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• Ci'en Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...onally translated 75 scriptures in 1,335 volumes, an unprecedented feat in Chinese Buddhist translation history. One of his translations was the ''Vijnanamatr ...middle and had the third cart loaded with his concubine, maidservants, and food. Midway along the road he came across a respectful old man, who, attract an
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• Nanxun
  ...ure, and old pine and cypress trees in courtyards. [[Gardens]] with both [[Chinese]] and western architecture are scattered all over the town. Together, they ...esents, collectively called "presenting soups." The presents are typically food items such as brown sugar, eggs, and milk powder. Some parents present baby
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• Jingpo ethnic group
  The Jingpos speak a language belonging to the Tibetan-Myanmese family of the Chinese-Tibetan language system. Until 70 years ago, when an alphabetic system of w ...cottage gardens. Jingpos also gather wild herbs and fruit as supplementary food.
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• Life in Cloisters
  ...x points are not enough to keep a monastery in order, and that is why in a Chinese monastery specific positions are instituted to supervise every aspect of li The abbot is the master of a Chinese monastery. Under him there are four supervisors and eight executives who pr
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• Kirgiz ethnic group
  ...n of the [[Altaic family]] of languages. It borrowed many words from the [[Chinese language]] after the 1950s, and a new alphabet was then devised, discarding ...ss society, there was a sharp polarization and class antagonism. Garments, food and housing showed marked differences in wealth and there were already word
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• Beihai Park
  Beihai Park is said to be built according to a traditional Chinese legend. The story is that once upon a time there were three magic mountains It was believed that different mountain-water combinations in ancient Chinese architecture led to totally different effects. So from then on, almost ever
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• Giant panda
  ...live in the wild, but they are sure it is shorter than lifespans in zoos. Chinese scientists have reported zoo pandas as old as 35. ...osures are very large wild areas, but protected by border fences. Although food has to be provided, the giant pandas will sleep there, eat there and recove
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• Wu Zhen
  ...of time when they walk through the Former Residence of Mao Dun – a famous Chinese writer – the Lizhi Academy of Classic Learning, Lin' Shop, Xiuzhen Temple ...ayed on traditional instruments such as the drum, gong, erhu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle), jinghu (a two-stringed bowed instrument with a high register, used
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• Mount Emei
  ...'), located in [[Sichuan Province]], is one of the four holy mountains of Chinese [[Buddhism]]. It is regarded as the domain of Samantabhadra, or Bodhisattva ...n Tree) Terrace. This is also the name of the temple on this terrace, with Chinese toon trees growing in front of it. The predecessor of this temple was the T
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• Yugur ethnic group
  '''Language''': Yugur and [[Han]] Chinese ...stern part of the county; and the Chinese language by those in Huangnibao. Chinese is also a common medium of communication among all Yugurs.
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• Kazak ethnic group
  ...s. Their religious burdens used to be heavy. They had to deliver religious food grain and animal taxes in accordance with Islamic rules. If they wanted to ...for a better year in stockbreeding. Every family entertains with "kuji," a food made of mutton, milk dough, barley, wheat and other delicacies. They give f
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• Buddhist Festivals
  ...arked on different dates in [[China]] than they are in Southeast Asia. The Chinese Buddhists (for the Han area) celebrate Sakyamuni's birthday on the eighth d ...e chanted in the hall. However, on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, Chinese Buddhist temples are in the habit of dispensing laba porridge prepared of c
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• Miao ethnic group
  ...ich in natural resources. Major crops include paddy rice, maize, potatoes, Chinese sorghum, beans, rape, peanuts, tobacco, ramie, sugar cane, cotton, oil-tea ...eastern part of present-day Guizhou. They were referred to as the Miaos in Chinese documents of the [[Tang]] and [[Song]] period (AD618-1279).
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• Yao ethnic group
  ...e contacts with the Hans and Zhuangs, many Yaos also have learned to speak Chinese or Zhuang language. ...s of the [[Ming Dynasty]] (1368-1644). Ancient stone tablets engraved with Chinese characters can be found in a lot of Yao communities.
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• Hui ethnic group
  '''Language''': [[Han]] (standard [[Chinese]]) ...t of Huihui garrison troops to various areas to open up wasteland and grow food grain, nationwide tours by Huihui officials and scholars, and especially th
  19 KB (3,068 words) - 05:53, 20 July 2009
• Huayan Sect in Han Buddhism
  ...diana who was styled as Xianshou, grew up in [[China]] and was educated in Chinese culture as an intelligent, boy prodigy. At 17, he went to [[Mount Taibai]] ...asked a patron to donate a meal for a large crowd. The man prepared enough food for 500 people, but unexpectedly, more than 1,000 arrived. The patron flush
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• Uygur ethnic group
  ...ed ownership on land and serfs, controlled water resources and manipulated food grain prices for profit. ...al people had to shoulder the war burdens, supplying warring factions with food grain, fuel, vehicles and draught animals, and the local economy suffered c
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• Zhuang ethnic group
  ...room, Chinese cinnamon, pseudo-ginseng, Chinese gecko (used in traditional Chinese medicine to help regain vitality), fennal and fennal essence. The last four In 1851, the Taiping Revolution, the biggest of peasant uprisings in Chinese history, broke out in this area. Thousands of Zhuangs joined the Taiping Ar
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• She ethnic group
  ...nguage is very close to the Hakka dialect of the Hans, and most Shes speak Chinese instead of their ethnic tongue; a few Guangdong Shes speak a language simil ...g out what he wanted, calling for chopsticks, wine and traditional wedding food. At the end of the banquet, he would sing again, this time ordering the dis
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• Spring Festival
  [[Image:Springfestival.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year]] ...Guo Nian''. Guo means "pass over" and Nian means "year." The origin of the Chinese New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years through a continual
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