly. Japanese call China before Yuan "中国" and China since Yuan "支那". 支那 is a denigration, means barbaric, while 中国 refer to civilization. Besides Mongolian, China is also governed by Manchurian(the Qing Dynasty), barbaric, too. After the Qing Dynasty, it is Republic of China, the first republic country in Asia. Chinese culture re-bloom during that time. When Kuomintang retreat to Taiwan, the mainland of China is governed by Communism. There're continuous political movements in the mainland. Dark period in which books are burnt, architectures are destroyed, intellectuals are persecuted to death. Chinese culture are totally destroyed after that period. The sentences above show the cultural condition in China(just in the mainland, not include Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan): China still exist just as a political power losing its own tranditional culture. Those who learn or study Chinese, have you ever heard these sentences and what's your opinion about that?

How much will it cost to hold a wedding in Italy? In Chian, it costs huge money to hold a wedding. Usually, the groom's family must afford an apartment (about 150000 Euro, even 300000 Euro in cities like Beijing, Shanghai), a car (about 10000 Euro, sometimes afforded by the bride's family), and the bride-price (also about 10000 Euro). The groom's family also should hire a motorcade to welcom the bride, the brand of cars are usually Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, BMW, I don't know the cost because I'm still single. The wedding is hold in hotels, at least 5000 Euro. And also expenses on musical-band and so on. So usually it costs about 250000 to 350000 Euro to hold a wedding in most cities on China. The cost is in fact a burden because the young couples just earn about 200 to 350 Euro per month when they get married. What is the situation in Italy? How Italian cost to hold a weddiing? And how much on usual do Italian earn when they get married?

La Traviata Who knows the total lycris of "Libiamo ne'lieti calici"? I checked it on Internet, but I can't make sure the chorus at the end, after "in questo in questo paraddiso, ne scorpa il nuovo di"?

Question in Italian learning "Un uomo e la sua macchina" is "a man and his car", "un bambino e suo padre" is "a boy and his father", so why don't say "un bambino e il suo padre"?

Ich: Wang Shu Ich heisse Wang Shu, Wang is familiename. Ich bin 27. Ich komme aus Qingdao, aus China. I kann sehr sehr sher wenig Deutsch prechen. Ich bin ledig. Ich liebe fussball. AC Milan ist meine liebings fussball club. Jezt arbeite ich von Krankenhaus.

Dragon in China: Very different from Western The images of dragon exists in both West and China, but they are different from each other. People can get image of western dragons in the movie "Harry Potter". They look like a dinosaur with wings. They live in caves and spray fire from their mouth and smoke from their nose. They are usually regarded as the symbol of the evil. In China, dragon is a mixture of many livings: it has a body of snake, legs of lizard, claw of phoenix, horn of deer, beard of tiger, scale and tail of fish. Dragons live under water: oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, even wells. They control raining. People regards them as gods, good lucks and so on because Chian is an agricultural country and raining is very important to agriculture. Besides, dragons are also regarded as power, in the past, only royal member can use the image of dragon in theri clothes and decorations.

In-China Tip 2 When you are in China, never send clock as gift to a Chinese. Both clocks and bells are called "钟(zhong)" in China. Sending a clock is "送钟(song zhong)". There's another chinese word also pronounces "song zhong"—"送终", which means "to go to one's funeral".

In-China Tip 1 More and more foreigner go to China for tourism, studying, business. There're something for them to pay attention to, one of which is never wear a green hat, especially for the male. "Green hat", which is known as "绿帽子" in Chinese, is insulting. For example, Mary is Jack's wife, and she has sex with Tom. Then people will say "Tom sends/gives a green hat to Jack." So, never, never wear a green hat in China, even green is your favorite color.