Chopsticks originated in ancient China and have beenan important part of Chinese food culture. Ourancestors liked to have steamed or boiled food，butit was difficult for them to spoon out vegetablesfrom the soup, so they invented chopsticks. Thuschopsticks have become the most convenient tableware in their life and marked the coming offood civilization. Nowadays，chopsticks are added many new functions besides being used asone kind of tableware. Skillful craftsmen paint beautiful sceneries on them to make them looklike fine artworks. Many people are keen to gather them as their collections.

　　中國民間藝術與中國哲學統一于“陰陽(yin-yang)生萬物”這一理念。這一理念源于中國原始社會，是對人類的人生感悟的哲學注解。中國人祖先的哲學論斷是“近看自己，遠觀他人”。要理解中華民族民間藝術的原始藝術，這一結論必不 可少。人類的本能欲望是生存并通過繁衍(propagation)繼續存在。人生來的首要 本能是求生，然后是長壽。從原始社會到今天，陰陽和永生的觀念始終貫穿中國的社會生活和民族文化。中國民間藝術反映了社會的所有基本哲學理念。

　　Chinese folk art and Chinese philosophy are unifiedin the belief that yin-yang produces all living things inthe world. Originated in Chinese primitive society,this was the philosophical explanation of human'sperception of life. Chinese ancestors philosophicalconclusion was to “look at oneself up close and other creatures from afar”，which is essentialto the understanding of the primitive art to the folk art of the nation. To live and to continuelife through propagation are the two instinctive desires of human. From birth, a person's firstinstinct is to survive, and then to live a long life. From primitive society to the present day,the view of yin-yang and perpetual life has permeated in all aspects of social life and thenational culture of Chinese society.Chinese folk art reflects all of the basic philosophicalconcepts.

　　圍棋是兩位對弈者之間戰略性的棋盤游戲(board game)。圍棋已有 3000多年的歷史，可以說是所有古代棋類游戲的起源。圍棋的規則很簡單，但是有數不盡的策略。這就是圍棋的魅力所在。下一盤圍棋的時間短至15分鐘，長至數天。但是多數情況下，下一盤圍棋需要一或兩個小時。圍棋是綜合科學、藝術和競賽的游戲。圍棋對于智力發展、性格培養和靈活的策略學習非常有益。難怪圍棋已經流行了幾千年，并逐漸成為一項國際文化游戲。

　　Weiqi is a strategic board game between twoplayers. With a history of over 3,000 years, thegame can be regarded as the originator of all ancientchess games.The rules of Weiqi are very simple butthere are countless variations of strategies.This iswhere the beauty of the game lies. The time for one round of weiqi can be as short as 15minutes or as long as a few days. In most cases, though, it takes one or two hours to finishone round. Weiqi is a game that combines science, art and competition. It's beneficial forintelligence development, personality cultivation and flexible strategy learning. It's nowonder the game having been popular for thousands of years and is gradually becoming aninternational cultural game.