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Giant Panda: Chinese Super Cute Star

One of the most famous animals in China, the Giant Panda is a mammal native to central-western and south western China. The Giant Panda is a member of the Ursidae (bear) family. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the Giant Panda's diet is 99% bamboo. Other parts of its diet include honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, and bananas when available. The...

Spring Festival: The Most Important Festival In China

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees. The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian...

Peking Opera: All Roles Played By Male Actors

A fascinated art, originally a form of local theatre, Peking Opera spread all over the country and then became the national opera of China. About 200 years ago, the Qing Emperor Qianlong toured in southern China and developed an interest in the local operas. On his 80th birthday, he let local opera troupes come to Beijing to perform for him. Some remained in Beijing after the celebration. The ones from Anhui and Hubei were incorporated with the palace opera -Kunqu Opera, which formed the...

What is China Tai Chi Chuan (Taiji quan)

ABOUT TAI CHI? The Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan can be translated as the 'Supreme Ultimate Force'. The notion of 'supreme ultimate' is often associated with the Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can see a dynamic duality (male/female, active/passive, dark/light, forceful/yielding, etc.) in all things. 'Force' (or, more literally, 'fist') can be thought of here as the means or way of achieving this ying-yang, or 'supreme-ultimate' discipline. Tai Chi, as it is...

Introduction to the Forbidden City Palace Museum (Gugong)

The Palace Museum (gugong) in the center of Beijing is historically and artistically one of the most comprehensive museums in China, and uses as its foundation the Forbidden City, a palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1840), and their collection of treasures. Designated by the State Council (China's Cabinet) as one of the country's foremost protected monuments in 1961, the Palace Museum was also made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. The Forbidden City was the imperial...

China might have swine flu (A/H1N1 influenza) vaccine by July

China Official: China is likely to receive samples of a flu strain by early June that will enable it to manufacture A/H1N1 influenza vaccine for human use by July, an official said here Tuesday. "The country has set up a green channel between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Chinese drug makers. As soon as the WHO releases the vaccine strain, drug companies will be informed and will start manufacturing as soon as they can," Yin Hongzhang, head of the biology production department...

The Song of Yue Girl: A beautiful Ancient Chinese Love Story

Chinese PaintingIn 528 BC, Chu LingYin named Ejun held gentlemen's white grand tour boat, many people gatherd. In the event, a Yue girl sing a song for Ejun with the musical instrument named Ji. Because Ejun don't understand the language of South China, Who know the meaning translation the song as: What night is tonight? Pulling the boat in the way of the stream, What day is today? Being with the prince in a ship. Not be abandoned for lowness as me, My heart can not...

Who Have The Extreme Fear of China and Chinese People?

What does people mostly fear of? When you tap the words "I am extremely", then you can get the results:  Over 12 million people say:" I am extremely angry!" Over 11 million people say:" I am extremely tired." Over 4 million people declare:" I am extremely depressed." Over 3.5 million people put:" I am extremely shy." Almost one million people tell you:" I am extremely pleased!" And to our astonishment, over 300 thousand people search "I am extremely terrified of Chinese...

How about China and Chinese

The most population country in earth, China often be mentioned by the abuse of human right. That is a pity, the world know too little about Chinese nature, history and culture. That's it.  Human have common humanity, virtue, weakness compared with animal. But how about Chinese people? They are virtuous, evil, duplicity or just ordinary? As Chinese we are, we do not know each other as well. The most important culture influence China for so a long history and now all the same deep inside...