Hello,Dark
It seems that Molan has got her new name in english 
,hehehhe,now ,i just recall who Molan is ! 
in fact,we call her āMu Lanā
Yeah,it is a popular legend in China,she is a brave girl,isnāt she? 
OK,there are lots of legends about chinese cultures,ancient chinese have amazing imaginations!!! 
Here,i 'd like to recommend one ,virtually,it is not only a legend but a great novel in chinese history!Everyone in China knows that Legend! ______Journey to The West!
"long long ago,there was born a monkey from huge stone,he wasnāt a monkey, ,for he was given humanās thoughts and feelings,at first,he was simple and ignorant about the real human world,he led a free life,eating fruits ,drinking branch waters,playing with other monkeys.Of course,he was brave too!so all the other monkeys elected him and called him "Beautiful Monkey King ",but it was not the end,he wasnāt satisfied with that and made himself as āQitian Dashengā(Great Sage Vying with Heaven)___who can be equal with God! ,so,that was really irritating the real God in Heavenā¦(to be continued)
Well,i am writing to you at Libary ,i must log off for my lunch now,well,i want to hear your countryās legends,hehehehe,Do the culture exchanges!
My study is busy,but i am learning english on this website too,writing would be interesing!ok,talk to you soon!see you around!
zai jian!(bye)
Hello fragrance
I am interesting in your legend and, I wait what happened for monkey after that?
Yes of course sure we have the biggest legend in our area itās meā¦. Hay you donāt believe me?
Okā¦ okā¦ I am joking.
In fact we have a lot of legends in our history such as "Alae Al-din & Ali baba & Sindbadā¦ "
You just choose any one from that and Iāll tell you about it.
Do you stay every day in library?! If you do that you are love the books very much?
Could you tell me what kind books which you read? āOf course after your legendā
I wish for you nice day and delicious lunch. :roll:
zai jian :idea:
Hello,Dark:
Would you like to tell me something about Syria,in fact,i know nothing about your country :oops:
You are interested in Journey to the West?,well,it has lots of stories ,i canāt give a full discription here,
Last time the Beautiful Monkey King irritated God in Heaven,so ,the real God including those officials and ministers in Heaven want to figure things out,they want to know what this Monkey King is lookng like ,for he made himeself Qitian Dasheng,you know?only the God himself can be named like that!!! Thus,this Monkey is invited to the Heaven for an interview.
When Beautiful Monkey King arrives at Heaven,celestials there canāt help laughing at him,āHe is just a monkey,nothing specialā says everyone.so does the Godļ¼but they donāt know thatļ¼our Beautiful Monkey King isnāt just a monkeyļ¼ļ¼as i said beforeļ¼ before his coming to Heavenļ¼he got a chance to master powers like flying on clouds ļ¼looping himself with a long long distanceļ¼for instanceļ¼one of his loops in air can reach to 105000 kilometers ļ¼amazingļ¼LOL
okļ¼backļ¼soļ¼finallyļ¼the God decides to title our Monkey King as the Throne Administrator of Heavenly Horses in other wordsļ¼he will be a horsingmanļ¼On hearing thatļ¼simple Monkey King thinks it would be a great and respectful job ļ¼at the beginning he feels happy and curious ļ¼Monkey King is about to undertake that Great Job
But things are not the same as his expectationsļ¼when he works as a horsingmanļ¼he finds all the other people have rights to ask him this or thatļ¼he doesnāt know ļ¼that the horsingman is the humblest and lowest in Heavenļ¼Monkey King feels very angry and to be cheated by Godļ¼soļ¼he drives all Heavenly horses out ļ¼which makes God so angry ćIt seems there is coming an inevitable stormā¦(to be continued)
Darkļ¼tell me something about Syriaās customs and culturesļ¼pleaseļ¼hehehe
Salaam fragrance
How are you?
First I talk to you about my country Syria. Itās beautiful place and it has three ambiances:
1- Desert: it isnāt very huge. It has clear air and some animals and a lot of sand of course! And there you can found the city which warring Romans its Palmyra and a lot of ancient trails.
2- The coast: it isnāt big too. But it has a lot of rivers and trees and brads and temperance climate and a lot of ancient trails too such as āHossen castleā and the oldest alphabet in the world it called āOgareitā
3- The mountain: it wonderful place it has waterfalls and green trees and Lakes and nice natural.
Sure the most our city it very old. But the oldest our city itās Damascus. Which I live in it, And it capital my country since Romans age until now. There are two styles (modern-old) in my city.
