Chinese cuisine, widely seen as representing one of the richest and most diverse culinary heritages in the world, is a reflection of the distinctive and profound Chinese culture. Some of the food, though ordinary and familiar to us, is ...
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Aoluguya, a stage play about the life and culture of the Ewenki nationality, kicked off at the Hulun Buir Grand Theater recently. In the show, Shaman dance appeared on the stage for the first time, offering people a glimpse of the ancient ...
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Key cultural exchange programs "Chinese Culture in Focus 2015" and "Year of China" in South Arica will be held in more than 20 countries in Africa and Chinese cities, with around 200 cultural events to be launched, according to a press ...
The China Pavilion has quickly become one of the most popular, attracting nearly 18,000 tourists in two days since the opening of Expo Milano 2015 on Friday. Presenting three themes, China Pavilion, China Corporate United Pavilion and ...
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Some say that sitting at a table with a Chinese feast and not knowing how to use chopsticks is like finding oneself on a battlefield and being a poor shot. This is no exaggeration, especially for Chinese food maniacs. Yet, what's more ...
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Gaomi is a county-level city of eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of Weifang City. It is the hometown of writer and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan, who has set some of his stories ...
Needles used in Chinese traditional acupuncture have been internationally standardized. Standards have been set for texture, diameter, length, hardness and elasticity of the disposable needle. It is the first standard set by the ...
Filigree inlaid metal art is one of the eight traditional arts and crafts of Beijing. Use of the filigree-inlay process began during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), and the process flourished during the Ming Dynasty ...
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In a refined kernel-carving shop at China Artwork City in Guangfu, Xu Zhongying is busy receiving customers from home and abroad. Some of them would like to pay hundreds of thousands dollars for her work, but few of them know Xu almost gave ...
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The final exhibition at The Textile Museum before its 2014 reopening will showcase the textile traditions of Southeast Asia and demonstrate how four contemporary artists integrate the best of the past into new works. “Out of Southeast ...
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As the most famous traditional folk dance of the Dai Minority in China, peacock dance is prevalent in the Dai and Jingpo minority autonomous prefectures as well as gathering areas of the Dai people. Legend has it that more than a thousand ...
Commonly called "the ghost opera" or "the ghost dance", the exorcizing dance is a kind of dance originated from the ancient exorcizing culture. It is honored as "the living fossil of Chinese dance". The exorcizing dance derived from the ...
Two lion dancers from the Huang Feihong Lion Dance Troupe perform at Exhibition of Achievements on the Productive Protection of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage. An embroidery by national intangible heritage inheritor Zhao Hongyu ...
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King Yalu is the first heroic epic of the Miao ethnic group in history. Usually sung and chanted in the funeral of the Miao people, the epic has been passed down orally, without word record. It tells about the origin of the Miao ethnic ...
There is a great variety of different folk dances existing among the Uygur people in Kumul, all of which have a long history and unique characters. The obvious characters can help us easily tell the Kumul dances from other kinds of dances ...
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