Monthly Archives: October 2009
Wines Drinking
Chinese wines are really not wines in the western sense of the word, since most of them are actually spirits distilled from rice, millet and other grains, herbs and flowers. Tonics are made by mixing various traditional health-giving ingredients into rice- and grain-based wines. Shaoxing is a rice- based wine; the fiery Wuliangye and Maotai [...]
Ancient Chinese Shoes (1)
China has diverse customs and styles as regards its traditional dress culture, and the abundance and variety of Chinese footwear justifies its being singled out from other items of apparel to be studied separately as “shoe culture”. Footwear is an interesting facet of the many aspects of Chinese culture. From “Foot Clothing” to Leather Boots [...]
Li Ning
Li Ning, retired after the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and entered the business community. With his "Li Ning brand" clothing and Jianlibao beverage he sponsored a variety of sports activities, which made a great contribution for the sports development cause of China. The "genius", "prodigy", "gymnastics industry giant," "Chinese ace" and so on seem to tell [...]
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