It is unclear when the exact beginning of the New Year celebration in China is. Normally, it was said to start from the year end religious ceremony in Shang Dynasty (1766 BC - 1122 BC). A few said that it started from as early as Emperor ...
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JACKSON, Miss. — Upholstery producer Jackson Furniture has opened one new plant in northeastern Mississippi and plans to start operations soon at a second facility, according to company officials. The plants represent an investment ...
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The Classic of Music is sometimes referred to as the sixth "Chinese classic text". It was lost by the time of the Han Dynasty. A few traces remain and can be found in other ancient Chinese classics like Zuo Zhuan, Zhou li ("The Rites of ...
Upholstery producer Jackson Furniture is opening two new plants in northeastern Mississippi over the next three years, investing $2 million in the new locations and hiring 250 employees. Officials said the company will have an ...
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Rémy Cointreau’s (RCO.PA) sales for the six months to 30 September 2013 were €558.0 million, an organic decline of 3.6% compared with the same period the previous year, during which strong growth of 13.3% was reported. ...
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Clothing has always been the first thing to change following with the birth of a new Chinese dynasty, says Fang Hongjun, who has studied Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) clothing for 24 years at Beijing's Palace Museum. The Qing Dynasty's ...
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As early as 3500 years ago, umbrella had emerged in China. Regarding the invention of umbrella, there are many folk legends, among which the most widely spread one is the story about Luban inventing umbrella. According to the records of ...
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Milan Ancient City is 40 km east of Ruoqiang Couty Town, formed with Tibet Old Castle and the relics of the ancient architectures in the period of Wei Jin Dynasty scattered in the surrounding areas, in addition with the facilities of ...
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Tea is the national beverage of China. Chinese are believed to have enjoyed tea drinking for more than four thousand years, the longest in the world. In Traditional Chinese culture, tea drinkers were always considered to be elite and are ...
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Before the Qing Dynasty, both Chinese men and women would wear their hair in a coiled bun and use a hairpin to keep it in place. And women's hair ornaments were more exquisite than men's. A variety of women's hairpin styles were recorded in ...
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Tianlu (heavenly emolument) and Bixie (evil dispeller) are two Chinese mythological animals that herald in good fortune and keep evil at bay. Both look like a lion except for their wings--the one with only one horn on his head is tianlu and ...
When the Chinese meet someone for the first time, they usually ask his/her surname by saying: "May I have your family name?" The family name is an important way of addressing each other. Chinese family name culture, which has survived for ...
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As a colored pottery craft prevailing in the Tang Dynasty, Tang tricolor pottery takes yellow, brown, and green as its basic glaze colors, so it is named "Tang tricolor pottery" (Tangsancai). It is known for its vivid design, flamboyant ...
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The people of China have a long held belief that they are descendents of the dragon, a tradition that is firmly embedded in their culture and one that is encountered across all aspects of Chinese society and in the minds of its people. ...
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A renewed focus on style, quality and product features is keeping motion furniture showrooms busy here as buyers eagerly shop for the latest product introductions. Franklin's new 445 sofa features a curved front seat design and a ...
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