In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as regulate its rare earths players, China is launching an industry association for the precious metal commodity on April 8. According to The China Post, the ...
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In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as to regulate its rare earths players, China launched on Sunday its industry association for the precious metal commodity, as MINING.com anticipated last week. ...
Porcelain is generally believed to have originated in China. Porcelain manufactured during the Tang Dynasty period (618–906) was exported to the Islamic world, where it was highly prized. By the Sui (about 580 AD) and Tang (about 620 ...
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Longjing Tea is one of China's best teas and is one reason for Hangzhou's international fame. Xi Hu Long Jing has more than a thousand years of recorded history and was mentioned in the _ rst ever tea book (Cha Jing) by Lu Yu during the ...
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During the 22nd year of the Zhenguan's reign in the Tang Dynasty, 648 A.D., the Tang government set up the town of Luntai in the ancient town seat of Urabo, which is now 10 kilometers away from the southern suburb of Urumqi . The ...
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The 300-year period in Chinese history from the Wei and Jin Dynasty (220-420) to the Southern and Northern Dynasty(386-581), witnessed great social turmoil and an intensive cultural amalgamation amongst various ethnic groups. The Sui ...
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Gong-drum Drama is an age-old local recitative drama prevalent in Linyi, Wanrong and Hejin Counties in Shanxi Province. It is famous for singing without the accompaniment of stringed instruments, but merely gongs and drums. Gong-drum Drama ...
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The Daoqing Play is a folk operetta popular in the Yellow River Valley. It originated from the chanting of Taoist scriptures in the Tang Dynasty, and developed into the folk art form of Daoqing dagu in the Song Dynasty in which singing ...
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The Blangs, with a population of 82.280, mainly live in close communities in the Blang, Xiding, Bada, and Daluo mountains of Menghai County in Xishangbanna, Yunnan Province. The remainder are scattered in Kincang and Simao. ...
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Also known as "string and pipe music" or "Quanzhou nanyin music", nanyin music is one of the oldest existing music genres of China. In the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties, and the Jin, Tang and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, ...
The main distribution of the Bai people is in the Dali Bai Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, together with Lijiang, Kunming, Yuanjiang, Guizhou and so on. According to the census taken in 2000, the Bai ethnic group numbered some ...
Golden Cymbal and War Drum, original named war drum, originated from the sacrificial rites, the essential dance team to pray for rain and pay respects to temples. It prevailed in the middle part of Hebei Province during the period of ...
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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 Wudang Mountain was called Taihe Mountain in ancient times. Located in Shiyan City of Hubei Province, the mountain looks sublime and imposing, commanding the Danjiangkou reservoir and backing on Shennongjia forested area, with a ...
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Yazhou folk song is one of the ancient styles of Hainan folk song. It is popular in Sanya, Huangliu Village of Ledong County and the affiliated territory to ancient Yazhou. The old Yazhou folk song is still popular today. It is a kind of ...
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