Spring Festival (The Chinese New Year) (1st of the 1st month) The biggest and most celebrated festival in China and part of east and Southeast Asia. This usually runs over 3 days not including the weekend and is at the end of January or ...
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Westnedge Games has partnered with Austrian firm Piatnik to distribute its range of jigsaws in the UK. This marks the first time that Westnedge will be distributing jigsaw puzzles. Its portfolio currently includes playing cards, and ...
The Qingming Festival Pure Brightness Festival or Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice, usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian ...
An anonymous bidder paid $US610,000 ($617,000) in a charity auction for coffee date with Apple chief Tim Cook, the organisers said. The Tim Cook auction tied the record for highest winning bid at charity auction site Charitybuzz, ...
The brewery's aim was to rekindle interest not only in Super Bock's heritage but also the beer category itself, which is seeing a massive increase in the popularity of authentic craft beers. Super Bock is known as Portugal's most popular ...
US wine consumers are continuing to trade down to wine-by-the-glass in the on-trade, but paying more for servings, latest figures show. Wine-by-the glass sales accounted for 61% of the category's US on-trade sales in this year's first ...
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Expanded polystyrene (EPS) manufacturing company ACH Foam Technologies has gone in for a redesign in a bid to offer added packaging options and increased protection of bottles during transit. The 2-, 6-, and 12-pack EPS foam units are ...
The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or ...
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Hani people used to regard fire as the life of a family and respect fire so much that they always kept the kindling. Every family had several fires with different uses, which would never stop burning. Hani people are hospitable. Guests ...
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In most areas the Zhuang nationality people are used to have three meals a day, while in some places the local Zhuang people have four meals a day that means they have one more snack between lunch and supper. The breakfast and lunch are ...
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The stockmarket was awash with fresh optimism that the dollar may finally be on a sustained decline as it plays catch-up to the fall in interest rates and commodity prices, reversing a major earnings headwind several sectors have faced for ...
For pure bathing luxury, there is nothing to beat a large soaking tub, ergonomically designed with high pressure jets. Many people shy away from such installation in their bathroom, thinking that they are too expensive. But many bathroom ...
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There is nothing more cozy and warming than enjoying a glass of wine sitting at your patio, near an outdoor fireplace. Unfortunately, most people are deprived of this joy, because they are wary of installing a fireplace outdoors. Since a ...
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Cork flooring is typically not the first thing that pops into most homeowners heads when they think cork. It’s time to push aside those images of wine bottle stoppers and bulletin boards. Cork tile and plank floors are some of the ...
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Who wouldn't like to loosen up in a cozy bathtub and beat all the weariness that pulls one down at the end of the day, or simply to rejuvenate oneself over the weekend, or just to have a fresh start to a tiring day? How about having a deep ...
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