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Choosing the Right Cigarette: 10 Top China Brands
Smoking is a way of expressing status, camaraderie, and hometown loyalty. A majority of men smoke in China, and often use cigarettes to break the ice or lubricate all kinds of social avenues.
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About God of Kitchen
The God of Kitchen, commonly called "Gentleman Kitchen", "Grandfather Kitchen" or "King of Kitchen", is a God in charge of eating in China's ancient mythic(someone or something that is mythic exi
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God of Silkworm
In the very ancient time, a man went on a long journey and left a beautiful daughter and a horse at home. When the father was not in, the daughter would keep the horse as a company and fed it wit
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The Goddess of Wu Mountain
Wu Mountain, the east gate of Chongqing Municipality(an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) of the China, is the only route to visit the Three Gorges of the Yang
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About Tai Sui
Tai Sui is one of the few demon gods of divinities(means a god or goddess) in Chinese folk culture and people tend to shy away from him.
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Chinese Poetry: The Classic of Odes & Chu Ci
In ancient China, people had profuse feelings to express when historical events took place, both joyful or of grief. It reflects the high level of civilization.
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Education in Zhou & Han Dynasties
The 'Zhongzheng' was himself invariably a member of the upper classes and he would often show partiality to families of dignitaries and other upper class people.
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Chinese Bronze Vessels
Bronze is the alloy of copper, stannum and plumbum. After the invention of this alloy 5,000 years ago, bronze prevailed immediately and led our ancestors into a newstage - the bronze era.
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Door Gods of China
In former times, door gods of China were divinities Taoists(an adherent of any branch of Taoism) and common people believed to guard doors, as well as portraits of door gods for posting on doors.
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Gong Gong
Gong Gong is the God of Water in the ancient Chinese mythology and also believed to be the descendant(someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them) of the Yan
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The Chupu Game
Chupu is an ancient chess game played in the China. It is so named because the dice used in the original game were made of the simaruba.
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About Picassos of Pottery
It's a general consensus that abstract painting is a style considered as the Western, first practiced by twentieth-century artists such as Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, also antithetical to t
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Moulding Earthenware Technique in Xinjiang
Among the pottery(you can use pottery to refer to pots, dishes, and other objects which are made from clay and then baked in an oven until they are hard) in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region o
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Wall Vase of the Qing Dynasty
Wall vase first appeared in the Wanli Period(万历年间Wànlì niánjiān), Ming Dynasty. People hung it on their walls or on the bedside pillars(a pillar is a tall solid structure, which is usuall
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About Milk and calcium do the body good
Recent disputes about the quality standards of domestic(domestic political activities, events, and situations happen or exist within one particular country) milk have made many people think twice
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端午节习俗Customs in Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival is coming. Do you know customs in China?Chinese will eating rice dumplings and row dragon boats.
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A liquor-laden tradition: The Chinese picnic
With March’s lingering chill finally banished and before the scorching summer truly begins, April’s spring awakening offers the perfect opportunity to reconnect with nature by venturing out for
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How to Get Your Drink On
One of the first things that any new arrival to China learns is that food is a priority, so much so that rather than saying “Hi,” neighbors and friends are more likely to great each other with
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About Good food for good eyes
Best source of lutein and zeaxanthin which are especially important in preventing macular degeneration(the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or es
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Foods that drive away summer heat
It’s natured, sweet and cold, good for clearing heat, resolving thirst, nourishing(to nourish a person, animal, or plant means to provide them with the food that is necessary for life, growth, a