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More Lock-up Shares to Become Tradable in China
Apr 5, 2016Lock-up shares worth nearly 9 billion yuan (1.4 billion U.S. dollars) will become eligible for trade on China's stock markets in the coming trading week. The mainland's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets are closed on Monday for the ...
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Straw Artwork Portrays Scenes From Ancient Painting
Dec 11, 2015Zhong Shuying shows her straw plaited "Along the River during the Qingming Festival", in Changchun, Jilin province, Dec 9, 2015. [Photo/Chinanews.com] Made of cattail leaves, maize leaves and bamboo sticks, the 1.5-meter long, 1-meter ...
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Beijing's 2015 Lantern Festival Shines, Doesn't Dazzle
Nov 3, 2015A full moon blazed in the sky, signifying the Lantern Festival across China. Particularly for this festival, lanterns break out of the typical round and red mold, taking on shapes limited only by the imagination. At Bejing's Olympic ...
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New Measures to Ease Crowd Pressure in Forbidden City
Oct 29, 2015Hundreds of guests gather outside of the ticket office since the exhibition kicked off earlier this month, with a staff member from the Palace Museum leading each group into the exhibition hall. Starting from Saturday, each of the ...
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Full Steam Ahead for Exhibitions Marking Palace Museum's 90th Anniversary
Oct 28, 2015Oct 10 marked the 90th anniversary of the Beijing Palace Museum's founding. Besides opening four new sections to tourists this month - mainly the Cining Gong, the Cining Gong garden and the Shoukang Gong - the museum is holding a series of ...
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Palace Museum to Display China's Mona Lisa
Sep 1, 2015The Palace Museum in Beijing will display authentic Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival (Qingming Shanghe Tu) from September 8 to November 8 in an exhibition titled "The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat". One of the most famous ...
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Food Conventions Make Qingming Festival a Special Day
Mar 17, 2014April 5th in the solar calendar is a traditional Chinese festival, Qingming Festival, which has a history of more than 2,500 years. Its name has two meanings. This day is not only a festival but also a solar term. The Chinese adage, ...
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Traditional Chinese Festival - Qingming Festival
May 17, 2013The Qingming Festival Pure Brightness Festival or Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice, usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian ...
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Climate Feature During Qingming Festival
May 17, 2013Qingming is one of the 24 Solar Terms in traditional Chinese culture, which refers to the warming of weather and blooming of plants. During the Qingming time, the climate in the South of China is getting warm and Spring is coming. However ...
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Qingming Festival In Chinese tea culture
May 17, 2013The Qingming festival holiday has a significance in the Chinese tea culture since this specific day divides the fresh green teas by their picking dates. Green teas made from leaves picked before this date are given the prestigious ...
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New Policy - Highway free of charge in China during the Qingming Festival
May 16, 2013Since the implementation of the small passenger car toll exemption during major holidays on April 1, 2013, the Qing Ming Festival will be the third holiday after the National Holidays and Spring Festival during which highway toll is free in ...
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Celebration Of Qingming Festival
May 16, 2013The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or ...
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Origin Of Qingming Festival
May 16, 2013Qingming Festival is when Chinese people visit the graves or burial grounds of their ancestors. Traditionally, people brought a whole rooster with them to the graves visited but the occasion has become less formal over time. The festival ...
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The Dragon Well Tea,World Famous for Its "Four Wonders"
Apr 16, 2013Strolling around the famous West Lake, can you smell the sweet fragrance of tea from the mountains behind? It is the Dragon Well Tea, world famous for its "four wonders" - emerald green color, aromatic flavor, sweet taste and beautiful ...
Tags: Longjing Tea, Chinese Tea
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Words in Chinese and Traditions in China
Dec 27, 20121. What's "guanxi"? Guanxi is regarded as the central idea in Chinese society with long historical and cultural roots. It is understood and utilized by virtually every Chinese person in greater or lesser measure. Understanding how the ...
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