With the cross-Taiwan Strait currency clearance mechanism ready for launch, Perng Fai-nan, governor of the Central Bank of China (CBC), said yesterday (Dec. 12) that the CBC will strive to obtain renminbi-business quota higher than Hong ...
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Speech by the Governor Yunnan, which means "South of The Rosy Clouds", is a multinational province located in west of China. Yunnan enjoys a prominent advantage to be open to Southeast Asia and South Asia, and served as a major route of ...
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A citizen shows two rabbit toys at a store in Nanchang, capital of central China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 9, 2011. The year 2011 is the "Year of the Rabbit" under the 12-year Chinese lunar calendar in which each year is named after one of ...
Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the longest and most important holiday for Chinese people. It is usually celebrated from the eighth day of the twelfth month to the fifteenth of the first month (lantern festival), by Chinese lunar ...
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In the rural areas of west Yunnan Province, it is a great event for a family to build a house. Therefore, the family must follow the time-honored customs. The Tile Cat in Yunnan refers to the ornament made from tiles placed in the middle of ...
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In the Chinese lunar calendar, the Spring Festival falls on January 26th, 2009 this year. From this day on, the Yi-Chou Year begins, and it is also called the Year of Ox. The previous year is the Year of Rat, to which people have a ...
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Each ninth day of September in Chinese lunar calendar is the Double-Ninth Day, a traditional festival of China. Having undergone a history of more than 2,000 years, the Double-Ninth Day was formally set down as a folk festival in the Tang ...
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Winter solstice is a solar term in Chinese lunar calendar, and a traditional festival as well. It falls on December 22 or 23 (solar calendar) every year. It is the day when the Northern Hemisphere has the shortest daytime and longest ...
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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 seventh day of the first Chinese lunar mouth is"Humans'Day",also known as"Humans'Day on the Seventh"or"Human Celebration Day".In the Tang Dynasty,it was called"Thriving Humans'Day".It is a day for humans-the master of the universe,so ...
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People release sky lanterns in Pingsi Primary School in Xinbei City, southeast China's Taiwan. People released 1600 sky lanterns in 8 batches at Pingsi International Sky Lantern Festival to celebrate Chinese lunar New Year on Saturday. ...
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Lantern Festival, also called Shangyuan Festival, is celebrated on January 15 of Chinese lunar calendar. It is the first full moon night in the Chinese lunar year, symbolizing the coming back of the spring. Lantern Festival may be regarded ...
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FENG shui, the 6,000-year-old Chinese art or practice of geomancy, is said to utilize the laws of heaven and earth to improve by increasing positive energy or qi and avoiding the negative energy. In practice, feng shui (literally ...
Basha people Basha people belong to a branch of the Miao ethnic minority in Guizhou province and have a reputation as the last tribe of gunman. Almost every man above the age of 14 carries a gun and a knife, which they regard as a sign ...
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Mud Carnival Tourists and local Va ethnic people are seen covering with mud during the "Monihei" carnival held in the Va Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Cangyuan, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 2, 2011. During the four-day ...
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