Results found with the tag 'in Chinese' , 109 articles in total.
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[Customs]
Paper-Cutting 剪纸
Paper-cuts for window decoration are folk artworks with various colors and patterns, which, with distinctive ethnic features, have a history of over 1,000 years.
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[Customs]
The Double Ninth Festival 重阳节
The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It is a very old festival and has a history of more than 1,700 years.
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[Customs]
Chinese Knot 中国结
The Chinese knot was originated from the ancient times。It is also known as “woven knot” with each knot woven with one single red rope.
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[Customs]
Mei Lanfang 梅兰芳
Mei Lanfang was born to a family of Peking Opera singers.Mei Lanfang, Yang Xiaolou and Yu Shuyan were honored the "three great performers;" meanwhile, he was one of the "four great female charact
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[Customs]
Qian Xuesen 钱学森
Qian Xuesen was born in Shanghai on December 11, 1911. In 1914, his family moved to Beijing . Qian Xuesen studied railway mechanical engineering in Mechanical Engineering Department of Jiaotong U
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[Customs]
Maned Figure Maker Bai 鬃人白
“Beijing Maned Figure” was originated at the end of Qing Dynasty and now has a history of over 100 years.
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[Classics]
Li Bai: How Could He Buy Liquor?李白:何来买酒钱?
Li Bai is a great poet in the Tang Dynasty。 He spent his whole life with liquor. In his poem Song of Xiangyang, he said, "During the 36,000 days in 100 years, I must drink 300 cups of liquor eve
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[Customs]
Tantou New Year Wood-block Prints 滩头木版年画
Tantou New Year wood-block prints are the only hand-made wood-block printing pictures in Hunan Province, featuring the unique local characteristics of Southern Chu.
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[Customs]
Cross-Stitch挑花
The type of cross-stitch found in Huangmei County in Hubei Province is distinct from those found in Longhui County in Hunan. Cross-stitch is a type of highly decorative embroidery.
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[Customs]
Guangdong Embroidery 粤绣
As a folk embroidery style, Guangdong embroidery prevails across Guangzhou and its annexed territories in ancient times such as Nanhai, Panyu and Shunde, and has a history of more than 1000 years
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[City Guide]
West Lake: the Beginning of Romance 西湖:浪漫故事的开始
The West Lake has been nicknamed "paradise on earth".
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[Customs]
Types of Chinese tea 中国茶的种类
Since China has a long history of tea planting, extensive tea areas, various natural conditions, numerous varieties of tea trees and also different methods of tea collecting and processing, it ha
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[Customs]
Tea Culture in China: Tea Brings Tao 中华茶文化:以茶可行道
Chinese regard Tao as a complete system which is the rule and law of universe and life. Among Chinese food culture, entertainment and other activities, it is tea ceremony that can only be qualifi
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[City Guide]
Jiuzhaigou 九寨沟
Literally meaning 'nine-village river', Jiuzhaigou got its name from the nine Tibetan villages that surround it.
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[City Guide]
Lijiang of Yunnan 云南丽江
Covering an area of 20,600 square km, Lijiang is located in northwest Yunnan Province. Lijiang has a large area of mountains, accounting for 95 percent of the total area.
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[City Guide]
Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi 山西云冈石窟
Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi is known as the most famous of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes, along with Mogao Grottoes and Longmen Grottoes, it is also one of the world's most famous stone carving ar
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[City Guide]
Xishuangbanna 西双版纳
Featuring the unique and valuable scenery of tropic rainforests and cultures of various ethnic groups such as the Dai, Xishuangbanna is a national-level key comprehensive scenic area for sightsee
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[Food]
Four big “tea schools” of Chinese teahouse 中国茶馆四大“茶门”
There is a habit for Chinese to go to teahouse to drink tea while the saying of four big “tea schools” is the short title for cities where teahouse prevails.
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[Food]
Oolong tea 乌龙茶
Oolong tea is a semi-fermented tea, also named green tea. The quality feature of oolong tea is that it has not only the faint scent and flower fragrance of green tea, but also the mellow taste of
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[Food]
Chinese Jiaozi 中国的饺子
Jiaozi is the the best food to many Chinese people. Making jiaozi during Spring Festival is customary, especially for the people in northern China. Originally called jiao er, jiaozi was allegedly