Spring The first month of the Chinese calendar is called "yuan" month and in ancient times people called night "xiao". The fifteenth day is the first night to see a full moon, therefore the day is called Yuan Xiao Festival (Lantern ...
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Oscar Galeano details how the decision to study in China changed his life and opened up new ‑ elds of business endeavor. Returning home from China last year was as exciting and as terrifying as it was when I first came to ...
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May 22,-May 2012, by MCDOWELL's luggage for meadows planning "has bags design innovation fund meadows" official start, the fund aims to encourage and promote domestic bags &luggage enterprise and bags from personnel of innovation ...
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China is one of the earliest countries in the world to begin the production of textiles. According to legends, the Yellow Emperor's wife Lei Zu invented the textile technology. From the Xia Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and ...
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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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With a history of 2000 to 3000 years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has formed a unique system to diagnose and cure illness. The TCM approach is fundamentally di‑ erent from that of Western medicine. In TCM, the ...
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Han costume or Hanfu is the traditional dress of Han nationality in China. Han costume has a history of more than three millennia. From the beginning of its history, Han costume (especially in elite circles) was inseparable from silk. ...
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Chinese painting and calligraphy has a long history. Chinese characters evolved from pictures and signs, and the Chinese art of calligraphy developed naturally from its unique writing system. Through the ages, great calligraphers ...
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Chinese Kongfu is classified into various styles according to di‑ erent regions, di‑ erent schools and families, as well as different fighting techniques. There are two most famous Kongfu scenic spots: Shaolin Temple in Henan ...
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In China, marriage is considered to be one of the three most important things in one's whole life. Chinese wedding is a ceremonial ritual within Chinese societies that involve a marriage established by pre-arrangement between families. ...
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Beijing opera or Peking opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. ...
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It is a custom for Yangzhou people to have morning tea in teahouses, which is part of Yangzhou culture and also an indication of rich Chinese food culture. Pingtan, a form of storytelling accompanied by music, is also popular in tea houses ...
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Sichuan has teahouses in towns and cities everywhere. There is a saying, "China has the best teahouses in the world and Sichuan has the best teahouses in China." Located on the streets in Sichuan Province, teahouses serve unique local ...
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The Cantonese have a custom of drinking tea with dim sum in their leisure time or at business meetings. The tea drinking tradition can be traced back over a hundred years to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The real tea-drinkers ...
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Unlike Kongfu tea in South China, the tea houses in Beijing and Tianjin use green tea or jasmine tea instead of Wulong tea. They don't have the same level of ceremony that is used for Kongfu tea. Lao She Teahouse is a famous teahouse ...
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