Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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Chinese Masks are used within two main elements of Chinese culture
Mar 17, 2014Even in this day and age Chinese Masks are used within two main elements of Chinese culture. The New Year masks which are worn by Chinese people to welcome the New Year throughout the world. And the Opera masks which are painted and drawn ...
Tags: New Year masks, opera masks, depict the moods and emotion
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Food Conventions Make Qingming Festival a Special Day
Mar 17, 2014April 5th in the solar calendar is a traditional Chinese festival, Qingming Festival, which has a history of more than 2,500 years. Its name has two meanings. This day is not only a festival but also a solar term. The Chinese adage, ...
Tags: Qingming Festival, Food Convention
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Tang Dynasty Witnessed The Most Sophisticated Technology of Gold and Silver Wares
Mar 17, 2014Tang Dynasty witnessed the most sophisticated technology and unparalleled prosperity of gold and silver wares in ancient China. The unearthed relics showed that the gold and silver wares in the Tang Dynasty were not only numerous in ...
Tags: Gold Wares, Silver Wares
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Mahjong Is Invisible Wealth
Feb 19, 2014If you want to choose a most popular Chinese traditional entertainment, mahjong is the king. There is nobody without playing mahjong in China. Four people to play together, no level difference, without dragging, again with a loud ...
Tags: Mahjong, Recreation, mahjong culture
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China Will See a Wider Shortage of Paraxylene Supply in 2014
Feb 7, 2014BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China will see a wider shortage of paraxylene (PX) supply in 2014, a research report warned on Thursday. The supply gap will be up to 9.5 million tonnes in 2014, said a report by the economics and technology ...
Tags: PX, Sinopec, Chemical, environment
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As wearing gold and precious stones is considered auspicious for Tibetan brides.
Jan 13, 2014As wearing gold and precious stones is considered auspicious for Tibetan brides, jewelry is a main aspect of the Tibetan wedding trousseau. The groom presents his bride with her wedding gowns and jewelry, including bracelets, ...
Tags: Tibetan bride, jewelry, wedding trousseau, wedding gowns
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The History of Chinese New Year
Jan 13, 2014It is unclear when the exact beginning of the New Year celebration in China is. Normally, it was said to start from the year end religious ceremony in Shang Dynasty (1766 BC - 1122 BC). A few said that it started from as early as Emperor ...
Tags: Chinese New Year, Chinese Culture
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Chinese New Year Dishes Come Early This Time Round
Jan 13, 2014Chinese New Year dishes come early this time round. For those of you who will be preparing reunion dinner next February may want to give this recipe a go. It has all my favourite ingredients all in one platter. Here I have chosen the ...
Tags: New Year dishes
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Wang Wei and Meng Haoran Were Both Skilled at Depicting Natural Scenery in Lines
Jan 13, 2014Wang Wei and Meng Haoran were both skilled at depicting natural scenery in five-character lines. The extant works of Wang Wei (AD 701 -761) include more than 400 poems. His landscape and pastoral poems mainly describe his reclusive life and ...
Tags: Landscape Poetry, Wang Wei
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In Chinese,"Jade" Refers to a Fine,Beautiful Stone with a Warm Color and Rich Luster
Jan 13, 2014The word "jade" communicates a sense of mystery. In Chinese, "jade" (yu) refers to a fine, beautiful stone with a warm color and rich luster, that is skillfully and delicately carved. In Chinese culture, jade symbolizes nobility, ...
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The Chinese Immigration Be The Fourth in The World
Dec 20, 2013China is now 4th in the list of countries with largest number of emigrants, according to a new report by the US think tank Pew Research Center. The number of Chinese emigrants has grown from 4.1m in 1990, when the country was ranked 7th, to ...
Tags: Chinese Immigration, Economy
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New Strain of Bird Flu in Jiangxi
Dec 18, 2013The first human case of H10N8 was confirmed by Health authorities in Jiangxi on Wednesday, a new strain of bird flu to infect piople, in the world. A 73-year-old woman, who died of respiratory failure on Dec 6, was later confirmed to have ...
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Smoggy Weaher Affects China
Dec 9, 2013Smoggy weather has affected large parts of China since last week, shrouding North China, southeast coastal areas and even Southwest China. The smog has led to high pollution readings in 104 cities across 20 provinces, covering nearly half ...
Tags: Smoggy Weaher, China Life
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Chinese Abacus Is Approved in The Human Non-Material Cultural Heritage List
Dec 5, 2013UNESCO announced yesterday in Azerbaijan's capital, formally approved the Chinese abacus is included in the UNESCO human non-material cultural heritage list. This is the 30th item be listed in this project in our country. Written by ...
Tags: Abacus, Chinese Abacus, Office Supplies
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The Classic of Music Is Sometimes Referred to as The Sixth "Chinese Classic Text"
Dec 5, 2013The Classic of Music is sometimes referred to as the sixth "Chinese classic text". It was lost by the time of the Han Dynasty. A few traces remain and can be found in other ancient Chinese classics like Zuo Zhuan, Zhou li ("The Rites of ...
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