Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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Western Dances Entering Chinese Fitness Routines
Aug 19, 2015Western dances are increasingly slipping into Chinese fitness routines. Chen Nan gets a feel for the moves, once taboo in China. Belly dancing. Pole dancing. Salsa. Foreign dance styles are twirling into China with nimble steps, ...
Tags: Western dance, Latin dance
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Vanishing Ancient Villages of China
Aug 18, 2015Due to fast urbanization of the country, traditional villages are facing an unprecedented challenge to survive. According to statistics by the Housing Construction Department, the number of unincorporated villages in the country saw a sharp ...
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Kenya to Showcase Cultural Heritage in China
Aug 18, 2015The Kenyan government has commenced discussion with Chinese authorities to help showcase the East African nation's cultural heritage in the Asian nation's museums, officials said on Monday. Mzalendo Kibunjia, Director General of ...
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Tibetan Opera Attracts Both Young and Old
Aug 18, 2015Holding a string of Buddhist prayer beads, 80-year-old Lhasa resident Doje sits in a park crooning in a crowd gathered for a performance of famous Tibetan opera Padma Obar. As the opera starts, the crowd falls silent in anticipation. ...
Tags: Tibetan Opera, cultural heritage
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International Ballet Banquet Comes to Beijing
Aug 10, 2015Beijing's ballet fans are in for a cultural treat this winter with the 2nd China International Ballet Season, sponsored by the National Ballet of China and Beijing Ballet of China Performing Arts Company, opening at the Tianqiao Theater in ...
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Traditional Oil Paper Umbrellas Shine in Modern Age
Aug 10, 2015Although oil paper umbrellas have lost their practical function today, they are still attracting modern customers in another way. In Luzhou's Fenshui, Southwest China's Sichuan province, the history of making oil paper umbrellas can be ...
Tags: Oil Paper Umbrellas, Umbrellas
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UK Chinese Culture Season to Start in August
Jul 24, 2015A press briefing on the upcoming Chinese culture season in UK was held on Friday morning at National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA). Officials from the Chinese Ministry of Culture as well as the British Embassy in China attended the ...
Tags: Chinese culture, UK culture season
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Jingdezhen, The Capital of Porcelain
Jul 17, 2015Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi province, has over 1700 years' history of making pottery. As China is the center of the world's china production, and Jingdezhen is the center of China's china industry, many pottery artists around the world come to ...
Tags: Pottery, China traditional art, Jingdezhen, pottery tool
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Changsha's First 24-Hour Bookstore Adds to Trend
Jul 15, 2015A trend of 24-hour bookstores has emerged in the country since last summer, when Beijing shop Sanlian started to keep its doors open all the time. While the traditional book business has been hit in many countries owing to the rise of ...
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Chengdu Reveals Tang Dynasty's Classical Garden
Jul 15, 2015Ruins of a classical Chinese garden landscape of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) have been discovered at a construction site in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, according to Sichuan Daily on Sunday. Although the ...
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National Meteorological Center Issued a Yellow Alert as China Enters The Dog Days
Jul 15, 2015The National Meteorological Center on Sunday issued a yellow alert as China enters the dog days, which means the sultry days of the summer. The heat wave will hit central, eastern and northern China. In the Northern Hemisphere, the dog ...
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US Ranks First as The Top Destination for Chinese Tourists
Jul 13, 2015Chinese tourists has voted US as the top destination for the first time. Austrilia, New Zealand and Italy follow US in the top destinations. With Chinese-friendly services and ever improving visa application process, more Chinese tend ...
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China Has The World's Longest Hsr Network with Over 16000 Km of Track in Service
Jul 9, 2015China has the world's longest HSR network with over 16,000 km of track in service as of December 2014, which is more than the rest of the world's high speed rail tracks combined. China's high speed rail system also includes the world's ...
Tags: High-Speed Rail, railway network, train
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Nanjing Week Opens in Italy
Jul 8, 2015Representatives from China and Italy opened the door to the Nanjing yunjin pavilion for the first time at 10:30 am on July 7 in Italy’s fashion capital of Milan. The opening marked the commencement of the eagerly awaited Nanjing week ...
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Not Everybody's Cup of Tea, But Ceremony Endures
Jul 6, 2015Milk, sugar of cream? Grande, Vente? Those are words never uttered at a Chinese teahouse. At Starbucks, yes. Food and beverage chains all rely on add-ons to get the consumer hooked one way or the other. And of course, speed of delivery. ...
Tags: Tea, sugar of cream, Starbucks, Milk
