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I think the modern society is influenced alot by the "western\american" civilisation. Novadays the children around the world watch same movies, read same stories, play same games and talk to each other via the internet. The culture differences begin to melt and our children become more similar to each other. This is globalisation, and it has both pluses and minuses.
For me one of the worst minuses is too wide freedom in every aspect of life from respect to elders to sexual freedom. In Iran, you have a strong traditional culture, wich can help you to resist this things and keep your self-indentity.
In Russia and some others ex-USSR republics the idea of keeping the traditional way of life is also strong. It is still non-acceptable to children to call unknown adults without respect (i mean caling them thou, not you). Respect to the teachers is also necessary. So i hope we will not change and keep our culture.
0 votedJune 4, 20160Thanks to all of you for the interesting comments!
Its a pity, but my level of knowing Chinese is so low, that i can not even read labels on the goods without dictionary. Its out of the question to me for now to read classical chinese literature in original.
The russian translation was made by a professional sinologist and translator, also the translated book has many comments related for example to the translation of the main characters names, or equivocalities.
But in any case i still have a lot of questions. Does anybody want to discuss? :)
For example, if you remember the text, there was a scene in the just created (builded) garden, when Jia Baoyu and his father walked through that garden and Baoyu named the different places there. His answers was smart and nice (i think so, also other people in the book agreed), but each time he spelled new name, his father became angrier and angrier and scolded Baoyu. Why? Is this the part of chinese culture, I mean not to show the love to the children to others, or never to praise children, because they can became presumptios?
Also i was very impressed with one small parable about a man and rice. The man began to cook rice and went to sleep, while he was sleeping he saw all his life and when he wake up, he noticed that the rice is still not ready. This tale describes the eastern philosophy wery good.
I will be glad if you will share with the things you like, thank you.
0 votedJune 2, 20160Its hard to find a russian, who doesnt like Pushkin. We learn his poems from the childhood, and i think everyone knows at least few strokes or a small poem part by heart.
At school we learn Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Lermontov, Turgenyev, Chehov and other writers. Right, most of them lived in 19th century, but there are also a lot of good more modern writers from 20th and even 21th centuries. For example many people like Bulgakov, Ilf & Petrov, Grin, Pasternak, Nabokov. There are many interesting literature about the Great Patriotic War.
Novadays ther are also popular modern writers: Akunin, Lukyanenko, Strugatskie brothers etc.
Its hard for me to spell the name of my favourite writer.
0 votedJune 1, 20160Well, I have few vegetarian friends. I can tell, that being friends with vegetarians, or making business with them will not cause any serious difficulties, maybe you should think about the different dishes for the guests, when you have a party. But if you want to marry and live together with a man with the differend food preferences, that can became a big problem in the life of the both of you. Thats why my vegetarian friend have a wife also vegetarian.
0 votedMay 31, 20160- Dream of the Red Chamber
Hello!
Recently i have read the "Dream of the Red Chamber" ( 紅樓夢). I was impressed with this book, although i have read it in russian. There are so many hidden sence in this book, that i think i got only the smallest part of it. In any case it was very interesting for me because of the mythology, culture, traditions and many other things decribing the ancient China. And there are very beautifull poems.
I want to ask the people, who have read this book too, especially chinese, what do you like in it? Maybe you can explain some specific things wich can be hard for foreign understanding? Also i want to know is the chinese literature popular in other countries?
May 30, 201680 I want to tell about my friends own method.
He is chinese, learning russian. He has changed or maybe hacked the pinyin program. Chinese people normally type english letters (pinyin), but the special program converts them to chinese hieroglyphs. So he has changed the base of the pinyin program to convert latin-typed pinyin chinese words to russian, and that way he was able to chat at rather good level. After some time he has learned a lot of russian words this way, and now he does not use this program.
I think this is very specific, but working method.
0 votedMay 29, 20160Well, i think i find a friend here. We made a language exchange with one man from China, he learned russian. After a year he came to my country to continue his study. But he lived in another city. We met several times. I introduced him to my family and friends here. I think it was good, but probably he didnt like drinking vodka :) .... Now he returned back to his homeland and we often talk via skype or write to each other. I think i can say that we became friends.
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