Monthly Archives: January 2010

Language Variety in China

China has 56 nationalities within its territory. The Han, Hui and Manchu nationalities all use the Chinese language, and the Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Korean, Yi, Dai, Lahu, Jingpo, Xibe and Russian nationalities have their own written languages. Most of these languages have a comparatively long history. Among them, the Mongolian nationality has a [...]

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Red Tower of Beijing University

The Red Tower of Beijing University is located at No. 29, Shatan North Street (now called Wusi Street) in Dongcheng District of Beijing City. It is east to Jingshan Park, north to the Forbidden City, and west to the Chinese Gallery. Now it has been turned into the office building of the National Cultural Relic [...]

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Dahan (Great Cold)

Dahan is the last one of twenty four Solar Terms of China. After the Sun arrives in 300 degrees of Chinese traditional longitudes, it is usually near each year’s January 20th that the term comes. During Dahan, Siberia cold wave frequently invades southwards, and in most parts of China it is the coldest period of [...]

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