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• Songtangzhai Folk Carving Museum
  ...i]]-style brick-carved gate tower, are all considered to be among the most famous carved art of Chinese history. Because Li collects from around the country, ...n Dynasty]] (1271-1368) stone block door is carved with pictures of the Hu people -- Mongolians who ruled China at that time, feeding and training the mythic
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• Walking on stilts
  In [[Shandong Province]], ''Gaoqiao'' is done at three levels, and people at the upper level stand on the shoulder of the lower ones. In Northeast China's [[Liaoning Province]], ''Gaoqiao'' is the most famous. It has complete performance routines and a standard form. At first, perfor
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• Ding Ling
  ...tionalists in the 1930s and again during the Cultural Revolution. Her most famous work was ''Miss Sophie’s Diary'' which chronicles a young woman’s battl ...spirations and the big step she had taken in moving closer to the laboring people. In 1933, the noted woman writer published the first part of her unfinished
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• Uzbek
  The ancestors of the Uzbek people moved to China’s Xinjiang from Central Asia in ancient times. In the Yuan The Uzbek people have frequent exchanges with various other ethnic groups in Xinjiang, and h
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• Baxian Gong
  ...ructed here and called the Eight Immortals Temple. The temple had become a famous Daoist (Taoist) site by the [[Ming Dynasty]]. ...n and Wang Chongyang). The Eight Immortals are all household names but few people would be able to give a clear outline of the true backgrounds of the eight.
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• Lin Huiyin
  ...ith her future husband [[Liang Sicheng]], a noted architect and son of the famous reformist Liang Qichao. She studied at the University of Pennsylvania as an ...ional flag, the national emblem, Tian’anmen Square and the Monument to the People’s Heroes. She also took part in the standardization of Beijing city plann
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• Mulam ethnic group
  ...growing paddy rice, maize, beans, potatoes, melons and cotton. The area is famous for its tea and medicinal herbs, as well as mineral resources such as coal, Prior to the founding of the People’s Republic of China, land in the Mulam areas was heavily concentrated in
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• Mount Wangwu
  ...sts lived and cultivated themselves there. [[Sima Chengzhen]] was the most famous of them. Sima Chengzhen, who styled himself [[Ziwei]], was born into an off ...Lu Zangyong looked ashamed when he heard this. This story spread among the people, and the phrase "Zhongnan shortcut" became an idiom.
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• Peng Pai
  ...5th National Congress in April. In August, Peng organized and directed the famous [[Nanchang Uprising]]. Peng Pai returned to Guangdong following the Nachang [[Category:history]][[Category:people from Guangdong]]
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• Lion Dance
  In the Lion Dance, two people act as a lion; one moving the head and the other moving the body and tail; ...docile and amusing lion, playfully licking others and gently nodding off. Famous examples of this dance are the Luohan Playing with Lion in [[Sichuan]] and
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• Mount Laoshan
  ...is lofty, sheer, magnificent and picturesque. It is no wonder that ancient people said: “Mount Taishan rises into the clouds but it is inferior to Mount La ...sted around the cypress is a trumpet vine as thick as the mouth of a bowl. People call this an “ancient cypress twisted by a dragon.” There is a three-me
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• Ai Qing
  ...Nurse," in which he expressed his gratitude and concern for China and its people. He specifically emphasized the future of the vast rural areas. His other p
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• Maggie Cheung
  ...for her role in Full Moon in New York. In 1992, her portrayal of China’s famous tragic actress Ruan Lingyu (1910-1935) won her another Golden Horse Award. [[category: people]]
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• Hai Zi
  ...n name of the Chinese poet '''Zha Haisheng''' ('''查海生'''), one of the most famous poets on the Chinese mainland after the "cultural revolution" (1966-1976). ...topic of Chinese literature and society. A cult of Hai Zi involving young people from all over China spread in the 1990s. However, he is still not totally a
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• Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
  ...grapes and melons, rare precious stones, and exquisitely made carpets. Its people form a distinctive blend of cultures. ...Kazak]], [[Kyrgyz]], [[Uzbek]], [[Sibe]], [[Mongol]], [[Hui]], and [[Han]] people. They and the other peoples of this remote and evocative land are heir to a
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• 798 District
  ...ce became available and these former industrial units evolved into the now famous Factory 798. The 798 Art District provides creative people with an opportunity and an outlet to enthusiastically pursue their artistic
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• Lin Yutang
  ...sity in [[Shanghai]] in 1912. After receiving a bachelor’s degree from the famous religious school in the city, whose past is replete with the concessions, L ...Moment in Peking'', ''Between Tears and Laughter'' and ''My Country and My People''. The books become the bestsellers in the West, and Lin was nominated for
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• Maonan ethnic group
  People surnamed Tan take up 80 percent of the population. Legend has it that their ...w both the Han and the Zhuang languages because of long contact with those people.
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• Li Ning
  Li is most famous for winning six medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, including t [[Category:sports]][[Category:gymnastics]][[Category:people from Guangxi]]
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• Spring Festival
  ...stival of reunion, just like Christmas in the West. No matter how far away people are from their homes, they will try their best to get back to have the [[Lu ...imbed up to the shore only on New Year's Eve to devour the cattle and kill people.
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