Chinese documentary Da Ming Palace premiered in the UN headquarters in New York Wednesday, transporting audiences to the flourishing Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago.
Located in the northern part of Xi’an city, the capital of northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province, Da Ming Palace is the most splendid architectural complex of the Tang Dynasty. It [...]
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Documentary on Ancient Tang Dynasty Premieres in UN
Housing Comparison Between Shanghai and Paris
In the first half of 2009, Shanghai average housing price rise 30%, close to 17.4 thousand yuan ($2500) per square meter record.
In a mature society, the middle class should be to alleviate the gap between rich and poor, promote social equity “stable valve,” but reporter through the survey found that, for middle-income groups, the [...]
Ancient Confucianism Books Being Translated into 9 Foreign Languages
A team of experts is in the process of translating the most essential books of Confucianism studies, “Five Classics” into nine foreign languages. The “Five Classics,” (“Wu Jing” in Chinese) is a body of five ancient books about Confucianism.
The five books are: “Classic of Changes” (Yijing), “Classic of Poetry” (Shijing), “Classic of Rites” (Liji), “Classic [...]
Millions Chinese Oberved the Longest Complete Solar Eclipse in 500 Years
The longest complete solar eclipse in 500 years appeared today over the Yangtze River, China. Millions of Chinese observed this amazing event through out the day. The full solar blackout appeared at approximately 9:30 a.m. Beijing time. In many cities across China, the weather is clear enough to observe the complete duration of the solar [...]
Application of Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in UNESCO List 2009
Central Hubei Province is proposing China’s Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Jie to be included onto the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The move came four years after South Korea registered a similar festivity at the UN’s cultural organization, which then ignited massive debates over the festival’s origin between the peoples.
Apart from the tradition of [...]
Restoring Bruce Lee’s Former Residence in Hong Kong
An open design competition is taken place in Hong Kong this week to set the blueprint for restoring the late Kungfu star Bruce Lee’s former residence in the city. This competition is organized by the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau in Hong Kong. The best design from the competition will be used as the blueprint [...]
Shaolin Kung Fu Features in UNESCO 2009 Paris
Shaolin Kung Fu will be featured in the world cultural event held by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Shaolin Kung Fu is a school of martial arts associated with the monks of the Shaolin Temple based in central China’s Henan Province. There have been four unique shows from China on the [...]
Tibetan New Year 2009
Tibetan New Year celebration starts on the first day of the first month on he Tibetan calendar and ends on the 15th. This year’s Tibetan New Year starts on the 25th of February.
Tibetan New Year are the most formal and important festival in Tibet. Because the majority people in Tibet believe in Buddhism, the Tibetan [...]
Lantern Festival 2009
Happy Lantern Festival 2009! It is the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration, the 15th day of the first Month in the Chinese Luna calendar. Click here to find out more information on Lantern Festival.
In Tianjin, a three day competition of “lantern making contest” is taking place. The lanterns made by citizens are [...]
Horse Fighting Festival
The Horse Fighting Festival is a regional festival in Rongshui, China. It is a tradition shared by the ethinic groups of Miao and Yao. According to local cultural, this event stems from a ruling of marriage. The legend says over 5OO years ago, a beautiful girl in the ethinic group attracted many brave young men [...]
The Largest Population Migration – China Rail Way Carries Billions Holiday Passengers
The rail way transportation in China during the Chinese New Years got to be the most crowded transportation in the world. What’s crazy about it is that the chaos repeat itself once every year and there is not much a government can do about it. The recent numbers show that China’s railways carried 75.05 [...]
World Wide Ox Stamps Fever – Australia Brazil Canada Korea New Zealand USA
With the overwhelming world wide Chinese New Year celebrations, many countries have published their own sets of OX Stamps to reflect the multiculturalism across the nation. All of them are beautiful, I present them to you in alphabetical order of the country names:
Australia: Ox Stamps celebrating of the 2009 Chinese New Year
Brazilian Ox Stamps celebrating [...]
Happy Chinese New Year – Year of Ox
The Chinese Spring Festival is the oldest and most important festival in China, which takes place on the first day of the lunar calendar and usually falls somewhere between late January and February. More information on Chinese Spring Festival can be found here.
According to the Chinese media, there were more than 68 tonnes of [...]
Spring Festival Going Global
Spring Festival is China’s most traditional festival, but in the past few years, it has become a rather popular festival in many other countries around the world. Western politicians are using the opportunity to greet the growing local Chinese communities. Many countries held a grand festival parade for the Chinese New Year. The Spring Festival [...]