Weifang of Shandong Province is a city famous for its traditional handicrafts and also for its kites. In 1984, the First International Kite Festival was held here. In 1988, Weifang was elected "the Capital of Kites of the World." Then, in ...
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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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2010 is the Year of the Tiger on the lunar calendar. It begins on February 14, 2010 and ends on February 2, 2011. The tiger is the third of twelve animal signs in the Chinese Zodiac. Regarded as the king of beasts, the tiger's power and ...
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Chinese tattoos have become a raging phenomenon among tattoo enthusiasts of the western world. Chinese tattoos offer beautiful characters with a sense of the exotic and often much deeper meaning than that which lies on the surface. Ci ...
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The different branches of the Achang people have religious beliefs with many common elements, as well as evident differences. The Achang from Husa The Achang from Husa are Buddhist. They follow the Theravada school of ...
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When a pregnant woman is going to have a baby an old woman with experience in these matters is called to help. She will take the newborn and, after his first crying, will cut the umbilical cordon with a bamboo knife sterilized on the fire. ...
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The Chinese are a bit superstitious, especially while giving the name to the newborns. They presume that the name plays a large part in controlling the life span of the young one. They mostly adopt the principle of Yin & Yang, Five ...
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Global pharmaceutical company Sucampo has received a supplement approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for updates to AMITIZA (lubiprostone) pregnancy labeling. The approval removes pregnancy 'warnings and precautions' ...
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As an agricultural people, the Buyi worship the Land. Outside every village there is usually a Temple of the Land, inside which there are usually two stones that represent the Father Land and the Mother Land. They sacrifice a chicken or a ...
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When the child is born the person helping the mother will not pick it up until it has cried three times, the first for a life span, the second for the whole village and the third as a request of help. The helper must give a temporary name ...
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There are many distinctive marriage customs of the Hua Yao Dai People, an ethnic minority mainly distributed in the Yunnan Province of China. These marriage customs are very attractive, as many people have never heard of them. The ...
There are mainly three kinds of etiquettes in China. The first category is the daily life etiquette: including meeting etiquette, introduction etiquette, conversation etiquette, banquet etiquette, reception etiquette, dance ...
The new couple should bow to the god, the parents and each other. A typical Jiading wedding always includes a complete set of ceremonies. To earn words of good blessing and satisfy the guests, the hosts often start the busy preparation ...
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New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra is planning to establish a local office in Delhi, India in 2013, in order to take advantage of growing demand for dairy products in the country. The office will be headed by ...
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GHACEM Limited has increased its production capacity at its Tema factory from 1.2 million tonnes to 2.2 million tonnes per annum. This has further boosted the overall annual capacity to 3.4 million tonnes, with productions from the ...
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