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Daoism, Death and Redemption at Dongyue Temple

Nov 3, 2015

The Yonghegong Lama Temple generally gets the hype from visitors in the capital, but the older Dongyue Temple is also in downtown Beijing, offering a surprisingly tranquil environment is home to some incredible buddha statues, as well as ...

Tags: Dongyue Temple, statues, Daoist

Beijing Promotes Winter Olympics in Helsinki and Tallinn

Nov 3, 2015

A series of events for celebrating Chinese New Year and introducing Beijing's bid regarding 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off in Helsinki on February 18th. Yu Qingtai, China's ambassador to Finland; Jussi Pajunen, mayor of Helsinki; and Chen ...

Tags: Winter Olympics, photo exhibition, Performances

China May Enter China-France Co-Production Wolf Totem for Oscars

Oct 29, 2015

China may submit Wolf Totem, a co-production between China and France, as its 2016 Academy Awards best foreign language film entry after it was announced that another contender lost the bid late Tuesday. The producers of Mountains May ...

Tags: Wolf Totem, film, Oscars

Eating Moon Cake Is a Palatable Custom of The Mid-Autumn Festival

Sep 4, 2013

Chinese folk custom believes that spring is the time to worship and fall to pay back. Spring worship welcomes all saints from heaven and earth, mainly god of the sun; and fall payback is to pay tribute to the generous, load carrying mother ...

Tags: folk custom, artworks, folk arts, festivities

Suzhou's Attractions Where Visitors Can Sample Its Charms Without Having to Pay

Jun 27, 2013

A Chinese proverb says: "Paradise in heaven, Suzhou and Hangzhou on Earth." As one half of this famed pair of cities, Suzhou is renowned for its long history, cultural artifacts and beautiful gardens. The numerous narrow waterways ...

Tags: Scenic Cultural Suzhou

The Introduction of New Year Pictures

Jun 21, 2013

In China's cities and the countryside, New Year pictures are closely linked with the Spring Festival (the Chinese New Year). Pasting up New Year pictures is a part of the festive celebrations. The aim of pasting up New Year ...

Tags: New Year pictures, Spring Festival, festive celebrations

Chinese-Style Embroidered Shoes

Jun 6, 2013

In the shoe family, Chinese-style embroidered shoes, which have been deemed as a perfect combination of the shoe culture and the art of embroidery, are a 100-percent handicraft creation by Chinese people. Deeply rooted in Chinese culture, ...

Tags: Tiptoe, Embroidered Shoes

Ziyang Folk Songs Are The General Name of Folk Songs in Ziyang County

Dec 17, 2012

Ziyang folk songs are the general name of folk songs in Ziyang County, Shaanxi Province, and the most typical ones among folk songs in south Shaanxi Province. They have vivid expressions and images, beautiful and appealing melodies, ...

Tags: Ziyang folk songs, artistic treasure, earliest collection of poems

The Introduction of Xiangsheng (Comic Dialogue)

Dec 17, 2012

Naturally, Xiangsheng(comic dialogue) performers traditionally have trained skills including telling, imitation, amusing and singing. Since Xiangsheng is an art of language, and the techniques of handling language and voice are quite ...

Tags: handling of jokes, twisters, two-part allegorical sayings

Buluotuo Scriptures Is The Primitive Religious Scriptures of The Zhuang Ethnic Group

Dec 17, 2012

Buluotuo Scriptures is the primitive religious scriptures of the Zhuang ethnic group of China. It is also the creative epic and folk literary work of the Zhuang ethnics. The scriptures are the five-word style poem that takes the language ...

Tags: Buluotuo Scriptures, primitive religious scriptures

Silk Is a Kind of Fabric Elaborately Made of The Natural Protein Fibrin of Pods

Dec 17, 2012

Silk is a kind of fabric elaborately made of the natural protein fibrin of pods. Products made of silk have bright luster and soft touch; silk clothes are very comfortable and soft, and has the function of adjusting body heat and moisture, ...

Tags: silk, natural protein fibrin, silk clothes

The Introduction of Maxrap in Xinjiang Uygur

Dec 17, 2012

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 ...

Tags: folk dances, Kumul, entertaining activity

Important Ecological Status & Abundant Resources Are The Most Distinct Features of Qinghai

Dec 7, 2012

Speech by the Governor Qinghai is located in northwestern China, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and is reputed as the ancestor and the Source of Thousands of Mountains and rivers. Qinghai is the source of the Yangtze, Yellow and Mekong ...

Tags: Qinghai, business, introduction to Qinghai, Qinghai economy, survey

The Introduction of Mask of Tibetan Opera

Dec 7, 2012

Called "ba" in Tibetan, masks are mainly used for various folk performing arts and have direct links with people's daily life, work and entertainment. They are popular across Tibet. Masks used in Tibetan operas are developed from the ...

Tags: folk performing arts, tibetan operas mask, drive away ghosts

Chinese-Style Embroidered Shoes

Dec 6, 2012

In the shoe family, Chinese-style embroidered shoes, which have been deemed as a perfect combination of the shoe culture and the art of embroidery, are a 100-percent handicraft creation by Chinese people. Deeply rooted in Chinese culture, ...

Tags: Chinese-style embroidered shoes, art of embroidery

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