Lion dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries. Performers mimic a lion’s movements in a lion costume to show their worship towards their patron saint. Lion dance is believed to bring good luck and fortune and has been practiced for hundreds of years. It combines martial arts, dancing, …
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Traditionally, Chinese New Year is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. Till this day, most Chinese people feel that the new year really begins only after the lunar New Year. Chinese people only started integrating the western calendar year a little over a century ago, recognizing January 1 as the start of the New Year. …
What did the ancient people play? Touhu, or the game of throwing arrows into a pot, where the loser required to drink as punishment, can be regarded as an important entertainment of that time. Touhu had been a part of the traditional etiquette and also a banquet game of the Han people from the pre …
996 working system refers to a kind of employment system that requires workers to “start at 9:00 a.m., leave at 9:00 p.m., and work six days a week”. Sometimes it is also used to refer to a series of working systems in which the employers make the employees to extend their working hours without extra …
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Over the past 10 years, the number of obese people in China has doubled, with an average of one in three overweight people and one in nine clinically obese people. In October, researchers from China’s National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study in the US journal “Annals of Internal Medicine”, according …
Delivery service has been such an essential part of the daily life in China! Delivery service not only provide people the convenience of urban life, but also created a lot of working opportunities for people looking for employment opportunities in big cities. More people than ever are turning to gigging in the food delivery space. …
Chinese restaurants have the reputation of being lively and jovial, but also very often “loud and boisterous”. On the dinner table is filled with warmth, joy and (usually loud) enthusiasm. This is also why Chinese people are crazy about eating hotpot! The local cuisines in all different areas in China can be drastically different, but …
When we talk about “national sports” of China, the first things that come to mind are Ping Pong (table tennis) and badminton. Skiing is quite an unconventional sport, and also one that has quite a high bar for most Chinese. Not only because of limitations in the natural climate and thus restrictions in the venues, …
In China, 36% of people shop online at least once a week. Black Friday in the US, Singles’ Day in China – what’s the big difference? Black Friday is an event with 40 years of history under its belt, and it comes on the first Friday after Thanksgiving – just in time for Christmas sales. …