Iāll tell you about my city and our customs and cultures in next post.
If you want to know any thing from my country or Middle East, I readyā¦ :arrow:
Iāll try sent you some photo to our trails and my city.
Oh yes Iāll be forget, I wait three part from legend and could you tell my about library do you work in it or study, and maybe tell me about your favored food.
I wish to you nice day (FangFang)
Hi,Dark:
I am doing some researches in university.My study is mainly on international financial management.It is really a hard job,something about economic and financial work.But one of those benefits from researches is that i can broaden my mind and know more,not only relative knowledges but interesting foreign cultures.
OK,my retelling story isnāt so wonderful as the original work :oops: In last episode ļ¼Beautiful Monkey King irritated God againļ¼so those pretentious celestials decided to catch and prison himćBut,Qitian Dasheng was so powerful that nobody can subdue him ļ¼whatās moreļ¼the war between God and Monkey King gave him another big helpļ¼for Qitian Dasheng accidentally stolen a kind of divine pills from Master Vesper and ate them ļ¼thus ļ¼Monkey King can live longer and foreverļ¼never dieļ¼That made Master Vesper so angry ļ¼so when he found Monkey king was sleeping in his pills-furnace ļ¼Master Vesper wanted to heat him up inside and catch himļ¼but ļ¼on the contraryļ¼Monkey King wasnāt dead at allļ¼his eyes became brighter and sharperļ¼which helped him to recognize demon immediately in his later jouney to the Westć
Wellļ¼it seemed that nobody can be his opponentļ¼God was getting into troubles nowļ¼finallyļ¼he invited Buddha to catch Monkey KingćBuddha was a wise celestial ļ¼he trapped Monkey into his huge handsļ¼which were so boundless that Monkey King canāt fly acrossļ¼whatever he tried ļ¼his loops didnāt work at allļ¼Monkey was meeting with a real powerful opponet ćHe failed completedly and was burried under a huge mountainļ¼on that the Buddha sticked a piece of abracadabra that after five hundred years Monkey King could be saved out by a monk passing by.
The monk was a wise sage of Tang Dynasty of ancient Chinaļ¼who was responsible for learning and teaching Buddisim for his nation ćPeople loved him and respected him so muchļ¼the emperor looked him as a brotherļ¼It was for his strong desires of Buddism that Monk Tang decided to travel to the Westļ¼India todayļ¼where he would learn holy Buddism from Buddhaļ¼
Soļ¼our story began again after 500 years ļ¼all came true ćIt was when Monk Tang passed by that huge mountain that he heard the Monkey Kingās helpļ¼at seeing his misery ļ¼Monk couldnāt help sympathizing Monkeyļ¼he climbed to the top of mountain and tore that abracadabra offļ¼Monkey King was finally saved by his benefactorļ¼in order to show his thanks to monk tangļ¼Monkey King regarded monk as his master and decided to help him to get real Buddhist ScripturesćThey were on the way for the West togetherā¦(to be continued)
Hi,Dark:
Thanks for telling me those ,there are so many stories about deserts,hehehe,i am interested in it,in fact,i wonder ,would you like to tell me about Syriaās history???Youāve mentioned Roman ,i think it would be a great but heavy history.I will be a good listener and learner here,
About my favored food,mmmmm,so much!!!
Chinese food is different from middle east food,i think,mainly in the south of China(where i live) people eat rice,but in the north they eat foods made from wheat.In fact,China has 56 peoples,each has unique cooking ways,Now you can see many chinese resteraunts everywhere,the meals you taste are about the same in homeland.But if you want to experience this,just come here!
Hi fangfang
Do you get nice time today?
Your story is very interesting and I wait left-over the legend because I am enjoying with it.
Sure that it make me very happy when I tell you about my country.
Dear fangfang I want to tell you about your name its meaning in Arabic āShathaā.
I want to ask you too, what is meaning āhehehe!!!ā? :!:
I have suggestion to you: Iāll tell you about history my country in many posts
Now Iāll talk about general Syria history:
āThe strategic importance of Syria is due to its unique position at the meeting point of three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe, and at the crossroads between the red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Nile. The Silk Road led from China to Europe, from Palmyra, and Homs to Syriaās coastal ports on the Mediterranean. This geographical position lent distinction to the country, not only as a trade and caravan route but also as a melting-pot of ideas, beliefs and talents.
