With the real estate market heating up again, sellers are getting more creative about describing their homes in ways that make them stand out in the online classifieds. Typically, the ads brag about views, closets and kitchens, but now some ...
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XXXX Island is billed as the ultimate bloke's getaway destination; an island created by a beer company specifically for beer lovers. XXXX Island is 15 kilometres off the Capricorn Coast at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. ...
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Lenovo has unveiled a home tabletop touch-screen computer aimed at turning typically solitary online activities into family affairs. The Chinese computer colossus proclaimed the arrival of the"interpersonal PC"with the debut of the ...
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One in five Mac users has adopted OS X Mountain Lion, the upgrade launched five weeks ago, Web analytics company Net Applications said Saturday. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Windows 7 passed the 11-year-old Windows XP for the first time last ...
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"Muqam" is a kind of Islamic music that is distributed in 19 nations and regions of Middle Asia, South Asia, West Asia and North Africa. "Muqam Art of Uygur Minority of Xinjiang in China" is the umbrella name of all the Muqam that is ...
From Tuesday 15th May, Harrods windows display 31 exclusive crowns designed by the world's leading brands in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Drawing on inspiration from the Queen's ...
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Pope Benedict XVI has taken delivery of a brand new'Popemobile'based on the Mercedes-Benz M-Class luxury SUV. The new Popemobile represents a significant trade-up for His Holiness,who has been riding in the back of the customised G-Class ...
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Liuyang fireworks and firecrackers (also called skyrocket or petard) are a world-known special traditional product and a major export product of Hunan Province. Liuyang is famous for manufacturing fireworks and firecrackers and it is ...
Cap was invented long ago in China. For example, in Chinese idioms, there are "Yi Guan Chu Chu" (neatly dressed both in clothes and in cap), and "Guan Mian Tang Huang (elegant and stately in dressing)", and so on. The "Guan" and "Mian" here ...
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Cap was invented long ago in China. For example, in Chinese idioms, there are "Yi Guan Chu Chu" (neatly dressed both in clothes and in cap), and "Guan Mian Tang Huang (elegant and stately in dressing)", and so on. The "Guan" and "Mian" here ...
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The robe embroidered with dragon patterns was made for the exclusive use of an emperor during the Qing dynasty. The ritual of embroidering dragon patterns on the emperor's robe, however, dates back to as early as the Zhou Dynasty (11th ...
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In ancient China, engagement was an important social rite where man and woman confirm marital ties, next only to official marriage in significance. Marital ties were made by following "parents' order and on the matchmaker's word". However, ...
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LOCATED in the northwest of Shanghai, Jiading District enjoys a deep historical and cultural heritage, as many historic sites and relics have been preserved here. Of all the different kinds of heritage, customs and traditions sometimes are ...
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The symbol of the dragon represents spiraling DNA, the path to greater enlightenment. The Celestial Chinese Dragon is comparable as the symbol of the Chinese race itself. Chinese around the world, proudly proclaim themselves "Lung Tik ...
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Changbai Mountain in the southeast of Jilin Province is the Manchu.cradle of the It was on this boundless, beautiful and mysterious fertile land that the Manchu forefathers lived and multiplied since time immemorial. The Manchu Shuobu is a ...
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