Parks, lakes and rivers around the country will be alive with the sounds of drummers pounding out furious beats and racers vigorously urging their dragon boats across the water to celebrate the traditional Dragon Boat Festival (duanwujie). ...
Tags: Dragon Boat Festival, one of the country's oldest festivals
German packaging machinery provider Oystar will provide equipment to Chinese food company Want Want, as part of a contract. Initially, the company will deliver two model EF 320 form, fill and seal machines from Oystar Erca to Shanghai in ...
Foreigners are not expected to know all of these things the minute they step off the plane and will be given great latitude, however your knowledge of what is not acceptable can make your transition to life in China much smoother. If you ...
Tags: cultural taboos, using a toothpick, eating, present, business card
Jiashan farming songs are a major kind of folk songs in Zhejiang Province. Different from the common single folk song, it is a general term for a package of seven different tunes, including Diluosheng (literally the tune of dripping), ...
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Of all farming songs, those boasting the most unique aria mainly come from Liantang, Zhaoxiang, Jinze, Shangta and Zhujiajiao Towns of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the meantime, they are further developed and well-received in Songjiang, ...
Tags: farming songs, Shanghai, song, folk song
Located in the Basin of Lixiahe River in North Jiangsu Province, Jinhu County is surrounded by a lake on three sides. With a vast water area, the county abounds in rice, fish and shrimps. Jinhu County is thus acknowledged as "Land of Fish ...
The dragon boat festival is a totem festival. Falling on the 5th of the fifth lunar month, it is close to the summer solstice. Pestilence, as a result of the heat and dampness, is at its worst, threatening lives of human community. Images ...
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Besides "A Xiao" marriage, another kind of marriage, which exists around the Lugu Lake, is the formal marriage. For a formal marriage the matchmaker introduces the man and the woman. The elder hosts the marriage and holds a formal ...
Tags: Lugu Lake, marriage, "A Xiao"marriage
The Naxi people have many traditional merits. They are hospitable, reasonable, and respectful to the old while loving the young. They have formed rich etiquette culture in the longstanding history of integrity and unity to the internal ...
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Naxi, an ethnic group with a history of about 1,700 years in China, is a branch of ancient China's Qiang group and mainly dwells in Naxi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. "Naxi" became a unified name after the foundation of the People's ...
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Private equity firms Blackstone and BC Partners are set to submit a joint bid for frozen food company Iglo, in a deal which is expected to value the company at $3bn, including debt. The two firms, which were earlier competing with each ...
Tags: frozen food company, Blackstone, pea, poultry and potato waffle products
Penford Food Ingredients, a division of US-based Penford, has introduced PenTech NG, a starch-based blend for bakery industry, which can replace whole egg and egg yolks for both liquid and dry forms. The new blend features soft texture, ...
Tags: starch-based blend, bakery industry, whole egg and egg yolks
Flowers Represent Love The young men and women of the Miao ethnic group usually express their love through giving flowers at a special time, which is called "flowers decide relationship." A celebration is usually held during song ...
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The Korean ethnic group is distributed mainly over the northeast of China, including Jilin Province, Liaoning Province and Heilongjiang Province. Other Korean people disseminate in some cities in other parts of China, such as the Inner ...
Tags: Korean ethnic group, dining manners, custom, etiquette
\ The Bai ethnic group mainly engages in agriculture and fishery. The Bai people are very hospitable. They treat their guests to baked tea whenever they come to visit. Colloquially called "three courses of tea", the tea is bitter in ...