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Chinese Ethnic Groups:达斡尔族(Dá wò ěr zú )The Daur ethnic minority
The Daurs live mainly in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Heilongjiang Province. About several thousand of them are found in the Tacheng area in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in no
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China's Story of the Stone: the best book
The Story of the Stone,also known as Dream of the Red Chamber, is essential reading in China, yet this great work of literature is barely known in the English-speaking world.
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2010年重庆工商学院趣味英语角成功举办
2010年11月16日晚上7点,由外语学院举办的趣味英语角在图书馆门前成功举办。参加本次活动的有本校外教Catherine、留学生杨小觉等以及众多英语爱好者。
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CCTV第五届汉语大赛 上海选手赛况展示
2012年5月12日,第五届CCTV“汉语桥”在华留学生汉语大赛上海赛区预赛圆满落幕。此次上海赛区的赛事由上海大学承办,共有来自26个国家的41名选手参加,最终有5位选手获得进京通行证,届时参加8月份在北京举行的
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[Chinese Instrument] 箫 -- xiāo
Xiao is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. It's generally made of purple bamboo and a very ancient Chinese instrument which can be traced to Ming Dynasty.
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[Chinese Instrument] 笙 -- Shēnɡ
Sheng is a mouth-blown free reed instrument and it's one of the oldest instruments in China. Its soft and beautiful sound recalls people the peace time.
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第11届“汉语桥”世界大学生中文比赛 活动方案
我们来看看第十一届汉语桥的活动方案,让我们从源头看看这一届汉语桥是从什么开始的,外国友人能收获什么,中国人能收获什么吧。
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中国驻以色列大使出席以色列地区“汉语桥”比赛
驻以色列大使高燕平出席由中国驻以色列大使馆和以色列特拉维夫大学承办的第十一届“汉语桥”世界大学生中文比赛以色列赛区预赛颁奖仪式并讲话。
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2012年意大利“汉语桥”赛事精彩落幕 汉语热再升温
2012年4月27日上午十时许,据意大利欧联通讯社报道,第11届“汉语桥”世界大学生中文比赛意大利赛区总决赛日前在中国驻意大利大使馆精彩落幕。
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[Chinese Instrument] 古筝 -- Gǔzhēnɡ
Guzheng is a traditional and popular Chinese plucked zither. It's different from another instrument, Guqin, which has less strings than Guzheng.
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[Chinese Instrument] 古琴 -- Gǔqín
The guqin is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument which is very quiet and beautiful. It was very popular in ancient times.
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[Chinese Instrument] 琵琶 -- Pípá
The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute.
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[Chinese Instrument] 扬琴 -- Yángqín
The yangqin is a Chinese hammered dulcimer, originally from Middle East and Persia, but now has become one of the Chinese traditional instruments.
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2012 TV Schedule of the 11th Chinese Bridge
The 11th Chinese Bridge opened on 9th July evening in Central China's Hunan province.Here is 2012 TV Broadcast Schedule of the 11th Chinese Bridge Competition.
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[Chinese Instrument] 二胡--èrhú
The Erhu is a very popular Chinese instrument all over China. It's a two-stringed bowed musical instrument. Someone think it as Chinese violin.
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Electricity in China
The electricity in China is generally 220V, 50HZ, AC (Hong Kong is 200V; Taiwan is 110V), while the supply voltage of Japan is 100V, 50/60HZ.
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Time Difference
The standard times used in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan Province are the same, for they are all in the same time zone (UTC+8), 8 hours ahead of the Universal Time Coordinated.
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Chinese Medicine
China was one of first countries to have a medical culture. In comparison with Western medicine, the Chinese method takes a far different approach.
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[Chinese Instrument]笛子--Dízi
The dizi is a Chinese transverse flute. It's also a major Chinese musical instrument which is widely used in many Chinese folk music.
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Chinese Names
Unlike westerners, the family name in China is put first, followed by the given name. Interestingly a feme covert does not use her husband's family name.