During the Greek and Roman eras, Syria was a center for culture and politics. Several Roman emperors were natives of Syria. Greater Syria was central to the rise of the worldās monotheistic religions. Christianity began its expansion from there. Antioch in the north, was the home of the first Christian community in the first century AD. The oldest churches in the world are in Syria. When Islam spread to Syria, Damascus became the capital of the Islamic Empire under the Umayyad Caliphate.ā
finaly I think Your food is very delicious. Maybe you can give me advices about food kind which I order If Iāll go to chinese restaurants,please? :?
I wish to you the best luck āShatha=fangfang=fragranceā
Hello,Dark:
If you donāt know what "hehehe"means,you would be hopeless,hahaha
I am glad that you are interested in my story,but here,i 'd like point that,Journey to the West is totally a legend,all those figures are fictitious except Monk Tang,who is a real man on history,of course,he did travelled to India for learning Buddism.Tang Dynasty was the most properous period in ancient China.We did culture exchanges at that time even more earlier.Just like what you mentioned,The Great Silk Road ,became the key to connect China and the West.
In my last story,Monkey King met Monk Tang,they began the journey to West together,on the road,they met with demons ,monsters and much difficulty,but fortunately,another two companions appeared to help them ,one was Pig Zhu,the other was Monk Sha
Interestingly,Pig Zhu was once a celestial in Heaven,but he was addictive to a beautiful fairy (Chang e)in Moon Palace and always disturbing her,thus,when Fairy Chang e reported it to God,pig Zhu was kicked out from Heaven and became a common man with an ugly pig face, He was really lazy and wordy,complaining his unfortune all the time until the day he met with Monkey King and Tang Monk,their meeting was full of drama.
Once,when pig zhu was kicked off Heaven,he had to make a living in human world,incidentally,though he wasnāt a celestial any more,he was still having magic powers,only when he was drunk or not meaning for disguise he resumed to have a pig face, .well,he decided to find a job in a rich family as a worker.He was so hard-working that the boss was very satisfied with him ,so was the bossās daughter.They fell in love soon(attention,he was disguising as a handsome man ).When the wedding party was over,beautiful bride found her groom snoring with a big sound,but ,what shocked her greatly wasnāt that,A man with a pig face !!!She couldnāt believe it and screamed .They thought they must have met a monster!Peopleās panic wakened pig zhu,He felt so embarrased ,he explained to bride and her family ,trying to make them believe he wasnāt a monster but the groom,how vain!They felt no happiness but panic,great panic!The marriage was over ,which made pig zhu so sad,he tried to retrieve his brideās heart.so every night he came to knock her door,which made the poor girl in great horror!
The news spread around ,soon Monkey king and Monk Tang passed by and heard of it,They were told there was a Monster disturbing this family ,poor girl was crying all the time.After hearing that,Monkey King was very curious ,he wanted to know who that Monster was and decided to meet him.So they came to visit this family ,that boss firstly also felt shocked at seeing Monkey,he ,though wasnāt normally man-looking ,but better than pig zhu,Whatās more,Monk Tang told him that Monkey King could be trusted in ,for Monk Tang was so famous and credible that everyone believed them,our Monkey King decided to catch Pig zhu when he came again,the night was fallingā¦(to be continued)
Salaam,Dark:
Are you a Muslim?If not ,you will have many choices I know Beijing roast duck is very famous,you neednāt cost much .In fact,there are many resteraunts in Perking,where you can taste all kinds of food in China,really,i am not joking!People run their businesses there just for its unique status,which is the centre of culture,education ,politics ,resteraunts as well .
you know ,northern people prefer wheat foods than rice,if you travel along the old Silk Road,you would be shocked ,some regional people just keep a similar custom like you(i mean the food style),for instance,Xing Jiang region(a western province here),and i know on the Silk Road people in Shan Xi province enjoy a kind of special food,it is called āMutton Dumplingāļ¼Muslim snackļ¼
Of courseļ¼our southern people mainly eat riceļ¼gernerallyļ¼the Yang zhou fried rice is famousļ¼but now many resteraunts can make their characteristic mealsļ¼if you want to experience them allļ¼you will have to stay longer in China ć
Now we have attracted many world-known food investors comingļ¼like italian foodļ¼french food ļ¼american food and so onļ¼but few arabic food chainsćMaybe people are becoming more western in food styleļ¼in factļ¼arabic cultures have less effects on our traditional onesļ¼which isnāt the same as that of american culturesļ¼i am wondering wether it is a good thing or notćććććć
Okļ¼talk to you soonļ¼
Dear FangFang
I think when you write āheheheā you mean laugh :lol: -I donāt know-, so you are very merry girl and everybody likes that. But when you talk about ceremonial thing such as our history, I think that not nice. Anyway I want to be your friend and Iāll not excuse to anybody laugh from Chinese history or Arabic history.
