Today is the Chinese Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the Chinese New Year season. In the following report, we'll bring you to Dongzhi County in central China's Anhui Province and learn something about the history and traditions ...
The Jinos, with a population of 18.021, mainly live in the Jino Township of Jingliong Counly, Xishuangbanno Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. A few can be round in Mengwang, Mengyang, Ganlanba and Dadugang of Jinghong County and ...
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The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), India and the University of Guelph, Canada, have collaborated to develop a ‘nano-film’ that would extend the shelf life of fruits by several days. The technology uses a chemical ...
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Food manufacturers and producers welcomed chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement yesterday(December 5)highlighting changes to the tax system as benefiting the food and drink manufacturing industry. The Food and Drink ...
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Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the longest and most important holiday for Chinese people. It is usually celebrated from the eighth day of the twelfth month to the fifteenth of the first month (lantern festival), by Chinese lunar ...
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Spring Festival, China's most celebrative occasion, begins its annual felicitations with the posting of New Year pictures on the walls and windows on the 24th of the 12th month in the lunar calendar according to tradition. The pictures ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill is set to expand its Elva grain facility in southwestern Manitoba, Canada for an undisclosed amount as a part of its efforts to cater to the increasing demand. The expansion, which is set begin by the ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, has completed the modernization project of its Hales Point grain elevator with an investment of $25m, in time for this year's harvest. Cargill AgHorizons Mid-South Farm Service Group general ...
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The culture of Chinese cuisine also embodies original Chinese philosophy concept. The art form that represents this culture comes in two folds, geometry form and form of nature, which mainly consists of animal figures. Chinese ...
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Embroidery art in dress and adornment also embodies original Chinese Philosophy. Likening human body to the universe, the upper part (the head) is the sky, the lower part (the feet) is earth, and the middle (the pubic area) is the center. ...
National Bureau of Statistics of China November 30,2012 According to the result of nationwide sampling survey of agricultural production households and comprehensive statistics of agricultural holdings conducted by NBS in 31 ...
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The Li population comes to 1,110,900. Most of the Lis now live in Dongfang, Baisha, Lingshui, Changjiang Li Autonomous Counties, and Ledong, Qiongzhong, and Baoting Li-Miao Autonomous Counties in the middle south of Hainan Province. The ...
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The Lisu population is 574.8S6. Most of the Lisus now live in Bijiang, Fugong, Gongshan and Lushui counties of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, and north of Yunnan Province. The rest live together with the Hans, Bais, Yis and Naxis in ...
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The idea of buying farm produce locally has spawned a number of far out ideas over the years.But one I read recently–moving agriculture into abandoned big city buildings,and allow much of our nation's farmland to return to its natural ...
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Since the Qin Dynasty, China's has been to spring as the beginning of spring. From the astronomical beginning of spring are divided up, and in nature, in people's minds, the spring is warm, flowers; the spring are the growth, cultivation ...
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