Chinese Teapots Ancient And Modern The history of tea drinking goes back way before the invention of teapots. One story about the origin of tea as a drink credits a Chinese Emperor, Shen Nung, from the 3rd century BCE, as the inventor. It's said that he was boiling drinking water while sitting under a tea tree when some of the leaves fell into the water, and he enjoyed the taste so much that he continued to drink tea for pleasure. Another...more
Tea leaf selectionThe highest grade white tea, yellow tea and green tea are made from tender tea shoots picked early Spring. These young tea shoots may consist of a single terminal bud, a bud with an adjacent leaf or a bud with two adjacent slightly unfurled leaves. It is generally required that the leaves are equal in length or shorter than the buds.The more oxidised tea such as red tea or oolong tea () are made from more mature leaves. The Anxi...more
Chinese lanterns are the newest must have for a party! Lanterns are an airborne lantern found traditionally in Asian countries, they are also known as sky lanterns . They are usually made from rice paper and have a small frame made of bamboo to hold a candle. Once lit the heat from the candle's flame is trapped within the flying lanterns causing them to slowly rise and become airborne. The glow from these lanterns can be seen from miles away and they can stay airborne for as much as 20 minutes if made by traditional standards, and they can also reach an altitude of a thousand feet. These lanterns are very unpopular with agriculture growers and farmers in many countries because of the risk of fire caused by these flying lanterns upon landing. China has used these airborne lanterns for almost 2,000 years to celebrate the Chinese New Year. These flying Chinese lanterns were also used by the military because their sparkling lights could be seen for miles and could alert cities and towns of approaching armies. Today the flying chinese lanterns are mostly seen during the New Year's Day celebration as a way to bring good luck. These types of lanterns are also used for social events...more
To implement the slogan of the party insist on safe development, improve the social voluntary service system, the protection of national and people's lives and property, and other important spiritual, social welfare services to meet the people involved in the new look and maintenance of new public fire safety demand, improve the quality of national...more
Chinese Adoptions: What you should know There is something exclusive and mystifying about a Chinese international adoption. It is no wonder then that Chinese adoptions rank first out of the twenty countries where U.S. Citizens go to adopt. China adoption requires international adoption agencies to be licensed through the China Center for...more
Research Report on Chinese Construction Machinery Industry, 2010-2011 www.shcri.com - Machinery demanded in the comprehensive mechanized construction of earthwork, stonework, concrete work and building & installation projects is called construction machinery. The production of the construction machinery industry is featured with multiple varieties and small batch. This industry is a technology-intensive, labor-intensive and capital-intensive sector. Construction machinery is mainly applied in the national defense construction, transportation construction, construction and production in the energy industry, construction and production in raw material industries (e.g. mining), agriculture, forestry, water conservancy construction, industrial and civil buildings, urban construction and environmental protection, etc. In 2009, the market scale of Chinese construction machinery industry was about CNY 320 billion (USD 46.90 billion) with the growth rate of over 18.5%. Though Chinese construction machinery market achieved high-speed growth in the past few years, direct export to China is not the optimal strategy for foreign manufacturers, except the export of a few high-end...more
Interfacing With Chinese Suppliers China suppliers are some of the most cost efficient suppliers in today's market. These China suppliers are able to offer a host of products, even services, to buyers all around the world. China can offer...more
From VCD to DVD Times, the Chinese industry, compact discs and players, apparently vigorous, bustling, actually is one of many Chinese enterprises , the victims. Although China is the largest DVD producer, but there is a market, production capacity...more
Chinese language tea is usually a time honoured custom which has been used in China for thousands of decades. It started out off like a medicine then little by little evolved into a beverage and turned a hallmark in China s culture. The Chinese tea...more
new year greetings for chinese people In china, culture and custom are everything. Their respect for culture supersede any other form of civilization or advancement. While countries in some continents are losing their culture and lifestyle...more
Hundreds of different kinds of flutes exist around the world. This makes it hard to pick which flute to learn. There are flutes from Asia, Europe and the Americas. One of these is sure to catch your interest.The most common flutes are those from...more
Hookah - Authentic Egyptian or Chinese Imposter? Egyptian artisans still make hookah the old-fashioned way -- by hand and with a great deal of pride in craftsmanship. Making hookah is still a family tradition, and the best hookah makers in...more