Again I am really admirer in merry girl. So you can do any thing just you
Maybe we can give in any post we send together small Idea about our country of course if you wantā¦ :idea:
Now let me talk to you about the oldest city in history:
Damascus is known to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. There is firm evidence that in the third millennium BC, Damascus was a population center of a civilization that was considerably prosperous and economically influential. The earliest reference to the city was found in the archaeological site of Ebla in 1975; where the word āDamaskiā was found on one of the clay tablets. Some historians believe that the city actually dates back to the seventh millennium BC.
Romans and Byzantines
In 64 BC, the Roman General Pompey annexed Syria and declared it as a province of the Roman Empire. While some Syrian principalities, like Palmyra, were granted a certain degree of autonomy, Damascus was under full control of Roman and Byzantine authorities. The city flourished as a result of political stability and economic growth that accompanied the expansion of the Roman Empire. Damascus gained a significant economic importance as the crossroads on the east-west trade route. Damascene products such as swords, glassware and cloth became renowned throughout the Empire. This prosperity led to further expansion of the city.
The Romans incorporated the Aramaean and Greek sectors of the city to form into a uniform city plan and built a broad wall encircling the whole area. Seven gates were built at intervals along the wall and were named after the stars in the constellation of the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades. Damascus was divided by the Street Called Straight, which was mentioned in the bible in connection with St. Paulās conversion to Christianity. The Street connected and still connects the Eastern Gate (Bab Sharqi) to Bab al-Jabieh. Along the length of the Street was an aqueduct supported by columns. A covered colonnade stood along its both sides of the Street, sheltering warehouses and stores.
Byzantine Damascus remained much the same as it had during the Roman period, except for the mass construction of churches and the transformation of the Temple of Jupiter into a cathedral dedicated to St. John the Baptist in the fourth century. In addition to this cathedral, 16 churches were built in and around Damascus. The Church of al-Mosallaba was built near the Eastern Gate at the site where the Chapel of Ananias now stands. The site has been chosen because itās thought to be the place where St. Paul was cured of his blindness after his vision on the road to Damascus. Two churches were also built in this area: The Church of al-Maqsalaāat and the Church of Mariam (Mary), which was replaced by the Maryamiyyah Church which still stands there today. There are descriptions of other churches, but no remains of which were found.
The only notable Ghassanid architectural contribution to Damascus was al-Baris Citadel, which was built in the center of the city on the Street Called Straight. There are also descriptions of a palace for Ghassanid princes.
in next post photos to my country :arrow:
I wish to you good time
this photos to my country
Well done!
How beautiful!
Could you tell us what places they are?
Tks for sharing DM
Hi DM (I like this abbreviation created by Tere!), these photos are really great. Just like Tere Iād like to learn about your country and its people.
Where and when did you take those photos? Also, do you have any photos showing people, maybe you and your co-workers or happy customers ;-)?
Talk to you soon,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]
TOEIC short conversations: Two old friends meet on the bus[YSaerTTEW443543]
Salaam Tere & fangfang & Torsten
These photos: the first Palmyra, the second lowland and third Blodan Mountain near Damascus.
Dear fangfang
I send to Tere some pic and you can see it from her forum.
I am Moslem and that give me a great feel and we can eat every thing except three it: wine & blood & pigā¦
From your explaining there are a lot of delicious food which has not any from these ingredients. And we have in our country a lot of Chinese restaurants so Iāll try it.
I agree your viewpoint the famous food in the world it fast meal (American food) but I think the traditional food is better than it and when I listen to your explaining become I love Chinese food such as Arabic food.
Good wishes to you.
Salaam,Dark:
Thanks for your wonderful introduction,i am impressed much ! But,i canāt see any photo from you,What a pity! 
(i will have to imagin their beauty )
From your discripition i think you love your country with holy spirits,which makes me admired!My knowledges of arabic culture are rather poor,so i am very glad to stay here ,viewing diverse cultures and enjoying myself!
I am a materialist and atheist,so i canāt understand your belief in God,but i know ,religion plays a big role in your cultures and customs,Would you like to give me some examples here,how does it affect your daily life?Except for dietary habits you must have some special customs concerned .Thus,when i meet arabic friends later i wonāt make offence . (why you donāt drink wine?is there any story?)
Finally,i appreriate your words again,they are wonderful,really.Yeah,i am merry ,especially when reading those beautiful things,which makes me smile .Hope you happy too!
