The Hoche nationality is an ethnic minority group with a long history in China's northeastern regions. It is mainly distributed in Raohe and Fuyuan Counties in Heilongjiang Province. The Hoche people living on riverbanks still make a living ...
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Tattoo, also called "Wenshen" or "Chiqing", refers to piercing sharp tools like pin into the skin and color it so as to form a variety of patterns and veins. In China, many ethnic groups have the tradition of tattooing. The tattoos of ...
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Song Brocade refers to the brocade developed since the Song Dynasty. With Suzhou as its major production area, it is thus called Song Brocade of Suzhou. As an ancient city of silk famous in China, Suzhou has been recognized as the land of ...
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The Food Standards Agency in Wales is reminding consumers how they can avoid food contamination resulting from the re-use of plastic bags. According to the information published by the Welsh Government, there has been a 96% reduction in ...
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Pottery miniature courtyard among the burials during the Three Kingdom Period (220-280) unearthed from Echeng Hubei, showing ancient Chinese residential building in five elements and eight diagram styles. Residential building featuring ...
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Embroidery skills are commonly used in Miao people's life. From teenage girls to old women graying at the temples, almost every woman is good at embroidering. The clothes, trousers, skirts, shoes, hats, socks, scarves, handkerchiefs and ...
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The culture of Chinese cuisine also embodies original Chinese philosophy concept. The art form that represents this culture comes in two folds, geometry form and form of nature, which mainly consists of animal figures. Chinese ...
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US-based grocery chain Fresh & Easy has introduced new dinner range - Easy Dinner Combos. The new dinner range will include three options - Entree, Side dish and Dessert, The Entree options will include ready-to-cook items, such as ...
Embroidery art in dress and adornment also embodies original Chinese Philosophy. Likening human body to the universe, the upper part (the head) is the sky, the lower part (the feet) is earth, and the middle (the pubic area) is the center. ...
Origin of snuff bottles While snuff first came to China from the West, the snuff bottle is an absolute Chinese invention which combines the Chinese and western cultures. It's said that snuff was introduced to China between the end of Ming ...
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As shown in the picture, "The Goldfish Bowl" is a big basin painted in green on the outer surface, and eight red-and-white goldfishes are painted swimming within, vivid and lifelike. By taking the method of gold drawing, the fish scale has ...
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A 4,000-year-old Chinese folk art rarely practiced today, dough figurine is also known as mianhua or miansu in Chinese. The man who may have created the craft, Zhuge Liang, was military strategist of the state of Shu in the Three ...
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An ice lantern is a wintertime work of art widely created in north China. It was originally made for illumination, providing a light source for the life and work of farmers and fishermen of north China in chilly winter night. Later, the ...
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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). ...
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Traditional Chinese auspicious motifs first appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, some 3,000 years ago. They later became widely popular among the general public. On every Spring Festival or other holidays, people would decorate their rooms and ...
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