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8 Things You May Not Know About Start of Winter
Nov 9, 2016The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Winter, the 19th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 7 and ends on Nov 21. Start of Winter is the first solar term of winter, which means ...
Tags: lunar calendar, solar terms
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Discovering Labagoumen
Nov 26, 2015Towering golden-leaved birch trees in Labagoumen. [File photo] Labagoumen, located in Huairou District, is the northernmost town in the municipality of Beijing. Bordering Hebei Province, it lies 150 km from the heart of the capital. The ...
Tags: Labagoumen, longevity town, Tourism
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Ces with an Entire Array of New Technology and Devices That Sparkle
Jan 13, 2015This year, for the first time at CES, gadget makers got it right, with an entire array of new technology and devices that sparkle, shine, and made me seriously swoon. Here's what caught my eye: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Panasonic's ...
Tags: CES 2015, Beauty Equipment
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MTY Food Group Have Acquired The Assets of Manchu Wok
Dec 22, 2014Canadian restaurant company MTY Food Group’s subsidiaries MTY Tiki Ming Enterprises and MTY Franchising USA have acquired the assets of Manchu Wok, Wasabi Grill & Noodle and SenseAsian restaurants. Valued at $7.9m, this transaction ...
Tags: restaurants, Agriculture
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Early 20th Century Changes in Chinese Apparel
Oct 22, 2014The first ten years of the 20th century coincided with the last decade of the Manchurian Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The Boxer Uprising in 1900 against the foreign allied forces prompted the Qing government to make changes in its politics but ...
Tags: Chinese Apparel
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Decorative Hairpins Come in Ingenious Styles That Are Both Functional and Ornamental
Oct 22, 2014Decorative hairpins come in ingenious styles that are both functional and ornamental. Those most common are the Shuangding, Ruyi, Bianfang, Tongqi, Panji, and Earpick hairpins. The double-headed Shuanding is ease of use, whereby it secures ...
Tags: Silver Adornments, Crowning Glory
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Clothing Has Always Been The First Thing to Change Following with The Birth of Qing
Nov 21, 2013Clothing has always been the first thing to change following with the birth of a new Chinese dynasty, says Fang Hongjun, who has studied Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) clothing for 24 years at Beijing's Palace Museum. The Qing Dynasty's ...
Tags: Fashionable Dynasties
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The Manchu Language Is Now on The Verge of Extinction Due to a Lack of Speakers, Linguists
Oct 14, 2013Once the tongue of China's Qing Dynasty imperial family, the Manchu language is now on the verge of extinction due to a lack of speakers, linguists warned. "China has 10.68 million Manchu people, but fewer than 100 who know the ...
Tags: Manchu Language
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Marketing and Promotional Materials That Depict Female Beauty Have Influenced The Ways
Sep 10, 2013In ancient China, there were Four Great Beauties-Diaochan, Lady Yang, Xi Shi and Wang Zhaojun [*note] - who were so famed for their beauty that, like Helen of Troy, they could overthrow states and cities. Their beauty has been depicted in ...
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The Siam Society Will Hold a Textile Talk by Dale Carolyn Gluckman
Aug 19, 2013The Siam Society will hold a Textile talk by Dale Carolyn Gluckman on Thursday, 29 August 2013. Ms. Dale Carolyn Gluckman, a former head of the Department of Costume and Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an independent ...
Tags: Asian Textiles, Siam Society
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Tzu-Hsi Was One of The Most Formidable Women in Modern History
Aug 16, 2013Tzu-Hsi (pronounced "Tsoo Shee"), or Cixi, was one of the most formidable women in modern history. She was famed for her beauty and charm. She was power hungry, ruthless and profoundly skilled in court politics. She would rise from a middle ...
Tags: Cixi, Luxurious Life
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The Classic Dress for Chinese Women -- Cheongsam
May 15, 2013What Are Cheongsams Cheongsam, a female dress with distinctive Chinese features, known to the whole world as a language that expresses the beauty of oriental women, now enjoys a growing popularity in the international world ...
Tags: Cheongsam, Classic Dress, Apparel
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GM Is The Latest Manufacturer in Hot Water Over a Controversial Commercial
May 6, 2013General Motors is the latest manufacturer in hot water over a controversial commercial, this time drawing ire over a Chevrolet Trax advertisement that was labelled racist by some viewers. The negative attention directed towards the Trax ...
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Do You Know The History of Cheongsam?
Apr 2, 2013When the Manchu ruled China during the Qing Dynasty, certain social strata emerged. Among them were the Banners (qí), mostly Manchu, who as a group were called Banner People. Manchu women typically wore a one-piece dress that ...
Tags: Cheongsam, cheongsam design, sleeveless dresses, Apparel
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Standard Style of Han Chinese Clothing
Mar 29, 2013Garments The style of Han Chinese clothing can be summarized as containing garment elements that are arranged in distinctive and sometimes specific ways. This may be different from the traditional garment of other ethnic groups in China, ...
Tags: Standard Style, Hanfu
