diff --git a/src/main/resources/db_readme.txt b/src/main/resources/db_readme.txt
index 55fbb6264..5f89e654a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/db_readme.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/db_readme.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 In its default configuration, Petclinic uses an in-memory database (HSQLDB) which
 gets populated at startup with data. A similar setup is provided for Mysql in case
 a persistent database configuration is needed.
-Note that whenever the database type is changed, the jdbc.properties file needs to
-be updated.
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+Note that whenever the database type is changed, the spring/data-access.properties 
+file needs to be updated.
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/messages/messages_ch.properties b/src/main/resources/messages/messages_ch.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1a892c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages/messages_ch.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+welcome=\u6B22\u8FCE
+required=\u662F\u5FC5\u9700\u7684
+notFound=\u6CA1\u6709\u627E\u5230
+duplicate=\u5DF2\u5728\u4F7F\u7528\u4E2D
+nonNumeric=\u5FC5\u987B\u662F\u6240\u6709\u7684\u6570\u5B57
+duplicateFormSubmission=\u4E0D\u5141\u8BB8\u91CD\u590D\u63D0\u4EA4\u8868\u5355
+typeMismatch.date=\u65E0\u6548\u7684\u65E5\u671F
+typeMismatch.birthDate=\u65E0\u6548\u7684\u65E5\u671F