Newtown's children were showered with gifts Saturday — tens of thousands of teddy bears, Barbie dolls, soccer balls and board games — and those are only some of the tokens of support from around the world for the town in ...
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What's "guanxi"? Guanxi in Chinese means "relationship" or social networking. It's regarded as the central idea in Chinese society. "Guanxi" can take on many forms. It does not have to be based on money. The kernel of guanxi is doing ...
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"Saye'erhe" of Changyang Tujia minority in Hubei is a kind of funeral dance popular among people of Tujia minority at the middle reach of Qingjiang Valley in Hubei. "Saye'erhe" means dance for the deceased or "dance following funeral drum ...
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The Maonan minority group is located in the mountainous areas of Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is a traditional agricultural group. Every family used to have a weaving machine and plant blue grass for to dye and make coarse clothes ...
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One of the largest minority groups in China lives deep in the remote, mountainous region on the borders of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces. It is the "Tujia" (literally "Soil Family") ethnic minority. Among well known Tujia ...
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There are mainly three kinds of etiquettes in China. The first category is the daily life etiquette: including meeting etiquette, introduction etiquette, conversation etiquette, banquet etiquette, reception etiquette, dance ...
For 600 years, Tunpu people have been living in fortress-like stone houses and keeping the old Han culture. Local Tunpu women in Ming Dynasty clothing make traditional cloth shoes for sale in Guizhou Province. ...
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The capping and hair-pinning ceremonies were coming of age rites held for young people by clan elders according to traditions. The ceremonies originated in the Zhou Dynasty over 2,000 years ago. The ceremony for men was called "the capping ...
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Napo Zhuang minority is also called"Black-clothed Zhuang".It is the most peculiar branch of the Zhuang minority,who call themselves"Min"(agile),"Zhong"(second in seniority)and"ao"(the sound of wailing).Currently,it has about a population of ...
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For more than 2000 years, the Chinese people have used brilliant colors. Today in modern China, red is a very popular color. However, contrary to popular belief, ancient peoples did not pay special attention to the color red. ...
One would normally agree that eggs and naming babies have nothing to do with each other. In China, however, there is a very significant reason for relating these two things with each other. This is the baby naming ceremony, also called a ...
Confucius memorial ceremony is solemnly held in the Confucian Temple (Shrine) by the Chinese nation for commemoration of Confucius, the great sage and teacher. Known as "National Ceremony" in ancient times, Confucius memorial ceremony ...
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The Ewenki ethnic minority treasures their name of nationality which means 'people living in the mountain forests'. With a relatively small population of 30,505 (in the year 2000), the Ewenki ethnic minority mostly live in the Inner ...
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The Chinese are a very family-oriented people. Weddings of a relative are cause for celebration while funerals are a time for deep mourning. Both weddings and funerals have distinct characteristics. Traditional Weddings ...
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There are many varieties of beds: An adjustable bed is a bed that can be adjusted to a number of different positions An air bed uses an air-inflated mattress, sometimes connected to an electric air pump and having variable, firmness ...
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