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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Chinese tea culture

Chinese tea culture refers to the methods of preparation of tea, the equipment used to make tea and the occasions in which tea is consumed in China. Tea drinking was popular in ancient China as tea was regarded as one of the seven daily necessities, the others being firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. Tea culture in China differs from that of Europe, Britain or Japan in such things as preparation methods, tasting methods and the occasions for which it is consumed. Even now, in both casual and formal Chinese occas ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia II - Chinese tea culture - Brewing Chinese tea Chinese tea culture - A traditional way of brewing Chinese tea. There are many different ways of brewing Chinese tea depending on variables like the formality of the occasion, the means of the people preparing it and the kind of tea being brewed. For example, green teas are more delicate than oolong teas or black teas and should be brewed with cooler water as a result. For more information, consult the main entry on ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Chinese art

Life in the People's Republic of China Chinese art is art, whether modern or ancient, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. Early so-called "stone age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple pottery and sculptures. This early period was followed by a series of art dynasties, most of which lasted several hundred years. The art of Taiwan and that of Chinese Emigrants can also be considered part of Chinese art where it is based in or draws on the heritage of Chines ...

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Chinese art - Historical development to 221 BC

Chinese art - Early imperial China 221 BC–AD 220

Chinese art - Period of division 220–581

Chinese art - The Sui and Tang dynasties 581–960

Chinese art - The Song and Yuan dynasties 960–1368

Chinese art - Late imperial China 1368–1895

Chinese art - Modern Chinese art

Chinese art - Contemporary art since 1979

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Chinese nationalism

Chinese nationalism refers to cultural, historiographical, and political theories, movements and beliefs that assert the idea of a cohesive, unified Chinese people and culture under state(s) that are primarily Chinese. One difficulty in this definition is the wide variation and ambiguities in the definition of the term Chinese. Chinese nationalism - Ideological basis. Chinese nationalism has drawn from extremely diverse ideological sources including traditional Chinese thinking, American progressivis ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Chinese marriage

This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Traditionally marriage in ethnic Chinese societies (婚姻, pinyin: hūn yīn) has been an arrangement between families. Originally Chinese culture allowed for romantic ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Chinese American

Chinese Americans are residents or citizens of the United States who are of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and are a subgroup of Asian Americans. Numbering 2.3 million in 2000, Chinese Americans make up 22.4% of Asian Americans (larger than any other Asian American subgroup), and constitute slightly less than 1% of the United States as a whole. Chinese American - Immigration. Main article: Chinese immigration to the United States Chinese immigration ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Chinese calendar

The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. In China today, the Gregorian Calendar is used for most day to day activities, but the Chinese calendar is still used for marking traditional holidays such as Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Duan Wu festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, and in astrology, such as choosing the most auspicious date for a wedding or the opening of a building. Because each month follows one cycle of the moon, it is also used to determ ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Han Chinese

Significant populations in : Thailand Indonesia Malaysia United States Vietnam Philippines Myanmar Canada Russia Australia Hui Han Chinese (Simplified: 汉族; Traditional: 漢族; Hanyu Pinyin: hànzú) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. The Han Chinese constitute about 92 percent of the po ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Peranakan

Peranakan, Baba-Nyonya (峇峇娘惹) and Straits Chinese (土生華人; named after the Straits of Malacca) are terms used for the descendants of the early Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region, including both the British Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Dutch-controlled island of Java among other places, who have partially adopted Malay customs in an effort to be assimilated into the local communities. The word Peranakan is also used to describe Indonesian Chinese. In both Malay and Bahasa Indonesia 'Peranakan' means 'descendants'. Babas refer to ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Qi Xi

Qi Xi (七夕; Pinyin: qī xī; "The Night of Sevens"), sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar and thus its name. It is traditional for young girls to demonstrate their domestic arts on this day (especially melon carving) and to make wishes for a good husband. It is also known by the following names: The Festival to Plead for Skills (乞巧節; qǐ qiǎo jié) The Seventh Sister's Birthday (七姐誕; qī jiě dàn) The Ni ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Yayoi

This article is about a Japanese historical era. For the town, see Yayoi, Oita.. Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period – Kofun period – Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period – Kemmu restoration Muromachi period – North-South Court – Warring States period Azuchi-Momoyama period – Nanban trade period Edo period – Late Tokugawa shoguna ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia II - Chinese society - Culture

Main article: Culture of China China's traditional values were derived from the orthodox version of Confucianism/conservatism, which was taught in schools and was even part of imperial civil service examinations. However, the term Confucianism is somewhat problematic in that the system of thought which reached it high-water mark in Qing Dynasty imperial China was in fact composed of several strains of thought, including Legalism, which in many ways departed from the original spirit of Confucianism; indeed by the height of imper ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Collectivist and individualist cultures

Cultures are typically divided into two categories: collectivist and individualist. Individualist cultures, such as those of the United States and Western Europe, emphasize personal achievement at the expense of group goals, resulting in a strong sense of competition. Collectivist cultures, such as those of China, Korea, and Japan, emphasize family and work group goals. Collectivism and individualism deeply pervade cultures. People simply take their culture's stance for granted. In the U.S., everything from 'self-serve' ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia - Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified: 无产阶级文化大革命; Traditional: 無產階級文化大革命; Hanyu Pinyin: Wúchǎn Jiējí Wénhuà Dà Gémìng; literally "Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution"; often abbreviated to 文化大革命 wénhuà dà gémìng, literally "Great Cultural Revolution", abbreviated to 文革 wéngé) in the People's Republic of China was a revolutionary upsurge by Chinese students and workers against the bureaucrats of the Chinese Communist Party. ...

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Chinese culture: Encyclopedia II - Chinese tea culture - Tea drinking customs

There are several special circumstances in which tea is prepared and consumed. As a sign of respect: In Chinese society, the younger generation always shows its respect to the older generation by offering a cup of tea. Inviting and paying for their elders to go to restaurants for tea is a traditional activity on holidays. In the past, people of lower rank served tea to higher ranking people. Today, as Chinese society becomes more liberal, sometimes at home parents may pour a cup of tea for their children, or a boss may e ...

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