There will be a thousand reasons to love Nanjing for a thousand people: the friendly, simple, and peaceful avenues lined with dense phoenix trees, the secret art salon, the balanced lifestyle, and the just-fine personal relationship... ...
Tags: balanced lifestyle, Nanjing, Zhuangzi's philosophy, soul of the city
Also known as "Fancy Lantern", festoon lighting is a sort of traditional folk handicraft in China. They are usually hung up to enhance happy atmospheres during traditional festivals as well as wedding ceremonies and old people's birthday ...
Tags: lighting, artworks, folk arts, handicraft
Getting Parental Marriage Approval If Li lovers plan to marry, they need the permission from parents in both families. The boy's parents will invite two matchmakers to visit the girls' parents and bring four best-quality areca nuts to ...
Tags: marriage approval, betrothal, marriage date, areca
For more than 5,000 years, people have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. The two-week festival marks the start of the lunar calendar and is the most important of Chinese holidays. Festivities start with the new moon on the first day of ...
Hairpins and hair clasps were everyday embellishments in old China. During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), women's hair ornaments expressed traditional Chinese thought and culture in exquisite, sophisticated techniques. ...
Tags: hairpins, clasps, ji, hair ornaments, social connotations
As a local folk art form in China, paper-cuts display not only that the folks are intelligent and deft but also that their inner world is as colorful and innocent as the peach blossom. Paper-cut is a seasonal art form. On holidays, ...
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Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Qingyuan City in northwest mountain areas of north Canton is the only habitation of Paiyao in our country, and it is also the popular region for Shuagetang songfest. Shuagetang songfest is a large-scale ...
Tags: Liannan Yao, Shuagetang songfest, traditional festival
California has imposed a ban on foie gras–a food product made from the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. The fattening of the liver is achieved through force feeding of ducks and geese using a tube-like ...
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and casualty (P&C) policy software suite to replace its legacy policy administration and billing systems, as part of long-term strategy for increasing customer service and satisfaction. Accenture Duck Creek Policy Administration and ...
The religion of Hani Yeche people is based on the cult to the ancestors and in the deification of the forces of the nature. The fundamental concept is the existence of different souls or "yuela." They believe that people are eminently ...
Keep little ones happy over the next few months by ensuring they remain cosy outdoors with the new innovative range of winter coats from leading children’s online outfitters Wellies and Worms. This year’s selection sees ...
Tags: winter coat, chill-proof garments, fleece-lined jumpsuits
DEARBORN, Mich. - November 27, 2012 - Two metro Detroit-based companies are joining forces to pay homage to the city they call home. Carhartt and the Chrysler brand have launched a new line of limited edition "Imported From Detroit" work ...
Tags: shirts, jackets, pants, Work Wear, Active Jacket
US based property and casualty insurance group Crum & Forster has selected Accenture’s Duck Creek Policy Administration system to modernize policy processing system for commercial lines, specialty lines and workers’ ...
Tags: Duck Creek Template, software, insurance, commercial line
Peony Peony is a very common design for Chinese ladies' clothing. Chinese people love peony since more than 5000 years and it is the most favored flower in China. So peony was choosed as Chinese National Flower. Peony symbolizes richness ...
Northeast Drum Song is a form of singing and recital with drum accompaniment which is popular in three provinces in Northeast China: Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Province. Prevailing in Shenyang City where Fengtian Prefecture was ...