Write to you soon!
Hi Dark
What great Pics !!!
Yes Itās my country too ā¦ and I think that there are more and more wonderful areas at our country Syria ā¦
[size=150][color=orange]Good job MBA :))[/size]
Syria is really the Paradise of the east ā¦
Salaam Fangfang :o
I am very sorry because you didnāt see the pictures maybe if you do refresh this page you can see it. I really want to you see it.
First I donāt prefer I speak on my religion because that from specialty scientists religion but anyway Iāll give you a some Ideas on my religion :
We trust in the god such materialist people who believe in gravity because they can not see it but they can feel it. That exactly such as affects our god on us.
About Wine we can not drink it because my religion depends on mind and the wine help to go the mind and every thingā¦stop the mind is forbidden.
Of course do you know damage the wine and alcohol and every thing in my religion have damage more than benefitage, it is forbidden.
In fact I honor in my religion and we believe in free belief so you can be any thing, you are freeā¦
Iāll tell you in the next post on Islamic age to my city.
I wish you nice day āShathaā.
Salaam,Dark:
well,i do have some problems with my computer,if possible i will land here ,you know?i refresh this page again and again,but failed,there must be something wrong with my internet setting.I am so eager to see them_____for Hercules, Tere and Torsten were all attracted by your pictures !!I REALLY WANT TO SEE !!!
Now i am going to continue my story:
When the night fell,as usual,pig zhu came again,knocking on the door,This time ,out of his surprise pig zhu was allowed to enter into room,but ,without any light he canāt see his bride in dark.It was Monkey Kingās trick.He disguised as the bride and teased that silly pig ļ¼pig zhu had less magic powers than Monkey Kingļ¼obviouslyļ¼he couldnāt recongnize it and did all as what Monkey King commandedļ¼Surelyļ¼very funnyļ¼In chinese idioms there is one ļ¼sayingā one canāt know the other without combatāļ¼finallyļ¼when pig zhu understood all he became crazy and fighted with Monkey Kingļ¼but he wasnāt a good fighter at all ćSubdued by Monkey King and yielded to himļ¼Pig zhu had to call Monkey King āBrotherā ļ¼left his bride with great unwillingness and became Monk Tangās second prenticeļ¼that is to sayļ¼the day you become a monk you will forget the common human societyć
In factļ¼in the original work there are lots of descriptions about pig zhuļ¼He indeed is a pigļ¼with all pigās defectsļ¼lazyļ¼selfishļ¼which is different from Monkey Kingļ¼who is clever ļ¼brightļ¼honest ļ¼faithful and bravećThe author in Ming Dynasty just gives us a clear scene ļ¼reflecting humanās feelingļ¼personalityćWhen Monkey King ļ¼pig zhu or other figures are shaped with those characters they just let readers find the same in ourselvesćThat is the most successful point in āJourney To The WestāćWhy is it called as a great Novelļ¼There are much to sayļ¼unlike my poor retellingļ¼the author gave many funny and interesting stories in a vivid writing wayļ¼firstlyļ¼Monkey King ļ¼Pig zhu ļ¼other monsters or celestials are all given manās feelings ļ¼they speak lively words ļ¼humous and full of imaginationsćSecondlyļ¼all stories are successiveļ¼the whole line is Monk Tangās travelogue to Westļ¼but it is full of uncertaintyļ¼At the beginning of novelļ¼writer gave lots of discriptions about Monkey King ļ¼his birth ļ¼learning powers and magicļ¼combats with Heaven ļ¼meeting with Monk Tang etcćThen following the advents of pig zhu and monk shaļ¼they three all became Monk Tangās prentice and protected him from being hurt by demons and monstersļ¼on the roads there happened many storiesļ¼which was a grand ļ¼great journey to Westļ¼I thinkļ¼there are some similarities between this novel and Ring King ļ¼both authors found hopes in their wayļ¼that is Novelļ¼carrying our dreams and hopes āāāNo wars ļ¼No sinļ¼no greediness ļ¼no selfishnessļ¼only loveļ¼great loveļ¼is that the spirit of Buddismļ¼i donāt know ććććććļ¼Of courseļ¼finallyļ¼Monk Tang got the true Buddism spiritsļ¼they all overcame their own problems and became real saintsļ¼ļ¼The Endļ¼
Who is the MBA ļ¼ :roll:
Hi,Dark:
As the end of my retelling story I find an interesting link ,you can go there for a look,comic cartoons ___part of Journey to West ,Can you understand all? 