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The world, to a great extent, is coming to know China through the chinaware it produced, and the country's por
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Embroidery (cì xiù 刺绣), a folk art with a history of more than 3000 years, has an important position in the hi
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China is the earliest country to have produced silk (sī chóu 丝绸). Silk is a symbol of the ancient culture of C
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Ci (cí 词) is a kind of lyric Chinese poetry. For speakers of English, the word "ci" is pronounced somewhat lik
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Yuefu Songs of the Han Dynasty History The word Yuefu (yuè fǔ 乐府) came first into being in Qin Dynasty (qín ch
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最华丽的苗装 要数台江施洞苗族女子的盛装，其以刺绣精，银饰多而著名。被称为绣衣的施洞苗衣，两袖和领、襟、两肩均有精美的刺绣图案，因其后背，前襟、袖口镶满錾花银片，银泡，银响铃等，又被称为银衣，是苗族服饰中的精品。 The
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二十四节气的名称为：立春、雨水、惊蛰、春分、清明、谷雨、立夏、小满、芒种、夏至、小暑、大暑、立秋、处暑、白露、秋分、寒露、霜降、立冬、小雪、大雪、冬至、小寒、大寒。 The names of the 24 solar t
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云南的彝族、白族、纳西族、哈尼族、傈僳族、拉祜族、普米族等少数民族都有共同的节日——火把节，但参加人数最多、规模最大、知名度最高的当数彝族火把节。火把节也是彝族人民最隆重的节日。 The ethnic minoritie
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清明是我国的二十四节气之一。由于二十四节气比较客观地反映了一年四季气温、降雨、物候等方面的变化，所以古代劳动人民用它安排农事活动。《淮南子·天文训》云：“春分后十五日，斗指乙，则清明风至。”按《岁时百问》的说法：“万物生
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Four Treasures of the Study (wén fáng sì bǎo 文房四宝 ) is an expression used to refer to the ink brush, inkstick,
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Grand Song of the Dong Ethnic Group 侗族大歌 dòng zú dà gē A popular saying among the Dong people in Guizhou Provi
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汉服 Han Chinese Costume
Portrait photos of a five-year-old girl in Han Chinese costume (汉服 hàn fú) hit the Internet recently. It is ob
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