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Yellow Bamboo is a Balinesian White Magic type of Martial Art and Spiritual practice that are becoming more wellknown in the West the last couple of years. This article by Dr Alvin G. Donovan III, Yellow Bamboo Master, gives a personal first-hand report about how he first got to know about this system.

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Grass generally describes a monocotyledonous green plant characterized by slender leaves, called blades, which usually grow arching upwards from the ground. Plants that are botanically regarded as "true" grasses fall into the flowering plant family, Poaceae. However, there are other plants outside this plant family that have similar appearance, and are commonly referred to as grasses, or have "grass" as part of their name. These include: China grass, more commonly known as Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a nettle g ...

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• Grass - Grass and society

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The zongzi or rice dumpling (Chinese: 粽子 or 糭子; Hanyu Pinyin: zòngzi; Wade-Giles: tsung-tzu) is a traditional Chinese food, to which the Mesoamerican tamal is similar. Many other Asian cultures also claim these rice dumplings as traditional dishes. In Taiwanese, the meat version is "bah-tzang" whereas the vegetable version is "tsai-tzang." Laot ...

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There are many suggestions for the source of Di zi. While some suggest that the Yellow Emperor ordered his government official to make the bamboo musical instrument, others believe that Di zi was imported into China during the Han Dynasty. Recently, archaeologists have discovered evidence suggesting that the simple transverse flutes (though without the distinctive Muo Kong of the di zi) have been present in China for over 8000 years. Fragments of bone flutes from this period are still playable today, and ar ...

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Di Zi, Di Zi - The Dizi's uniqueness, Di Zi - Origins, Di Zi - Styles

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There are two kinds of fish ball in Hong Kong. One is smaller in size, yellow in colour, and usually made with the cheaper shark meat, and is sold in "strings" (串), each "string" containing from five to seven fish balls "stringed" on a bamboo skewer. Usually sold at food stalls, each string of this kind of fish ball costs from five to seven HKD, depending on the area where it is sold. There are many stalls which support themselves by selling exclusively this kind of fish ball, similar to the hot dog stalls in the United States. The fish ba ...

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Fish ball, Fish ball - Hong Kong, Fish ball - Taiwan, Fish ball - Teochiu and Singapore, Fish ball - Philippines

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Jiuzhaigou's ecosystem is classified as temperate broad-leaf forest and woodlands, with mixed mountain and highland systems. Nearly 300 km² of the core scenic area are covered by virgin mixed forests. Those forests take on attractive yellow, orange and red hues in the autumn, making that season a popular one for visitors. They are home to a number of plant species of interest, such as endemic varieties of rhododendron and bamboo. Local fauna includes the endangered giant panda and golden snub-nosed monkey. Both populations are v ...

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Jiuzhaigou Valley, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Geography and climate, Jiuzhaigou Valley - History, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Population, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Ecology, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Geology and hydrology, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Notable features, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Rize Gully, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Zechawa Gully, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Shuzheng Gully, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Others, Jiuzhaigou Valley - Access to the site

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Dracaena sanderiana and related species are popular houseplants, with numerous cultivars sold. It is readily propagated by cuttings, which can survive for as long as a year in only clean fresh water, but should be planted in soil for best results. It can survive in many indoor conditions, from direct sun to indirect lighting, and requires a moderate amount of watering. It does best in bright, indirect lighting and temperatures above 15°C. Yellow or brown leaf edges may be caused by fluoridated or chlorinated water, and can be prevented by leaving tap water exposed to the air for a day before plan ...

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Dracaena sanderiana, Dracaena sanderiana - Cultivation, Dracaena sanderiana - External link

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Ningde - Agriculture. The warm and moist climate and fertile land in the prefecture of Ningde provide it with favorable conditions for agriculture. The largest agricultural exports from Ningde include mushroom and tea. The area also produces large quantities of various fruits, such as shaddocks, Chinese chestnuts, plums, honey peaches, lychees and longans. Tea cultivation has long been an important industry of Ningde. By 1999 statistics, the total area of tea plantations in Ningde had reached 463 km² and ...

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Ningde, Ningde - Administration, Ningde - History, Ningde - Geography and climate, Ningde - Economy, Ningde - Agriculture, Ningde - Industry, Ningde - Demographics, Ningde - Culture

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"Banana kids" (Heong1 ziu1 zay2) is another term used in a similar way to Jook-Sing. "Twinkie" is based on the Hostess snack cake of the same name, which is yellow with a white filling. "Beef patty" is a phrase describing the yellow pastry with a ground beef (i.e. black) filling. "Egg" is a rarely used term, occasionally pejorative, for the opposite situation: A Caucasian who has acquired Asian culture. "FOB" is a pejorative term for "Fresh off the boat" used to describe recent immigrants. Typically, the recent immigrant doesn't understand the term "FOB" (as they are not fluent in English) and ...

