Passing over Bags for an Offspring Nowadays at weddings when the bridal sedan chair reaches the gate, people spread felt mats in the gateway. They pass the mats on which the bride has walked successively to the front from behind for her ...
Zhoushan is located in the north-eastern part of Zhejiang Province, east to the Hangzhou Bay and south to the mouth of the Yangtze River. The rich oceanic resources are the foundation of the local people's production and living, and the ...
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Chuige is a very ancient Chinese performance form with wind instruments among which pipe is the principal one supplemented by sheng, flute, xiao (a vertical bamboo flute), drum, big cymbals, and finger cymbals, etc. It can be rated as ...
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Traditional Chinese weddings are always filled with red things to bring auspicious blessings and respects. And even wedding customs reflect traditions from Chinese philosophy. Favoring red comes from worship of the sun The Chinese ...
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Just as in the other facets of ancient Chinese life, many of the customs and rituals concerning the marriage proposal, presenting the betrothal and wedding gifts to the bride's parents, sending the bride's dowry to the future groom's ...
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Traditional Chinese wedding customs are considered as the foundation of rites in traditional Chinese culture. A wedding is usually a grand occasion with overly-elaborate formalities. There are eight major procedures of a wedding, including ...
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Or maybe the husband's parents are visiting for Thanksgiving. The children's birthdays are coming up, and you need to plan the decor. No matter the occasion, whenever food is involved, table dressing and decoration is almost as important ...
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Hada, a long piece of silk used by the Tibetans and some Mongols as gift when greeting people, worshipping celestial beings, and in daily person-to-person contacts. According to the book Tibetan Customs and Habits by the Tibetan scholar ...
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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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Gone are the days when people have to take the help of bricks to make a temporary shelter in any event or for parking their vehicles. Temporary shelters have replaced the old trend and become talk of the town. These have become quite common ...
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Gourmet Gadgetry, makers of gadgets such as chocolate fountains and popcorn machines for catering and home use, has launched a new generation of chocolate fountains which feature magnetic components to help prevent blockages. Gourmet ...
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Imagine yourself in a lighting matrix of illuminated colors and shapes, mesmerized by colorful, active lighting. Synergetic installations by the design crew at WHITEvoid feature a flexible array of controllable light fixtures and LED ...
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Outdoor lighting is perfect for making the most of your garden in the summer-whether it's keeping the light alive to eek out the embers of a summer barbeque,illuminate a football gathering that spills outside or,heck,if your garden's big ...
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UK-In celebration of its 25th anniversary year,Martin Professional held a special'Innovation and Inspiration'event for industry professionals at two of London's premiere locations-the landmark BT Tower and the award-winning headquarters of ...
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2DEFINE Architecture with local partner Dalian Urban Planning&Design Institute was selected to direct the design of the Yingkou Convention and Exposition Center,a four-story,750,000-square-foot facility in Yingkou,China,a city of 2.2 ...
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