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over the halloween weekend, many young people love to get ghoul. if you want to know some chinese ghost stories and wear spooky costumes to have fun with your chinese friends, just read this! 

jiangshi

“jiangshi” (僵尸) literally translates to “stiff corpse”. the only way these pale guys move is by hopping. 

in chinese folklore, jiangshi is somewhat of a mix between the western idea of zombies and vampires but lacking the awareness and mental faculties. 

jiangshi often dresses in the garb of qing dynasty officials, and according to legend can be stopped by placing a talisman warding off evil on their forehead. 

he looks cute but i would never bring him home

hanged ghost 

hanged ghost (吊死鬼) must be the most common ghosts in chinese folklore. 

these are the the spirits of people who have committed suicide or victims of execution, who are said to haunt the location where they died. 

according to legend, hanged ghost appears as a corpse with a long red tongue that hangs out of their mouth and tries to convince passersby to join them in the afterlife. 

hungry ghost

hungry ghost stories originate in buddhism. they were a personification of ravenous desire: a massive stomach but a mouth and throat too tiny to ever fill it. 

in the buddhist tradition, hungry ghosts are born from the restless spirits of those who were greedy or unsatisfied in life, or died a violent death. 

unlike regular ghosts who would eventually fade away, hungry ghosts are usually hideous beings with bulging stomachs, greenish skin, and fiery breath. 

water ghost

shuigui (水鬼), or water ghost, is the spirit of who’ve drowned. only once a shuigui lures another person to their death by drowning will their spirit be free. 

at that time, the spirit will return to the world of the living, while the hapless victim will become a new shuigui. 

in this way, shuigui creates a cycle of bad luck and dangerous places. 

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source | xinhua news / pboc

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have an awful id photo? you are not alone! many people think they look great while the photo is being taken, but the second they see it, that’s definitely the worst photo of life. so is it ok to make some alteration? 

u.s. mission to ksa tweeted yesterday, reminding that visa application photo must meet certain criteria and the over-photoshopped photo is unacceptable. 

according to its official website, the visa photo must reflect the holder’s appearance. photos must not be digitally enhanced or altered to change your appearance in any way. 

therefore, if you want to remove a few lines and wrinkles to look better – sorry, it’s not allowed. 

if there’s red-eye and you want to remove it, just submit a new photo without it instead of retouching the photo. 

detailed requirements

digitally-altered visa photos or other official id photos are not accepted in many countries. here are the related requirements of the u.s. and china as reference. 

u.s. 

your visa application photo must meet certain criteria regarding size and content. submitting photos that do not meet these criteria can delay the visa application process. 

as we mentioned above, the photo must be taken within the last six months. if you are renewing a previous visa, this generally means your photo must not be the old one. 

your photo or digital image must be:

 

• in color
• taken within the last 6 months to reflect your current appearance
• with a neutral facial expression and both eyes open
• taken in clothing that you normally wear on a daily basis
• uniforms should not be worn in your photo, except religious clothing that is worn daily.
• do not wear a hat or head covering that obscures the hair or hairline, unless worn daily for a religious purpose. your full face must be visible, and the head covering must not cast any shadows on your face.
• headphones, wireless hands-free devices, or similar items are not acceptable in your photo. 
• eyeglasses: starting november 1, 2016, eye glasses will no longer be allowed in visa photos. 
• if you normally wear a hearing device, or similar articles, they may be worn in your photo. 

 

 

for further details on photo requirements please visit the official website: 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/photos.html.

china

the basic requirements are similar to us’s. for us passport holders, a 2*2 inches passport photo is the most common size but it is larger than the required size of china. 

general photo requirements include: 

• the applicant is required to present the frontal view to the camera with the entire head and face clearly visible. 

• the facial expression must be neutral with eyes open, mouth closed and ears visible. 

• there should be no visible distortion of the facial features. 

• there should not be any object such as hand or toy or another person visible in the photo

• eyeglasses are allowed in the photo only if the lenses are not tinted and there is no glare, shadows, or frames obscuring the eyes. 

• hats or other head coverings are only allowed if worn for religious reasons and if they do not obscure any facial features. 

• the photo should be recent, taken within 6 months. 

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tips to get good photo

now that digital alterations and retouching are unacceptable, how to take a perfect visa and passport photo? 

we recommend you use a professional visa photo service to ensure your photo meets all the requirements. you can take photos in a professional studio and choose the best-looking one to be your visa photo. 

before taking the photo, here are some tips to prepare a good look. 

