Category Archives: Chinese Culture
Zongzi
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The zongzi or rice dumpling is a traditional Chinese food.
The fillings for the dumplings vary from region to region but the rice used is always glutinous rice (also called “sticky rice”).
The rice dumpling is usually a pyramid of rice which encloses the filling and wrapped in dried (or more rarely fresh) [...]
Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival)
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The Duanwu Festival, also known as Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional and statutory holiday associated with Chinese and other East Asian and Southeast Asian societies as well.
Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the 5-th Day of the Fifth Month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.This is the source of the alternative name [...]
Qu Yuan
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Qu Yuan was born to a Chu nobility family in Ziguiļ¼around 340 BCE and served in the court of the state of Chu.
He lived during a period known as the era of the Warring States, in Chinese history. The era of the Warring States was a transitional period between the Zhou [...]
Crying Marriage
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Crying marriage is a matrimonial custom that must be observed by every Tujia girl, no matter whether she is satisfied with the bridegroom or not. Some brides begin to cry as early as two months before the marriage, while others cry for at least ten days or half a month beforeha.
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The Tujia People and Hand Dance
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The Tujia people are good at singing and dancing, and they use song and dance to tell epic sagas and creation myths, expressing love and grief.
The Tujia have a popular dance named Baishou dance (Hand dance). It is a traditional mass collective performance of the Tujia people. It has a history [...]
Chongqing bangbang man
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The bangbang man (or called bangbang army) in Chongqing, a 100,000-strong crew of porters who bear the city’s weights on their shoulders.
Arriving from the countryside with no skills and minimal education, they pick up the cheapest of tools – a bamboo pole (or ‘bangbang’) and some rope – and hang around [...]
Hanging Coffins at Three Gorges region
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The Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River not only impresses people with exceptional scenery and landscapes but also captivates them with many unusual phenomena. The hanging coffins are one example. The term hanging coffin refers to a coffin that is suspended in a natural or man-made cave high up in [...]
How To Use Chopsticks(with video)
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Chopsticks are the most frequently used utensils in China. You will see many restaurants provide disposable wooden chopsticks. Here we tell you how to use chopsticks step by step.
Here’s How:
1.Hold the top one between the thumb and the middle and index fingers as you hold a pen.
2.Hold the bottom one between [...]
