The birth of lantern, the appearance of hurricane lamp in Han Dynasty and introduction of Buddhism created a good condition for outdoor lamp and lantern show. For the purpose of shielding wind, moving lamps and working at night, ...
The Chinese enjoy fireworks and have age old traditions that continue to be a part of the celebrations. However, good food, family, friends and good times are the basis for the celebration. The plum blossom is used to decorate their homes ...
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The water-releasing ceremony on the Qingming Festival is a folk custom in Dujiangyan City where the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site, is located. On Qingming Festival (one of the 24 Chinese solar terms) ...
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All Lhoba men take flints along with them on the waist to make fire for tobacco and picnic. However, in some of their eating habits, we can still see some traces of their ancestors' history of eating raw. For instance, in making a pledge ...
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Chilled food manufacturer Greencore has reported"a breakthrough year",with revenue up 44.5%to£1,161.9M due to acquisitions and"business momentum",for the full year to September 28 2012. Greencore boss Patrick Coveney described 2012 ...
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The British Standards Institution (BSI), a notified body under the Medical Device Directive, has awarded a CE mark for the expanded clinical indication for Harvest Technologies' SmartPReP 2 Bone Marrow Aspiration Concentration System (BMAC ...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to provide Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture, with a new cultivation method for LED-based plant growth facilities for free. The village, headed by Mr. Yuko Endo, is now building an LED-based plant ...
US food group Hormel Foods saw its profits accelerate in the final quarter of its financial year amid stronger earnings from its grocery products business. Hormel, which makes Spam canned meat, booked a 13% increase in net earnings to ...
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Tesco announced a£16M(€20M)contract with the Irish Dairy Board(IDB)last week(November 14)to supply Irish butter to Tesco stores throughout Europe. The butter will be produced in Ireland,packaged in Germany and supplied to Tesco ...
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Meat company Cranswick is conducting"unprecedented"negotiations with retailers,as pig feed prices continue to rise,according to City analyst Panmure Gordon. In a note on the firm's interim results–due to be published on Monday ...
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Irish co-op The Irish Dairy Board is to supply own-label butter to Tesco stores in four markets in central and eastern Europe. The IDB said the EUR20m(US$25.6m)deal will see it produce private-label products for Tesco in the Czech ...
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Cotton prices continued firm in Brazil in early December, underpinned by the interest from purchasers and refrained sellers. The CEPEA/ESALQ Index for cotton type 41-4 (delivered in São Paulo city, 8-day payment) moved up 1.26% in ...
A major China granary attracts one world-leading agricultural machinery manufacturer as it anticipates another record-high autumn harvest. The investment from American company John Deere, worth about 1.6 billion yuan ($253.6 million), has ...
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The Boards of Directors of Pantaloon Retail India Limited(PRIL)and Future Ventures India Ltd,(FVIL)approved a proposal to consolidate their fashion businesses into a new to be listed entity(Future Fashion),which would emerge as one of ...
Software made by Siemens and targeted by the Stuxnet malware is still full of other dangerous vulnerabilities,according to Russian researchers whose presentation at the Defcon security conference earlier this year was cancelled following a ...
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