Chinese Culture & History

    Chinese brands Top 10: Mengniu 蒙牛

    Even though Mengniu’s reputation suffered in 2008 when it was forced to recall powered milk products, it reported a 66% year-over-year gain.Mengniu is an Inner-Mongolia based dairy manufacturer which specializes in milk, powered milk, yogurt, ice cream and cheese. Mengniu Continue Reading

    Chinese brands Top 10: Lenovo 联想

    Lenovo is the proud producer of one in three Chinese PCs, and has an annual revenue of $30 billion USD. After purchasing IBM in 2005 and acquiring the ThinkPad, Lenovo became the world’s largest personal computer producer. It’s brand-familiarity Continue Reading

    Scoll Painting 中国卷轴画

    Chinese ancient painting was of long history and unique style. After thousands of years’ changes and improvement, it has rich ethical style and distinctive character of the times. There are not many scroll paintings left for us to recall Continue Reading

    Dance of the Yi People 《彝族舞曲》

    在第7、8、9章节中,又再次出现了第一章节的旋律,让听者沉浸在巨大的幸福感中。最后,音乐慢慢的消失了,就像人们在远远传来的芦笙声中三三两两的向家归去…… Dance of the Yi People,composed by Wang Huiran in 1960, is a classical Pipa composition that airs a sense of happy life and can be heard almost everywhere in China. 《彝族舞曲》,是一首由王惠然编曲,渲染一种幸福生活气氛的琵琶古曲。在中国远近驰名。 This piece combines the spirit of Continue Reading

    Comic Dialogue 相声

    There are three forms ofXiangsheng. The earliest form was performed by one person, and was calledDankou Xiangsheng.Its contents were mostly jokes and humorous stories. Later,Duikou Xiangshengor “cross talk,” performed by two persons, appeared. One man was calledDuogen, and the Continue Reading

    Dongtai Hair Embroidery 东台发绣

    Now artisans of hair embroidery in Dongtai have made innovations in techniques, such as turning double hook into demitint, and developing double-faced embroidery and double-faced embroidery of different colors, making the expressive force of hair embroidery much richer. Continue Reading

    One of the 24 Solar Terms, the Beginning of Summer (lixia) 二十四节气之立夏

    On the day of lixia, the Chinese have many other interesting folk customs. Many people throughout southern China during lixia will make what they traditionally call, “colorful rice.” It is made from many different kinds of beans, like red Continue Reading

    Chinese brands Top 10: Sinopec 中国石化

    On October 3rd, BCG (Boston Consulting Group) released a report showing continued high predictions for future Chinese consumer spending. In fact, the BCG report is predicting Chinese and Indian consumer spending to triple by 2020 – welcome news for Continue Reading

    Chinese models:Chen Juanhong 陈娟红

    The history of China’s fashion modeling industry would not be complete without mentioning Chen Juanhong, who is seen as the first Chinese model to go global. Born in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, Chen is a basketball player-turned professional model. She Continue Reading

    How to Pair Wine With Chinese Food

    Pairing wine with Chinese food can be quite challenging. Here’s a few tips to make the task easier. Difficulty:Average Time Required:5 minutes Here’s How:For spicy dishes, particularly Szechuan cuisine, try a Gewürztraminer (white).For rich dishes, such as Shanghai red-cooked Continue Reading