Results found with the tag 'culture' , 299 articles in total.
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The Sword Forging Techniques of Longquan
The Longquan Sword is not only a martial arts apparatus or a prop on the screen or stage, but also a delicate handicraft, enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad.
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The Pyrotechnics of Liuyang
Fireworks and firecrackers made in Liuyang are the most representative products in the fireworks industry of China. The technology of making fireworks and firecrackers has been listed as an intan
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The Earliest Seismoscope
The Chinese philosopher Zhang Heng invented the earliest known seismoscope in 132 A.D.
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Chinese Culture: Double Ninth Festival (重阳节)
Double Ninth Festival, also called Chongyang Festival, occurs on the 9th day of 9th lunar month. 重阳节,农历的九月初九。
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Sundials
A sundial is an instrument that measures time by the position of the sun.
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Chinese Culture: Zhongyuan Festival (中元节)
Zhongyuan Festival, also called Ghost Festival, is specified at the date of July 15th in Chinese lunar calendar, though it is celebrated on various dates of lunar July in different regions.
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Famous Boats in Ancient China
The shipbuilding in China enjoys a history almost as long as the development of mankind.
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Chinese Culture: Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)
Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the lunar August, the middle of the autumn, usually happens between the early September to early October in western calendar.
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Ancient Clepsydras
Lou (water clock) is an idiom used by ancient Chinese equivalent to today's "clock".
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The Earliest “Refrigerator” – Bronze Jian
When you use the refrigerator, have you ever think about the earliest refrigerator was made of bronze?
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The Oldest Contour Canal in the World: Lingqu Canal
Lingqu Canal, the oldest contour canal in the world is one of the three big water conservation projects of ancient China
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Dagger-axe
The dagger-axe or ge a Chinese invention, was developed from agricultural stone implement during the Neothilic.
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The earliest use of turtle shells
Turtle shells were used as rattles or tools from long long ago in China.
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Fork
The fork had been used in China long before the chopstick.
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Gourd Bomb, a kind of gunpowder weapon
“Gourd Bomb” is a kind of gunpowder weapon originally created by the Yi ethnic group in Ailao Mountain in Yunnan Province. It is a small-sized hand-thrown bomb or rather a grenade with gourd as
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Farming and Sericulture
You must be familar with the famous Silk Road. The sericulture gave birth to those wonderful silk which shocked the whole world.
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Medicine
Chinese medicine is famous all around the world. It is unbelievable useful and greatly mysterious.
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Chenghua 'chicken cup' expected to fetch record price 成化鸡缸杯拍价或创新高
香港苏富比将于四月八日举行的“重要中国瓷器及工艺品春拍”上,推出拍卖玫茵堂珍藏明成化斗彩鸡缸杯,估价为二至三亿港元。明成化年间,瓷作精益求精,质优量寡,时至今日,留传下来的斗彩鸡缸杯更是极少。鸡
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Chinese Food and Cuisine
Chinese culinary arts has a long history,famous all over the world. Chinese cuisine has developed and matured over the centuries, forming a rich cultural content.
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Chinese Culture: Popular Family Dishes in China (家常小菜)
Today, I will introduce the popular family dishes in China, famous local food of top tourist cities and Chinese restaurants. 今天我将介绍中国有名的家常小菜,旅游胜地的名菜以及中国餐馆。