Grandpa Rabbit, or "Tu Yer" in Chinese, is a clay rabbit figurine said to be modeled after the legendary Jade Rabbit pounding medicine on the moon. It's an age-old folk toy and a mascot in Beijing. According to legend, once, a ...
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The twelve Chinese zodiac signs are the twelve animals Chinese people customarily use to mark the year in which a person was born. The twelve animals and the order in which they are arranged are called "the twelve zodiac signs". The twelve ...
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The dragon boat festival is a totem festival. Falling on the 5th of the fifth lunar month, it is close to the summer solstice. Pestilence, as a result of the heat and dampness, is at its worst, threatening lives of human community. Images ...
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Yutian enjoys the reputation of "China's Folk Art Town" . Yutian clay figurines, with a history of over 200 years, have more than 130 kinds of animals , gods of longevity , Goddess of the Moon flying to the moon and others in various shapes ...
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Mianhua is art created with flour. Fermented flour is kneaded into various shapes such as animals, gourds, fruits and flowers, and then steamed and finally coloured. In Mizhi County of Shaanxi Province, I was fascinated as an old woman ...
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“Throw the handkerchief, Throw the handkerchief, Put it back of our friends quietly, we all do not tell her, quickly, quickly catch her, and quickly, quickly catch her.” When this familiar children’s lyric is sung again, ...
Will the Year of the Rabbit be good for those with the rabbit Chinese zodiac sign in 2011? What is the 2011 horoscope forecasts for the rabbit in the 2011 metal rabbit year? How will the rabbit's fortune turn out in 2011? What are the feng ...
Mirepoix USA, a leading manufacturer of gourmet foods and traditional French foods, has announced the availability of white truffle mushrooms in Italy. The company noted that white truffles usually become available in early October and ...
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The romaine supplied by Amazing Coachella,a grower based in California,US,has been linked to the E.coli illnesses in California and Canada. According to the California Department of Public Health(CDPH),the romaine that led to E.coli ...
Scene of Chinese New Year festivity inside the cave in northern Shaanxi. Chinese New Year,also known as the Spring Festival,is the biggest holiday in China.Recorded in Li Ji-Yue Ling,Chinese New Year is the time when"air pressure of ...
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Traditional wedding is meant for the union of a male and a female,yin and yang,which lead to human propagation and perpetual life.The folk art works on custom wedding ceremony bear distinctive features on the theme. A ...
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The Mongolian people will go for a grand hunt on the Dragon Boat Festival, the scale of which exceeds other hunting days. It is taken as the Hunting Festival of Mongolian ethnic group in some eastern areas. Legend has it that the ...
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Folk customs reflect the life of the people -- their habits and customs, ideologies and beliefs, social activities and the like. Traditionally, folk customs and folk arts have been congenial twins. since the New Stone Age, folk arts have ...
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Moon Palace, also called Guanghan Palace, refers to the Palace on the moon. Legend goes that it is inhabited by the goddess of the moon – Chang'e, the Jade Rabbit and the woodcutter Wu Gang. As is known to all, Chang'e stole the ...
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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 ...