Ducks trigger copyright fears
Source: Chinadaily
Wuhan :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:43:55 -0700 | lifestyle-news
However, the usually tranquil lake has been transformed since Friday with the arrival of a giant inflatable rubber duck. The yellow duck is one of many of its kind that have sprung up nationwide, attracting hordes of tourists, but raising...
Paint the town blue
Source: Chinadaily
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:43:49 -0700 | lifestyle-news
A total of 100 life-sized Doraemon models with different gestures and facial expressions are standing in two lines along the Madang Road of Shanghai Xintiandi, the city's entertainment landmark. Hailed as the largest exhibition featuring Doraemon in the Chinese mainland,...
Dragon Boat Festival in Taiwan's Qu village
Source: Chinadaily
Zhānghuà :: Taiwan | updated 2013-06-13 00:43:39 -0700 | lifestyle-news
In Taiwan, dragon boat races will be held in many places during Dragon Boat Festival, but it's a rare sight to see temples commemorating Qu Yuan. In 1963, in order to commemorate Qu Yuan, villagers from the Qu village in...
Ancient dwellings rebuilt into Duanwu Festival gallery
Source: Chinadaily
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 00:43:37 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Out of all the relics, at least 10 ancient dwellings in Qingtan from the Three Gorges were moved and then rebuilt according to their original design. The reconstructed dwellings serve as a folkway gallery for the Dragon Boat Festival, a...
Intangible assets added to Tibetan preservation list
Source: Chinadaily
Lhasa :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:43:24 -0700 | lifestyle-news
These newly added items cover Tibetan traditional music, dances, arts, and folk customs. Among the new entries are traditional music, including ashi, which are songs that Tibetans sing while working, and art works such as block-print thangka, religious art pieces...
One-third of US marriages start online
Source: Chinadaily
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 00:43:20 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Online dating has ballooned into a billion-dollar industry and the Internet "may be altering the dynamics and outcome of marriage itself", said the study by US researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research is based...
Liu Yong's paintings to be auctioned in Beijing
Source: Chinadaily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:43:20 -0700 | lifestyle-news
This is the first time that Liu's paintings go under the hammer on the mainland. "My husband has always been invited to the Chinese mainland for his book promotions. But it's the first time he comes for his Chinese paintings,"...
Ancient Xi'an still a treasure
Source: Chinadaily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:43:06 -0700 | lifestyle-news
In 1970, construction workers found in the south of the city a large hoard of gold and silverware produced in the Tang Dynasty (618-907)...Today one of the best-known tourist attractions nationwide and a must-see in the city, the site of...
Bars offer nighttime excitement
Source: Chinadaily
Chengdu :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:42:38 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Bars and clubs are located on bustling streets, such as Jiuyan Bridge, Shaoling Road, Yulin Street. Yulin is the jumping off point for many an evening in Chengdu. Here one can find many bands and singers on the streets and...
Ming - Qing Dynasty style
Source: Chinadaily
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:42:30 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Qianlongof the Qing Dynasty A painting of Qianlong in the fox-fur overcoat It is perhaps the world's only complete set of Ming court clothing. It consists of a five-beamed crown, red silk court robe, red silk skirt, white silk inner...
The culture of Chinese small living goods
Source: Chinadaily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:42:24 -0700 | lifestyle-news
This can be seen even from small day-to-day supplies, such as the Chinese snuff bottle, Chinese brush pen holders and Chinese perfume pouch, which are very famous throughout the world. The Chinese Snuff Bottle Chinese snuff bottles were at the...
Health food companies warned over false ads
Source: Chinadaily
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:42:04 -0700 | lifestyle-news
A Friday statement from the administration described the ads of the companies, all of which have official health food operation licenses, as having "severely misguided consumers and exerted long-term and large-scale negative influence on society." Figures from the statement show...
Paintings about the Dragon Boat Festival
Source: Chinadaily
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:42:03 -0700 | lifestyle-news
The Dragon Boat Festival , or Duanwu Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar. In Chinese, "duan" means "outset", and "wu" is the shortened form of the fifth month in the lunar...
Take-Out Multiculturalism
Source: Chinadaily
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-06-13 00:41:50 -0700 | lifestyle-news
The resulting piece, "The Golden Dragon", has been translated into more than 20 languages and is playing at New York's New Ohio Theatre through this weekend. Set in the kitchen and dining floor of a "Chinese-Thai-Vietnamese" restaurant, and in various...
Expressing the essence of life
Source: Chinadaily
Heze :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:41:50 -0700 | lifestyle-news
It is widely accepted that traditional Chinese painting can be divided into two categories: gongbi, or fine brushwork with great attention to detail, and xieyi, a freehand style of brushwork that expresses meaning and spirit. But painter Yu Jigao does...
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