Tibetan Opera – Dancing China
Picture taken on May 1, 2012 shows folk Tibetan Opera team from Niangre village performing traditional Tibetan Opera in Norbulingka in Tibet. Tibetan Opera, also called “the living fossil of Tibet culture”, is an ancient art form that has…
Food for the Winter Solstice
In other places, people also eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour. The Winter Solstice rice dumplings can be used as sacrifices…
The Era of Being Something-ed
After a month of online voting, expert judging and online squabbling, China’s “Character of the Year” was finally selected, and, ironically enough, it was a character with no concrete meaning…
捏面人niē miànrén: Dough Figurine
手工艺shǒu gōng yì：handicraft art Niē miànrén shì zhōngguó chuántǒng de mínjiān shǒugōng yì, céngjīng guǎngfàn de zài quánguó gèdì liúchuán, tèbié bèi háizǐ men suǒ xǐ’ài.捏面人是中国传统的民间手工艺，曾经广泛的在全国各地流传，特别被孩子们所喜爱。 Dough…
Drinking Water in China
Several popular brands of bottled water, such as Wa Ha Ha, Nestle and Nongfu Spring, are available for purchase, while bottled tea and juice are also popular. Ordinary bottled…
