Pixiu (also called Tianlu or Bixie) is one of the five auspicious animals of traditional Chinese culture (the other four are the dragon, phoenix, turtle and kylin). The Chinese people call it “fortune beast.” This lion-looking ...
Staffordshire based lighting specialists CP Northern has come to the aid of a new hospital in Gloucestershire by designing and installing a lighting control system that is hoped will significantly reduce energy costs whilst providing state ...
Heimtextil’s new “Let’s talk about…” presentation area will be shining a spotlight on the latest market developments in the textile furnishings industry. This central information forum is being established in ...
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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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Textile exports from Pakistan for the first four months of the current fiscal (July-October 2012) have been recorded at US$ 4.393 billion, up 4.78 percent compared to exports of U$ 4.192 billion achieved during the corresponding period of ...
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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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“Thousand-mu fertile farmland, and ten-mile red dowry.” Influenced by the thriving local economy since the Ming Dynasty and the traditional Chinese wedding customs, people in east Zhejiang Province generally married off their ...
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DHL operates support organization for healthcare - NHS Supply Chain GBP 1 billion/Euro 1.4 billion savings targeted to the NHS over 10 years around 1,000 new jobs to be created. DHL Logistics has won a 10-year deal totaling GBP 1.6 ...
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Hermès French luxury house joins Chanel,Givenchy,Christian Lacroix,Ungaro,Lanvin and Adeline Andréin creating a heart stamp for La Poste,France's national postal service.The heart edition of stamps is issued each year in ...
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The Lisu women are not obliged to abstain from certain foods during pregnancy and they go about their household duties as long as they are able. When the birth is imminent the husband calls to his ancestors by their spirit name, offering to ...
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One of my favorite places in the world is a tiny cabin in Virginia. It’s way off the beaten path, deep in the woods, where the only sound is the nearby waterfall. You can’t hear or see any traffic — you can see the bears, ...
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Toyota Motor Sales is recalling about 160,000 Tacoma vehicles in 20 cold climate US states and District of Columbia, Canada to inspect the spare tire carrier assembly. The recall covers 150,000 vehicles in the US and 10,000 in Canada ...
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Huntington Memorial Hospital, a 625-bed, not-for-profit community-focused regional medical center, has chosen Merge Healthcare's Merge PACS and the entire iConnect Enterprise Clinical solution. Huntington will integrate the Merge's ...
Sears Canada unveils four more of its new,refreshed store concepts in two Ontario locations:New Sudbury Centre and Oshawa Centre,and two Quebec locations:Les Galeries d'Anjou and Carrefour du Nord in Saint-Jerome.These stores reflect the ...
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Bed,bath and table linen supplier Richard Haworth has introduced an innovative non-shrink header to its Madison and Richmond towel ranges in a bid to improve the appearance of towels in hotels. Richard Haworth's new header bar will ensure ...
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