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...
Heritage through lenses-The Temple of Heaven
Source: Chinadaily
Göd :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-13 00:41:50 -0700 | lifestyle-news
The building complex was used by the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties as a place to offer sacrifice to God and pray for good harvests. Covering an area of 273 hectares, the Temple of Heaven is the biggest...
The eternal truths of art are on show
Source: Chinadaily
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:41:45 -0700 | lifestyle-news
A large-scale new media art exhibition is taking place in downtown Shanghai's K11 Art Mall. Titled Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Money: Art after Social Media Era, the exhibition features 26 projects from 28 artists, half of which were commissioned especially...
Imperial cabinet sets record at spring auction
Source: Chinadaily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:41:44 -0700 | lifestyle-news
A rare wooden cabinet that was p art of the Chinese imperial collection has sold for over 90 million yuan at an auction in Beijing ...With a starting price of a cool 28 million Yuan, this piece fetched a staggering...
Turning on the Italian family-style
Source: Chinadaily
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:41:43 -0700 | lifestyle-news
But Scena, the newly renovated Italian restaurant at Shanghai Pudong Ritz Carlton, is an exception...The food is prepared by Gianluca Visani, a native of Bologna, Italy, who has been mentored by Michelin-starred chef Marco Torri in Milan and was "stolen"...
Mainland individual tourists to Taiwan surge
Source: Chinadaily
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated 2013-06-13 00:41:14 -0700 | lifestyle-news
State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Fan Liqing said at a regular press conference on Sunday that 385,800 mainlanders had traveled to the island as individual tourists by the end of May. Fan said such tours to Taiwan have become...
Eyes on high
Source: Chinadaily
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-13 00:40:55 -0700 | lifestyle-news
The two lakes that crown the Tianmu Mountains' Great Celestial Immortal Peak to the east and Celestial Immortal Peak to the west have bestowed the range with its name, which translates as "Heaven's Eyes Mountains". The lakes are manifestations of...
Desert oasis
Source: Chinadaily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:40:34 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Most tourists to the Inner Mongolia autonomous region seek out the famous grasslands, but Wang Kaihao finds a kaleidoscope of colors in Wuhai. Seeing the Gobi Desert from the window of an airplane does not give the best first impression,...
Palo Alto Concours d'Elegance Highlights Cadillac and Ferrari
Source: Robb Report
Palo Alto :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 00:27:18 -0700 | lifestyle-news
In its 47th year, the Palo Alto Concours d'Elegance (held this time on June 30) is known for its lineup of some of the world's best cars, from prewar classics to modern exotic models. This year's featured marquees won't disappoint:...
New grape rewards
Source: Chinadaily
Bordeaux :: France | updated 2013-06-12 19:14:02 -0700 | lifestyle-news
A five-story European-style chateau stands in the Ulan Buh Desert flanked by the Helan Mountains, which run south for 200 kilometers and are bisected by the Yellow River...This oasis is host to a 250-hectare vineyard surrounded by poplar thickets. The...
Our Garden: Improving your irrigation system
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Walnut Creek :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 17:53:54 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Font Resize Fear is probably the main thing that keeps people from having a more water-efficient irrigation system. We are afraid to change things, worried about getting it right and downright intimidated by the maze of pipes and switches. Nonsense,...
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