Interesting China Facts
From the long history to successive culture, delicious food, Kung fu, panda, magnificent landscape... China has it all! Here are some interesting and amazing facts about this country, which give a quick glance of the various cultures and lifestyles followed out here.
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Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi Chuan (pinyin: Tai Ji Quan), or Taiji Boxing is a major division of Chinese martial art. Tai Ji Quan means "supreme ultimate fist". Tai means "Supreme", Chi means "Ultimate", and Chuan means "Fist".There have...
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The Story About Mooncake
During the Yuan Dyansty (1280–1368) China was ruled by the Mongolian people. Leaders from the preceding Song Dyansty (960-1280) were unhappy at submitting to the foreign rule, and set how to coordinate the rebellion without being discovered. The leaders of the...
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The Story About the Inverted Fu
Story goes that in the long past, there was one time when the Spring Festival came. In a rich man's house, a servant was putting up "Fu" (福) on the door. However, this servant was illiterate and did not know the word "fu". He happened to put...
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Dragon Boat
A dragon boat is shaped like a dragon, and is brightly painted in red, white, yellow and black. Usually, a dragon boat is 20 to 40 meters long and needs several dozen people to row it. Boatmen row the boat in cadence with the drumbeats, as the captain standing...
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Chinese Knotting
The Chinese Knotting is a type of national handicrafts with long history and profound cultural connotations. It appeared in ancient times, developed in the Tang and Song dynasties (618 – 1279) and was popularized in Ming and Qing dynasty (1368 – 1911). The...
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Chinese Acrobatics
The Chinese acrobatics has a long history and rich national flavor. It is one of the art forms most popular among the Chinese people. It has a distinct style evolving from everyday life and work. Despite the advent of dazzling film shows and song-and-dance performa...
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National Flag of China
National flag of the People's Republic of China is the symbol of the People's Republic of China. It is the obligation for each Chinese to respect and cherish our national flag. On September 27, 1949, the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consu...
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Chinese Phoenix Symbol
Phoenix is a sacred bird in China. In Chinese, the male bird is called feng and the female bird is called huang, and the bird couple is usually called together Fenghuang. As the china dragon, this mystical bird was invented according to the parts of different anima...