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January 16, 2011 | Posted by VickyA staple of the Laba Festival, laba porridge can feature a variety of ingredients
This past week the traditional Chinese Laba Festival holiday was celebrated in China. A lunar holiday, it falls on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
On this day in most parts of China, it is customary to eat laba porridge, which is made of many kinds of grains, melons, fruits, beans and nuts. Generally the laba porridge has a sweet taste, while families in the central plains of China are reported to like a saltier version. Therefore besides normal ingredients like rice, mil ...
January 11, 2011 | Posted by VickyThe internet term "gěilì" was a top Chinese word for 2010. It expresses being upright and capable.
Each year over the past five, the "Annual Chinese Characters and Words of Chinese Language Check" report is published in Beijing by Chinese online and print publishing companies. The reports aims at highlighting the Chinese words that best summarize the experience of the previous year of Chinese people -- including both existing and newly coined words.
Published this past week, the report highlights four words in total. They are:
Words to describe domestic situation...
January 04, 2011 | Posted by VickyTourists in Mao Zedong's hometown in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, take part in the festivities to celebrate his 117th birthday.
This past week one of the largest figures in modern Chinese history, Mao Zedong, turned 117. To commemorate the occasion, his small countryside hometown in southern China hosted activities to celebrate the memory of their country's founding leader. It's reported that tens of thousands of tourists came to participate in the festive events, which were described as civilized and simple expressions of honor.
The life of Mao Zedong
Born in 1893 in Shaoshan in southern China ...
December 27, 2010 | Posted by VickyA common traffic jam in the early evening in Beijing, China
Just before Christmas a few days ago, Beijing government authorities convened a news conference to outline emergency measures to fight the city's increasing traffic woes, including an aggressive effort limit the total number of new vehicles purchased in 2011.
Severe traffic in Beijing
With about 4.7 million cars currently on the road in Beijing -- nearly double the total 5 years ago -- city residents can attest that traffic in the capital city seems to be getting worse ...
December 23, 2010 | Posted by VickyThe famous dust-tainted water of China's Yellow River flowing over the Hukou Waterfalls, above.
The most famous waterfall on China's most famous river, the Hukou waterfall is a unique sight on the Yellow River. Located between Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces in central China, the Chinese collective unconscious regards the falls as a symbol of the spirit of the Chinese people.
What's in a name?
Covering an area of 23 square miles, the Hukou falls is 165 feet wide and 165 feet deep, which makes it China's second largest waterfall, following the Huangguoshu Waterfall of ...