• keep your face clean

making your face fresh and tidy keeps you from looking like you’re tired. 

for men, it’s fine to have a beard but a nice and clean shave may help you look well. 

for women, if you usually wear makeup, go ahead and put it on. but a light make-up is better than a heavy one to keep it natural and make you look good. 

• check your hair

the photo is generally required to show your full facial features clearly and completely. 

so it is important to make sure that your hair is neat and tidy, and there is nothing hanging in your eyes. 

• dress appropriately

there are certain colors and clothing that you should not wear when having an id photo taken. 

besides the requirements, it would be better to wear a bit differently than you did in your last photo if this is an update since it is reported that some passport offices rejected the photo because it looked too much like the previous photo. 

• practice your pose and expression

positioning your face for this kind of photoshoot isn’t as easy as you’d think. so, sit in front of a mirror for a minute and get used to it. 

stand tall, listen carefully to the photographer and follow the directions to get a good posture and proper expression can undoubtedly improve your look in the photo.

if you want to take the photo yourself and use photoshop to adjust it, here are two tutorial videos for you. 

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source | wikihow / us gov / chn gov

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china’s central bank issues a set of gold and silver coins featuring pandas on oct 30, which have denominations of up to 10,000 yuan. let’s check! 

the twelve coins are the 2020 edition of panda commemorative coins which are legal tender in china. 

the front side of each coin features the hall of prayer for good harvests, the main structure of the temple of heaven in beijing. 

all coins feature a panda eating bamboo on the reverse side, the people’s bank of china (pboc) said. 

one of the refined gold coins, with a diameter of 90 mm, contains 1 kg of 99.9 percent pure gold and has a denomination of 10,000 yuan (about $1,417.3). there will be a maximum of 1,000 pieces put into circulation. 

other gold coins, refined and ordinary, have denominations of 10 yuan, 50 yuan, 100 yuan, 200 yuan, 500 yuan, 800 yuan, 1,500 yuan and 2,000 yuan. 

 

the silver coins, refined and ordinary, have denominations of 10 yuan, 50 yuan and 300 yuan, according to the pboc. 

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source | xinhua news / pboc

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a 67-year-old woman is believed to be china’s oldest mother by natural pregnancy after giving birth to a baby girl on friday in zaozhuang, shandong province. 

china’s oldest mom

the woman, tian, gave birth by cesarean section to a healthy 2.56 kilogram baby girl at zaozhuang maternity and child healthcare hospital. 

the infant remains in a neonatal intensive care unit for observation, though her body signs indicate she is doing well. 

 

tian is a 67-year-old retired nurse and her husband, identified as huang, 68, is a lawyer. they have an adult son and daughter and two grandchildren according to media reports. 

 

they said the baby wasn’t planned but was a blessing nevertheless, so they named their new daughter tianci, which means “gift from god“. 

however, their adult children had strongly objected when found out their mother’s pregnancy, and didn’t show up at the hospital. 

the news has raised a heated discussion and triggered public concerns on social media platforms over the ethics of having a child at such an advanced age. 

the couples responded that the infant would receive good nourishment and grow up in a family in sound financial condition. 

it is reported that the couple has monthly pension of over 10,000 yuan. 

doctors warn that giving birth at an advanced age heightens risks to both mother and child, suggesting people should get pregnant at childbearing ages. 

“in this case, a natural pregnancy involving a couple at such an advanced age is really rare,” said zhang zhiwei, an obstetrician at first hospital affiliated with shandong first medical university. 

world’s record

many people say it’s unbelievable that the woman can deliver to a baby at such age. but it’s not the only case. 

 

the record for the world’s oldest new mother was broken just last month when a 74-year-old indian woman and her 78-year-old husband became parents to twin girls. 

some have concerned whether the couple could take good care of the children. 

anyway, many netizens bless the babies and send their wishes to these great mothers suffering the pain of the birth. 

 

 

foreign baby in chn

 

speaking of pregnancy, many of our foreign friends who live and work in china have china-born babies. 

a child is not eligible for chinese nationality if his or her parents are both foreigners. 

but if one of the parents is chinese, then the child is automatically and involuntarily chinese citizen at birth. 

© image | google

we’ve posted a detailed article about the issue and how to get the babies’ passports. click the following pic to read more! 

 

 

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source | china daily / scmp

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