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Jook-sing, Jook-sing - Etymology, Jook-sing - Usage in North America, Jook-sing - Usage in Hong Kong, Jook-sing - Stereotyped values and cultures, Jook-sing - Related concepts

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According to MacLeish (1972), the Tasaday were unique because, "As Stone Age cave dwellers... Their like has not been found before in our time and, outside the limits of their unscarred wilderness, may never be found again." Though romantic and perhaps overstated, the article alludes to the fact that the Tasaday of the 1970s and certainly before the mid-20th century spoke their own dialect, gathered wild food, used stone tools, lived in caves, wore leaves for clothes, and settled matters by gentle discussion and consensus. Their chief provisions at this time (some of which are still depended on today) were as follows:

Tasaday, Tasaday - Some early history, Tasaday - First reported contacts, Tasaday - Manuel Elizalde Jr.'s continued relationship with the Tasaday, Tasaday - Press hoax claims and debunking the hoax, Tasaday - The Tasaday of the 1970s, Tasaday - Food and drugs, Tasaday - Tools and ornamentals, Tasaday - The Tasaday today, Tasaday - The Tasaday's fight to preserve their homeland

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Whereas most simple flutes have only a blow-hole (an embouchure, known as Chui kong in Chinese) and finger-holes, the di zi has very different additional hole, called a Muo kong, between the embouchure and finger-holes. A special membrane or Di mo, made from an almost tissue-like shaving of bamboo, is made taut and glued over this hole, traditionally with a chinese garlic-based glue called Ar Jiao. Garlic juice or glue sticks may also be used to adhere the dimo. This application process, in which fine wrinkles are created in the centre of the dimo to create a pen ...

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Di Zi, Di Zi - The Dizi's uniqueness, Di Zi - Origins, Di Zi - Styles

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Ningde's history dates back to the Stamped Pottery Culture System (海印紋陶文化系統). As eary as 10,000 to 20,000 years ago during the late Upper Palaeolithic period of the Stone Age (also known as the Old Stone Age) there were already human beings living and multiplying here. In 282, the Jin Dynasty government established magistrate rule here. And during the first twenty-three years of the Yuan Dynasty (1206 – 1368), Funingzhou (福寧州) Administration was set up. In 1736, during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, Ningde was promoted to Fu ...

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Ningde, Ningde - Administration, Ningde - History, Ningde - Geography and climate, Ningde - Economy, Ningde - Agriculture, Ningde - Industry, Ningde - Demographics, Ningde - Culture

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Situated roughly 300 kilometers north of the Tropic of Cancer, the prefecture of Ningde spans 13,500 km² in land area. Like the rest of Fujian province, Ningde sits in a mountainous region but it also enjoys almost 200 km of coastline facing the Taiwan Strait and East China Sea. It is subjected to a humid subtropical climate, with occasional threat of typhoons. The mean annual temperature ranges from 13.4 to 20.2 Celsius (or 56.1 to 68.4 Fahrenheit), while mean annual rainfall ranges from 1250 to 2350 millimeters. The region also enjoys a frost-free period of 235 to 300 days per year, ...

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Ningde, Ningde - Administration, Ningde - History, Ningde - Geography and climate, Ningde - Economy, Ningde - Agriculture, Ningde - Industry, Ningde - Demographics, Ningde - Culture

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The Ganges delta has the shape of a triangle, and is considered to be an "arcuate" delta (arc-shaped). It covers more than 105,000 km², and although the delta proper lies mostly in Bangladesh and India, rivers from Bhutan, China, and Nepal drain into it from the north. Approximately two-thirds of the delta is in Bangladesh. Most of the delta is comprised of alluvial soils, with red and red-yellow laterite soils found as one heads farther east. It is composed of a labyrinth of waterways, swamps, lakes and alluvial deposits (Chars). The Ganges delta is separated into two parts: the ...

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Ganges Delta, Ganges Delta - Shape and composition, Ganges Delta - Population, Ganges Delta - Agriculture and fishing, Ganges Delta - Cyclones and flooding, Ganges Delta - Climate, Ganges Delta - Flora & Fauna, Ganges Delta - Future of delta

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A couple of years ago the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the importation of Sichuan Peppercorns because they were found to be capable of carrying citrus canker. This bacterial disease, which is very difficult to control, could potentially harm the foliage and fruit of citrus crops in the U.S. It was never an issue of harm in human consumption. Recently the USDA and FDA have lifted the ban, provided the peppercorns are heated to around 70 degrees Celsius (160 degrees Fahrenheit) (which kills the canker bacteria) before importation. The genus name Zanthoxylum or Xanthoxylum comes from the ...

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Sichuan Pepper, Sichuan Pepper - Culinary uses, Sichuan Pepper - Composition of various species, Sichuan Pepper - Miscellanea, Sichuan Pepper - Other names

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The stems look like bamboo cane and the joints (nodes) are about 40–50 cm (16–20 inches) apart. Maize has a very distinct growth form, the lower leaves being like broad flags, 50–100 cm long and 5–10 cm wide (2–4 feet by 2–4 inches); the stems are erect, from 2–3 m (7–10 feet) in height, with many nodes, casting off flag-leaves at every node. Under these leaves and close to the stem grow the ears. The ears are female inflorescences, tightly covered over by several layers of leaves, and so closed in by them to the stem, that t ...

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Maize, Maize - Maize physiology, Maize - Genetics, Maize - Origin of maize, Maize - Cultivation, Maize - Pests of maize, Maize - Insect pests, Maize - Diseases, Maize - Uses for maize

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According to Lüshi Chunqiu on the number of strings that the se has: "A five stringed se, then became a fifteen stringed se. When Shun came to power, he added eight strings, so it became twenty-three." Another view suggests that the se started out with 50 strings. The Shiban later changes it to 25. "A big se has 50 strings, a middle se has 25." It also says that Fuxi created the 50 stringed se, called Sha whilst the Yellow Emperor reduced it to 25. There also is a "small se" that has half of the str ...

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Se instrument, Se instrument - History, Se instrument - Construction, Se instrument - Playing context

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