Food Culture in North and South China
China is an extremely vast land, and it is not hard to imagine that different places of China have different food cultures. In Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Macao, people drink soup before Read more »
Chinese Martial Arts known as Chinese Kung-fu by most foreigners, is a traditional Chinese physical activity with thousands of years of history. As a precious element of China's cultural heritage, Chi Read more »
Zongzi of Dragon Boat Festival
In the markets and on the Web, the sale of zongzi, or rice dumplings, is now white hot, with the Duanwu Festival just around the corner. Pauline D. Loh looks at a very tasty tradition and how i Read more »
The First Batch of Bikes Being Used in Beijing
The first batch of bikes provided by the government for public use in Beijing have proved popular with residents and are expected to boost the use of public transport in the city. "More than 200 res Read more »
What is Life Like in Chinese City
Large cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, are diverse and metropolitan. The pace is very busy, and expect lots of pedestrians, traffic and hustle and bustle. Shanghai is often compared to New York, Read more »
There is no true alphabet in written Chinese; instead a system of characters is used, with each character representing a different word or syllable. However, Chinese can be written using Engli Read more »
with one another, owing to a great variety of dialects within Chinese and great difference among the dialects. A dialect refers to what people call “local language,” which is in contrast with Read more »
Oracle Bone Inscription of "Wei"
In the oracle bone inscriptions, "wei"(尾) is like a hairy ornament hanging down from a person's buttocks. An image like this can only be found in animals. So the original meaning of the character "we Read more »
Surrounded by ocean on all sides, seafood has been an important staple in the Taiwanese diet. Here is grilled squid sold at a night market vendor.Taiwan's best-known snacks are present in the night ma Read more »
Long Street Banquet of Hani People
Every year after the autumn harvest comes the most important festival for Hani people, the Hani New Year, or Angmatu in local language. On the day, people, male and female, ole and young, are a Read more »
Four Girls Mountain in Western Sichuan: the Alps of the Orient
Located in the junction of Xiaojin County in the Aba Autonomous Prefecture and Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Four Girls Mountain is renowned for its unspoiled natu Read more »
"Baocang Huoxin" is a Chinese idiom that means "hide a malicious intent". "Baocang" means "hide" or "contain", while "huoxin" means "evil intention". This idiom is from a story in Zuo Zhuan (Annal Read more »
On hearing that Xi'an Drum Music was nominated by Shaanxi Province for listing in "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity," 85-year-old Li Shigen, who had studied it for o Read more »
Hairpins and Hair Clasps in Ancient China
Hairpins and hair clasps were everyday embellishments in old China. During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), women's hair ornaments expressed traditional Chinese thought an Read more »
The robe embroidered with dragon patterns was made for the exclusive use of an emperor during the Qing dynasty. The ritual of embroidering dragon patterns on the emperor's robe, however, dates back t Read more »
The oil cake of North Shaanxi is made of millet and dates by deep-fried in vegetable oil. The cake tastes sweet, aromatic and fresh. It is a local specialty in north Shaanxi. The oil cake is Read more »
Four-strand String Opera, also called Four-string Opera, or Two-double String Opera, or Five Accents String Opera, or Wuqiang String Opera, or Five Tunes String Opera, is one of rare local operas in H Read more »
Stab in the back. 【发音】fàng lěng jiàn 【释义】（惯）喻指暗中加害于人的行为或手段。又称“射冷箭”。 Used as a metaphor to refer to playing tricks behind sb.'s back, or secretly getting sb. into trouble. 【例1】他就会背后 Read more »
Chaoyin (The Sound of the Wave) Cave 潮音洞 is situated in front of the Purple Bamboo Forest, on the seaside. It is not a real cave but a huge vertical gash in the cliff face. Day and night you c Read more »
Dragon Drum is popular in the countryside of Jinzhou, Shijiazhuang City. According to the historical records, it was called “Ya Drum” in the Yuan Dynasty. When it was performed, the drum is carried o Read more »
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