Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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China Claimed More Spots Than Any Other Country in The Asia's 50 Best Restaurants Awards
Mar 17, 2015China claimed more spots than any other country in the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards for 2015, with 16 eateries on the list including Shanghai's Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet at No 3. Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board with a ...
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Entertainment Industry in China Has Seen Explosive Growth in Recent Years
Mar 9, 2015The entertainment industry in China has seen explosive growth in recent years (an expected CAGR of 17 percent between 2010-2015), growing at a much faster pace than the overall economy. As more and more people in China enter the middle ...
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Tips for Food Allergies When Traveling in China
Mar 4, 2015Having a food allergy can be a pretty annoying. From the fear of an allergic reaction to the longing for that granola bar that "may contain tree nuts," there are countless reasons having a food allergy is a hindrance to you and those around ...
Tags: Food Allergies, allergic reaction
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China Invests 360 Million Yuan for Developing and Running The Institutes in 2015
Mar 3, 2015According to the Ministry of Culture, the Chinese government invested about 1.33 billion yuan ($214 million) by the end of 2014 to build overseas China Cultural Centers and is expected to add another 360 million yuan for developing and ...
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Jade Used Since Ancient Times in China O Cover a Variety of Related Jade-Like Stones
Mar 3, 2015The jade used since ancient times in China is nephrite, which in its pure state is white but may be green, cream, yellow, brown, gray, black or mottled due to the presence of impurities, chiefly iron compounds. Chinese used the generic term ...
Tags: Chinese Jade
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Ming and Qing Jewelers' Craft Display
Feb 5, 2015The Ming and Qing dynasties are seen as the most prestigious times for gold and silver ware in Chinese history. Creative skills and manufacturing processes reached their peak and jewelry from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) ...
Tags: Qing Jewelers, Ming Jewelers
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9 Things You May Not Know About Start of Spring
Feb 5, 2015The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18. Start of Spring lifts the curtain of spring. After that ...
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Start of Spring
Feb 4, 2015The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. The Beginning of Spring is the first and falls on Feb 4 this year. Start of Spring lifts the curtain of spring. After that everything turns green and full of ...
Tags: lunar calendar, solar terms
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A Kind of Health and Convenient Food:Chinese Dumplings
Jan 29, 2015Chinese dumplings, also known as Jiaozi in Chinese, is a traditional Chinese dish consisting of a ground meat or vegetable filling wrapped inside a thin layer of dough, and then boiled or steamed. It is a kind of health and convenient food. ...
Tags: Traditional Recipe, Jiaozi
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Famous Four Parts of Chinese Penmanship
Jan 26, 2015In ancient China, four Treasures of the Study is an expression used to denote the brush, ink, paper and ink stone used in Chinese. They are gems of Chinese culture. The wrighting Brushes are generally made from animal hair, or in certain ...
Tags: four Treasures of the Study, brush, ink
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The 31st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival
Jan 23, 2015The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival is an annual winter festival that takes place with a theme in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, and now is the largest ice and snow festival in the world. At first participants in ...
Tags: Snow Sculpture, Ice Sculpture
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24 Solar Terms in The Severe Cold
Jan 20, 2015During Major Cold, as the cold current moves southward, the weather is very cold. Although modern meteorological observation shows that in some regions of China the weather during Major Cold is not colder than Minor Cold, the lowest ...
Tags: Solar Terms, Major Cold
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How You Can Master The Art of Using The Two Sticks?
Jan 19, 2015Some say that sitting at a table with a Chinese feast and not knowing how to use chopsticks is like finding oneself on a battlefield and being a poor shot. This is no exaggeration, especially for Chinese food maniacs. Yet, what's more ...
Tags: chopsticks, Chinese feast
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an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs:bronze ding
Jan 19, 2015In 1939, a bronze ding which is an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs, was unearthed in Anyang, Henan Province. This four-legged ding known as the Simuwu Rectangle Ding was so big and heavy that it could not ...
Tags: Simuwu Rectangle Ding, bronze ding
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Mysterious and Beautiful Image on Chinese Bronze
Jan 19, 2015Set in a fiercely blazing fire, the beast's bulging eyes glare straight at the observer; his great mouth forms a wide grin, flashing saber-like teeth. His stiletto claws are exposed and poised for action, and a pair of ears or horns ...
Tags: Chinese Bronze, Bronze
