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Living in China -
North China
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Written by Xu Shenglan
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Sunday, 13 January 2008 |
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Koreans can live the good life in Qingdao without speaking any Chinese. The residential buildings are managed by Koreans, Korean restaurants are located on every street and clinics have been specifically set up for Koreans.
The Korean-friendly environments of Yantai, Weihai and especially Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong Province, are big reasons for the popularity of the areas among Koreans.
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Chinese Culture -
History
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Written by Feng Hui
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Sunday, 13 January 2008 |
In Chinese culture, the moon is associated with gentleness and brightness, expressing the beautiful yearnings of the Chinese people. On the 15th day of the 8th month by the lunar calendar, the moon is full and it is time to mark the Moon Festival, or the Mid-Autumn Festival. The round shape symbolizes family reunion. Therefore the day is a holiday for family members to get together and enjoy the full moon - an auspicious token of abundance, harmony, and luck.
According to traditional Chinese culture, the moon is a carrier of human emotions. Ancient Chinese myth and philosophy explain why the Chinese prefer the moon .
In Chinese fairy tales, the fairy Chang E lived on the moon with a wood cutter named Wu Gang and her pet jade rabbit. In the old days, people paid respect to the fairy Chang E and her pet, the jade rabbit. |
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Chinese Culture -
Society
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Written by Xu Shenglan
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Sunday, 13 January 2008 |
 Wooden drum, called "Keluoke" in Wa language, is a traditional sacrifice offering tool, musical instrument and alarm reporting tool. Trunk of Schima wallichii,peach tree or Mali tree is raw materials for the drum which is hollowed out according to specified shapes. The sizes of different drums are varied, and the drum is usually 2 meters long with a diameter of between 0.5 and 1 meter. There are two kinds of drums: male drum and female drum. The syllable of male drum is on the low side and the tone color of it is loud and jarring. The syllable of female drum is a little bit higher, and the tone color is clear and melodious. They are generally put together in the wooden drum house in the village. |
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Chinese Culture -
Gourmet
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Written by TONY WANG
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Saturday, 28 July 2007 |
 It's commonly known that the Chinese invented chopsticks (or kuaizi in Chinese) as a set of instruments to be used when eating but the reason behind that is not commonly known. Actually, the Chinese were taught to use chopsticks long before spoons and forks were invented in Europe (the knife is older, not as an instrument for dining but as weapon). Chopsticks were strongly advocated by the great Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-479BC). Chinese people, under the cultivation of Confucianism, consider the knife and fork bearing sort of violence, like cold weapons. However, chopsticks reflect gentleness and benevolence, the main moral teaching of Confucianism. Therefore, instruments used for killing must be banned from the dining table, and that is why Chinese food is always chopped into bite size before it reaches the table.
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Chinese Culture -
Chinese Medicine
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Written by China Culture
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Friday, 20 July 2007 |
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The Medical Classic of the Yellow Emperor, the oldest existing classic of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), wrote 2,000 years ago that the Chinese healers had mastered a magical bone-setting therapy through which the doctors could cure fractures with their bare hands.
This is Chinese Zhenggushu, or the healing art of bone-setting.
Before the introduction of Western medicine to China, folk bone-setters, both trained and untrained, have demonstrated that even in ancient times, people accomplished a scientific therapy that are applicable, relevant and innovative even in modern times. |
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Travel in China -
Cities and Towns
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Written by China Culture
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
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| Cliff Painting in Guanling Niujiaojin |
Guizhou Province, located in southwest China, boasts numerous mountains and valleys. Over the sweep of history, local people have created many calligraphic and painting works on cliffs and rocks, leaving much information about the culture and traditions of the ancient society.
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