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Surface flower
Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 23:24
China has the glorious wheaten food history, but the wheaten food product transforms to the esthetic direction, then is and each place custom belief union.In long-term historical development process, wheaten food in order to bind the abdomen satisfiedly the demand, seeps gradually to certain diet culture custom and develops into one kind of artistic form, explained the ancients in meet the physiological need in the foundation also to have the satisfied psychological demand.The wheaten food processing, makes every effort for the human at the same time which enjoys by the sense of taste, also
ShareThisDragon Boat Festival
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 14:27
The Dragon Boat Festival(端午节，字面意思是龙舟节), also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.
The Palace of Eternity
Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 03:02
It is a play written by Hong Sheng (1645-1704), a playwright of the early Qing Dynasty. Based on the long poem A Song of Unending Sorrow written by the poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty and the play Chinese Parasol Rain by the playwright Bai Pu of the Yuan Dynasty, it tells us the love story between Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his Consort Yang Yuhuan (Lady Yang).
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The Art of Guqin Music
Submitted by admin on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 13:20
Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Guqin, also called the seven-stringed zither, is China's oldest stringed instrument with a history of some 3,000 years. Attested by early literary sources and corroborated by archaeological discoveries, this ancient instrument is inseparable from Chinese intellectual history, particularly during the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD).
ShareThisThe Art of Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam
Submitted by admin on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 13:12
Region:
Xinjiang
Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
The Art of Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam is a representative name of various kinds of Muqam in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where people contrived this musical complex with songs, dances, and music.
ShareThisThe Future of Chinese Characters
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 16:25
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sources:Fool's Mountain
Recently, the Chinese government announced that it is prepared to issue a new list of (simplified) Chinese characters. According to XinHua News,
For the first time in nearly 20 years, China will issue a modified list of simplified Chinese characters in an effort to further standardize a language used by billions around the world.
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Taliu People of Yongsheng County on the Ancient Tea-Horse Road
Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/21/2009 - 17:39
Kunqu Opera
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 23:49
unqu Opera is one of the oldest forms of opera still existing in China, with its origins dating back to the end of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). It has distinguished itself by the virtuosity of its rhythmic patterns and has exerted a dominant influence on all the more recent forms of opera in China, including the Sichuan and Beijing operas.
ShareThisChinese Tea culture
Submitted by admin on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 16:03
Tea, the whole nation are the drink of the Chinese nation. Its even started Shennong, Knows about Zhou in Lu, prosper in the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, now has become a popular world's three major non-alcoholic beverages (tea, coffee and cocoa), one of the 21st century will be the king drinks , tea drinking habits around the globe, all over the world for more than 50 countries have tea.
ShareThisTibetan Opera
Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 15:20
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Tibet
The opera, called “ache lhamo” in Tibetan, plays an important part in the social life of Tibetan people. It is a unique form in China’s various theatrical arts. “ache” means elder sister or a female, and “lhamo” means a fairy. Tibetan opera is an all-round performing art that tells the story by the form of fol dances and songs. Folk troupes of Tibetan opera are easily encountered any time and anywhere, with the audience from miles away to crowd the performer. This art style is influenced by Tibetan Buddhism from the view of skills and contents.
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