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Culture Insider: Ancient Chinese Table Games
Dec 16, 2015A tomb found by archaeologists which has a history of 2300 years in Shandong.[File Photo] What did ancient Chinese do for fun? Obviously they couldn't surf the Internet or watch TV; in fact, ancient Chinese had many kinds of board and ...
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Culture Insider: 6 Things You May Not Know About Double Ninth Festival
Oct 28, 2015The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number "6" was ...
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The History of Chinese New Year
Jan 13, 2014It is unclear when the exact beginning of the New Year celebration in China is. Normally, it was said to start from the year end religious ceremony in Shang Dynasty (1766 BC - 1122 BC). A few said that it started from as early as Emperor ...
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Milan Ancient City Is 40 Km East of Ruoqiang Couty Town,Formed with Tibet Old Castle
Nov 21, 2013Milan Ancient City is 40 km east of Ruoqiang Couty Town, formed with Tibet Old Castle and the relics of the ancient architectures in the period of Wei Jin Dynasty scattered in the surrounding areas, in addition with the facilities of ...
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Acrobatics in China - The Charm is Irresistible
May 23, 2013The Chinese acrobatics has a long history and rich national flavor. It is one of the art forms most popular among the Chinese people. In a broad sense, acrobatics is the collective name of various kinds of feats. In the primitive society, ...
Tags: Acrobatics, China Acrobatics, China Culture
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The Introduction of Tang Dynasty Acrobatics
May 21, 2013The 300-year period in Chinese history from the Wei and Jin Dynasty(220-420) to the Southern and Northern Dynasty(386-581), witnessed great social turmoil and an intensive cultural amalgamation amongst various ethnic groups. The Sui Dynasty ...
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In The Context of Chinese Ceramics, The Term Porcelain Lacks an Accepted Definition
May 5, 2013In the context of Chinese ceramics, the term porcelain lacks a universally accepted definition. This in turn has led to confusion about when the first Chinese porcelain was made. Claims have been made for the late Eastern Han period (100 to ...
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Way Back in Antiquity Wine Produced in China Was Not as We Know It Today.
Apr 25, 2013Way back in antiquity wine produced in China was not as we know it today. The fermented product had a thick creamy consistency and was eaten, not being suitable for drinking. Thus the vessels used were more or less the same as those used ...
Tags: China Drinking Vessels, Bronze Vessels, wine
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Different Kinds of Women's Clothing in China
Apr 15, 2013In China, women had different kinds of clothes in ancient times. Those clothes changed with the revolution of dynasties. For examples, in the 1920s, the Cheongsam was fashionable among socialites and upperclass women; during the 1960s, very ...
Tags: Women's Clothing, Cheongsam, Apparel
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Chinese Embroidery Boasts a Very Long History
Apr 11, 2013Chinese embroidery boasts a very long history. As the "Longevity embroidery" and "Token embroidery" unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province, indicate, it reached a rather high level of development some 2000-3000 ...
Tags: Chinese embroidery, history, embroidery
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Lichun - The 1st Solar Term
Mar 6, 2013Abstract: Solar terms originated in China. A solar term is any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or signifies some natural phenomenon. Lichun refers to the spring and new ...
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The Introduction of Acrobatics in The Tang Dynasty
Dec 17, 2012The 300-year period in Chinese history from the Wei and Jin Dynasty (220-420) to the Southern and Northern Dynasty(386-581), witnessed great social turmoil and an intensive cultural amalgamation amongst various ethnic groups. The Sui ...
Tags: various ethnic groups, court singers and dancers, royal palace
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Stilt Is a Form of Folk Performing Art in China
Dec 14, 2012Stilt, or "Crutch", is a form of folk performing art in China. It is performed by a dancer walking on wooden stilts and is a folk art which perfectly combines laboring with dance and music. It is also known as "Upward Viewing Drama" because ...
Tags: stilt, crutch, folk performing art, wooden stilts, Upward Viewing Drama
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Zhejiang Province Is Situated Along The Shore of The East Sea of China
Dec 11, 2012Speech by the Governor Zhejiang Province is situated along the shore of the East Sea of China, neighboring Shanghai on the north. Zhejiang is an important cradle of Chinese ancient civilization and is known as “land of fish and ...
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Jilin Province Is Located at The Central Part of Northeast China
Dec 10, 2012Speech by the Governor Jilin Province is located at the central part of Northeast China, and in the center of Northeast Asia that consists of Japan, Russia, DPRK, ROK, Mongolia and Northeast China. Jilin has the solid industrial ...
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