China's cuisine has evolved into one of the great cuisines of the world. For more than 5, 000 years, food...
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Ancient Egyptian and Babylonian characters were invented over 5, 000 years ago and have gone through golden ages of development...
About 5,000 years ago the Chinese began casting bronzeware. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, aristocrats used bronze vessels for...
Pottery and porcelain have over 8,000 years of development in China. Both colored and black pottery were common in ancient...
Chinese opera has as a history dating back some 2, 000 years. There are 317 types of opera,of which Peking...
Chinese music goes as far back as Chinese civilization and is highly distinctive from its western counterparts. Chinese musical instruments...
Chinese painting originated over 5, 000 years ago. Steeped in Chinese history,literature and philosophy, Chinese painting is different from that...
Traditional Chinese thought places humans as a small part of the infinite universe. Each living creature is part of nature...
Architectural constructions in gardens differ from common buildings since they must embellish the garden as part of the natural scenery...
Although there's a great variety in Chinese gardens, and each garden has its owntres particular features, there are some common...
Classification by Geographical Location Northern gardens are large and have grand structures. Because of the climate, northern gardens do not...
Chinese garden landscaping has a history of more than 4, 000 years, with the earliest gardens appearing in 2000 BC...
As early as the 6th century, Japan had already learn garden lan ndscapi scaping. With Europeans first heard learning of the...
Courtesy of an enzyme in ginger called zingibain(what a fantastic name), a mixture ofjust milk and ginger magically transforms into...
In an age when big tubs of ice cream are readily available in every flavour imaginable, it's still lots of...
The most joyous thing about this pudding is that in principle it reads like the ultimate oxy-moron: a frozen dessert...
Buttery, creamy caramel with secret: light soy sauce. Taking the place of salt in traditional salted caramel sauce, the soy...
Served in a sweet broth, these dumplings are made from a pillow-soft casing of glutinous rice flour that has a daan...
There are times when only a pancake will do. Whenever you find yourself in such a position,think about turning to...
Fabulous alliteration aside, these gorgeous puddings really do live up to their name. If you have ever tried the Chinese...