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Chinese Food | Different styles of Chinese Cuisine

The old Chinese saying goes, "people take food as heaven." It expresses people's love of food. The pleasing colour, aroma and flavour all together make up a seductive dish. Chinese cooking has possessed a...

9 comments    chinese culture chopsticks
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The significance of the colors red & gold in Chinese culture

The color of Red in chinese culture usually means good luck. So like the red packet which is given every Chinese New Year, is just a symbol of good luck in the coming Year. So it is not wise for you to wear...

4 comments    culture chinese culture
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CHINESE TEMPLE ART FROM SOUTH ASIA

Chinese communities in south Asia have erected lovely temples that house murals depicting the myth and folklore of China. Hock Leong Tieng Temple in Kapit, Malaysian Borneo Chinese temples in Singapore,...

2 comments    asia chinese buddhism
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Ancient Chinese Fengshui Tips for the Home Explained

  Fengshui is the ancient Chinese art of creating a harmonious relationship between man and the surrounding environment. The ancient chinese believe that natural energy flows exist in the earth, trees,...

0 comments    family home energy
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Chinese Names

The are about 300 Chinese surnames in common use in China ,most of which are monosyllables; Zhao ,Qian ,Sun ,Li …Also in use are some two – syllable surnames ,like Ou yang ,Si ma ,Zhu ge . In China ,when...

0 comments    education chinese chinese custom
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Twenty-Four Stories of Filial Piety - 19

  He Fanned the Pillows and Warmed the Sheets: Huang Xiang During the Han Dynasty, a nine-year-old boy named Huang Xiang became famous as a model of filial service to his father. His mother had just...

0 comments    chinese culture
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The secret of Great Wall in China

 I was standing on the desolate and the Great Wall on a real, dead trees and vegetation lost in the vast expanse of gray in the cold off, breathing with the chest beating and the sweat on his forehead...

0 comments    travel china poet
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Thanksgiving Dinner with a Chinese Touch

One of the most memorable Thanksgivings I ever spent was with two Chinese graduate students and a Chinese visiting professor. The dinner took place in my Miami apartment, not in China, but my three guests...

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San Francisco Journal, Day Four

7/2/2006 I walked to Chinatown today with the idea that I’d walk up the street and take some pictures, have lunch maybe, and go up till I reached Broadway St., where I’d turn left and go to the Chinese...

0 comments    travel shopping chinese
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The Dog Temple

When I first arrived in Taiwan, I had a position as an assistant professor at Tamsui Oxford University College. I was given a Chinese name by the head of my department: Chi Ai Ya, which means "Pray Love Asia"....

5 comments    travel taiwan taiwanese culture
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