Monthly Archives: May 2009
Go
It is said Go was first played by a Chinese emperor who wanted to teach his son tactics, strategy and concentration. In ancient China, Go was a required course for the intellectuals as one of the Four Arts, along with music, painting, and poetry. In 7 BC it was taken to Japan, where Go’s popularity [...]
Hangzhou Cuisine
Zhejiang cuisine is one of the eight famous regional cuisines in China, comprising local specialties of Hanzhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing. The cuisine wins its reputation for freshness, tenderness, softness, and smoothness of its dishes with mellow fragrance. Hangzhou Cuisine is the most famous one of the three. It is noted for choice of fine ingredients, [...]
Singles’ Day
November 11 is a peculiar holiday for single people in China. It is said this Singles’ Day originated form campus culture in early 1990s, when some collegers in Nanjing came into their minds that selecting the day of four consecutive “ones” as the memorial day for the four roommates. It then became prevalent especially among [...]
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