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1. Chinese Lunar Calander, New Year Traditions, Culture and Celebrations with Stock Photographs The Chinese New Year is celebrated during the 15 days between the new Moon and the full moon. On the 15th day of the new year is a Lantern Festival, which is celebrated with lantern displays and parades. The Chinese base their calendar on the lunar a...
2. Eagle Claw Kung Fu Eagle claw syle is a popular form of kung fu, and is often used in wushu competition forms. As you would expect from a bird style it has a lot of jumping and 'flying' tehcniques, and as well as this there is a strong emphasis on chin na joint locks.
3. Chinese zodiac, calendar and horoscopes In traditional Chinese culture, the concept of time is cyclical and the years are dated using the Chinese zodiac. Each year in the Chinese calendar is represented by one of the animal signs of the zodiac - Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Hors...
4. Drunken Kung Fu Drunken Kung Fu is one of the most unusual and engaging styles of Chinese martial arts. Swaying and staggerring motions imitate the drunkard in a similar way that other styles imtate the movements of animals. The characteristic movements of drunken k...
5. Legendary Shangri La In 1933 British novelist James Hilton wrote a book called Lost Horizon, which was about a group of travellers who got lost in a place that Mr Hilton described as a place of eternity, peace and tranquility, an idyllic world of imposing snow mountains,...
6. Pimsleur Mandarin Pimsleur Mandarin - Mandarin is one of the Chinese dialects. It's easy to learn, if you can listen to soembody speaking the words before you repeat them. Learning Chinese Mandarin from a book is near impossible for Western people, as you will have to...
7. The art of traditional Chinese folk paper cut Paper cuts are designs or patterns cut from a single piece of paper. All parts of a paper cut are connected in one piece, and connected lines form the picture. Rice paper (Xuan paper) is the material of choice for paper-cutting. The tools are scissor...
8. Learn Mandarin Chinese Learn Mandarin Chinese - Learning Mandarin is no small feat, especially if you come from a western language! But with dedication and the right tools and teachers, you certainly will reach your goal! As the written Mandarin language will take many year...
9. Book Review: American Shaolin by Matthew Polly The true story of a young American who drops out of college and travels to China in search of the legendary Shaolin Temple. Along the way, he learns a lot about himself and eventually becomes the first American accepted as a disciple of the Shaolin...
10. Chinese Stories And Their Wisdoms I've always loved Chinese stories since childhood. My passion for them is still burning hot, even I'm well over 30 now. Not only they entertain, but the stories have a lot of good insights, wisdom, lessons, moral and ethics which we can learn from. A...
11. Chinese Ink Stones Chinese Ink Stones can be very simple or tastefully carved,usually just around the edges.The main part is flat so that you can rub a Chinese Ink Stick onto it.Just add some water.Grinding for longer gets you a rich black Ink.If you grind for a shorte...
12. Modern China: Chinese culture | Travel | Food | Business | News It was only a few years ago that Mainland China was seen as a mystery to most people outside of China. Today, Chinese business, Chinese culture, Chinese food, Chinese herbs, Chinese movies are being appreciated in every corner of the earth regardless...
13. Pimsleur Chinese Pimsleur Chinese - Learning the Chinese language is a two fold challenge for Westerners: The sound, melody and flow of the language is quite different from western languages, and already slight different pronounciations can result in sometimes funny,...
14. The History of Chinese Handmade Cloth Shoes Chinese cloth shoes  have a history of more than three thousand years. In Houma Shi, Shanxi Province, there discovered the unearthed warrior in West Zhou Dynasty wore the cloth shoes, which is the earliest handicraft cloth shoes. The cloth shoes...
15. Chinese Art Brushes Would you like to feel instantly relaxed just to touch the paper with your brush soaked in Chinese Ink?People have been tested to have had hyper tension released purely by doing this simple thing.One person who has done well internationally with Chin...
16. Everything Chinese Headquarters Everything Chinese - Mandarin - Cantonese This group is about 'Everything Chinese'. Chinese language and writing, Chinese food, Chinese culture and traditions, Chinese art and music, Chinese tourisme, Chinese astrology. Lensmasters with Chinese the...
17. Two Authors of Chinese Origin        Maybe you are a busy person and don't have time to read any more. You used to like reading novels, but now it's just not possible. Right? Well, you better make some time! Read these two novels by two autho...
18. Chinese Traditional Ink Sticks I love grinding ink sticks into ink stones. It is possible to buy Chinese Ink ready made too. These are one of the things in our shop which makes people think we are weird.Well I hope they see this and then decide to come in and buy some. The paintin...
19. ChineseArtPainting Chinese Art Painting With Brushes. Light pastel colours that look like Monet paintings. Nature unspoiled as subject matter...birds,flowers,butterflies. Much art finds itself on porcelain,cups and bowls and spoons. I find it a little mysterious how pa...
20. Is it Worth Learning Chinese? The simple answer is absolutely Yes. Unless you were sitting in outer space you will have realized the business and economic implications China brings to us globally in the 21st century. Learning Chinese in this digital age is priceless. A manufactur...