Category: China
Traditional opera Clanging cymbals, flutes and drums, acrobatic postures of the actors, high falsetto voices, abrupt geometrical movements ofthe warriors, dignified symbolic gestures, colourful mask-like make-up, shimmering, beautifully embroidered …
The following famous people listed in alphabetical order were all connected with China, whether they were born, lived, worked or died there. Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) was born into …
Do you like to play ping-pong? One of my friends suggested that I remind you ping-pong players to pack your paddles. Almost all of the parks have concrete ping-pong …
History of Painting The Warring The bronze vessels and lacquer paintings of this period, in which Kingdoms period Confucius and Taoism had flourished, were already displaying the (475-221 b.c.) …
The Daoist Temple of Secrets in the city centre dates backto the second half of the 3rd c. The original buildings are no longer preserved; the complex was newly …
A report issued in 1990 by the Ministry for Environmental Protection General confirmed that the situation in China was a cause for concern, although there were some grounds for …
Shanghai weatherstation (alt. 5m/16ft) Chongqing weather station (alt. 261 m/856ft) and Kunming (alt. 1893m/6209ft) The boundary between the subtropical climate zone and the “yellow” north runs about 100-200km/60-1200 miles …
There is a railway line that circles Paris called la Petite Ceinture (the little belt). It is uncovered in many places, but as it is below street level, it …
