Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli  40

Literally: "capital of the East". Note that the Chinese term 东京 (dong1 jing1) is highly ambiguous in historical contexts, as many places throughout history have been known as "the capital of the East".Of of those other places is the Kaifeng, which is the Capital in Water Margin and in real life during the Song dynasty. The novel is also likely highly popular in Japan apparently as well BTW, e.g. it merited a well funded adaptation: The Water Margin.

Leading Chinese lyrics website: mojim.com/twznew.htm

The actually had decimal time systems... why that didn't win!

Notably used for measuring gold and silver as a form of Chinese currency.

In Chinese lit. just "Four Great Masterpieces".

The literal Chinese name says it all: "Fake Mountain". The stones evoke the feeling of the beautiful rock mountains of China.

The term "奇石假山" (qi2 shi2 jia3 shan1, lit. "weird shaped stone fake mountain") is also used, almost as a synonym by many people, since the stones are often chose in interesting shapes. Choosing the right stone is basically an art form in itself.

The stones used are generally limestone, which as a sedimentary rock is weaker, and more likely to be eroded into interesting shapes.

Lit. "to kick (leather) ball".

Figures notbaly in Water Margin, where it is played by Gao Qiu. The novel also suggests that it was considered a lesser art, e.g. as opposed to the scholarly four arts and the "proper" martial arts.