AkzoNobel’s Decorative Paints business is helping to recreate one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World – the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in China. Built during the Ming Dynasty, the original pagoda was mostly destroyed ...
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Tens of thousands of people go to pray and burn incense at Yonghe Lama Temple in Beijing during Lantern Festival, which fell on Monday this year. China Mobile, monks offer text-messaged prayers for fee. WUHAN - A famous Buddhist ...
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Speech by the Mayor Shanghai, located at the foreground of the Yangtze River Delta, the strategic passage from Yangtze River into East China Sea, and the thoroughfare along the sea route of the Far East, is a sea-port city of great ...
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South Music, an ancient folk Chuige, is popular in the area around the north of Baoding in Hebei Province. Xushui South Music Chuige was widely spread in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The music plays of South Music Fair were carried from the ...
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Water-Splashing Festival is the most ceremonious traditional festival of the Dai minority. It usually takes place in mid-April of the solar calendar, often ten days before or after the Tomb-sweeping Day, and lasts three to seven days. ...
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Wooden fish is a percussion instrument made of a hollow wooden block originally used by Buddhist priest to beat rhythm when chanting scriptures. These are two kinds of wooden fish: one is round in shape with scales carved on it. ...
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In Dai ethnic group, it is the custom to marry men into women's family. Guys will be married off at a certain age, while a girl at certain age will bring a husband to her own family. The Dai people believe in Buddhism. Boys will be sent ...
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Blang, which is a minority group with a long history, mainly lives in some areas of Xishuangbanna, Lincang and Simao, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. There are several taboos in Blang people's life. A pedestrian must avoid brushing ...
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The 200 protesters who continue to sit in at Ledi camp on Latpadaung Mountain in Sagaing Division are suffering from a lack of food, water and medicine. Mr Aung Soe Civic society group leader said that “I am one of those living in ...
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USA - The Fresno Betsuin Buddhist Temple Dharma Center's mission is to promote peace and tranquility throughout the world, so it comes as no surprise that they embraced an elegant yet high-tech approach to upgrading their AV systems. ...
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Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that Toshiba Group has donated and installed LED lighting and a photovoltaic power system to illuminate the Golden Hall at Chuson-ji, a Buddhist temple and UNESCO World Heritage Site in ...
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