http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@a1articles.com Chinese people value trees and flowers as much as westerners do. Plum flowers are fragrant and beautiful. They were once the national flower. On the RMB50 cents coins you can see plum flowers on the side. Chrysanthemum flowers symbolizes a strong li... http://www.a1articles.com/article_45535_27.html 20th April 2006 One day, Tian Di (The God Above) wanted to manage all animals on earth. He took out 12 chairs and told the cat to tell 11 other animals to go to the sky palace. When the cat told the ox about it, the rat overheard the news. The rat was very angry and h... http://www.a1articles.com/article_45534_29.html 20th April 2006 At Chinese meal times, Chinese people use a round or square table. Person of the most importance would usually take the seat the farthest away from the door whilst the youngest or the person of the least importance would take the seat closest to the door.... http://www.a1articles.com/article_45533_26.html 20th April 2006 If you have visited Hong Kong in the past, you should have tried the typical HK street food stalls and had a taste of the famous curry fish balls there. If you haven't, then you must make sure you will try it the next time you are there. What is so spe... http://www.a1articles.com/article_45532_26.html 20th April 2006 Chinese people have their own culture when it comes to giving friends or relatives presents. When it is a new-born baby, usually jade or silver bracelet or necklace would be good, particularly ones which can make the clinging sound so it will make some... http://www.a1articles.com/article_45500_47.html 20th April 2006 All people in the world know the importance of eating breakfast and every country has their traditional breakfast for its people. English people have their fried eggs, beans, bacon and mushrooms. Pakistan people have their chapattis. Chinese people have t... http://www.a1articles.com/article_45497_26.html 20th April 2006 Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year (January/February) It is usually in the winter of a year. The exact date would follow the one in Lunar Calendar. Entering the New Year month, every family would clean and tidy both the inside and the outside of their house... http://www.a1articles.com/article_45496_29.html 20th April 2006 Chinese tea - water quality The quality of tea is controlled by the quality of the water. It was said in ancient China that water is the mother of tea. There are three categories of water: best is water from a hill, average is water from the river, bott... http://www.a1articles.com/article_45495_26.html 20th April 2006 In ancient China, a man could have as many concubines as possible after the first wife. It was possible that the youngest concubine would be a teenager while the husband could be an ancient old man. Poor families sold their young daughters to rich familie... http://www.a1articles.com/article_44979_41.html 19th April 2006 What is Geisha? 'Gei' is arts or performance while 'Sha' means people. They are the professional hostesses to entertain guests who are nothing like prostitutes. It is said that Geisha started in the 11th century when there were dancers for the warriors. ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_44729_28.html 18th April 2006 Koi are domesticated ornamental varieties of the common carp Cyprinus carpio. They are not goldfish, just very closely related to goldfish, and the style of breeding and ornamentation has become very similar, probably through the efforts of Japanese breed... http://www.a1articles.com/article_44728_32.html 18th April 2006 Wood has had the longest relationship with humans apart from stone. Our ancestors used it to clothe themselves, to shelter themselves and to feed themselves. With different ways of cutting and using different types of wood, people started to recognize suc... http://www.a1articles.com/article_44727_27.html 18th April 2006 I have been to Bangkok once before but it was at least 10 years ago. With a complimentary return ticket with an airline I got the chance to see the place again at the end of April. This time I could see more of Bangkok though I just stayed there for 3 d... http://www.a1articles.com/article_44722_29.html 18th April 2006 In ancient China , people used to sit or kneel on straw mats on the floor. Starting from around 471-221B.C., beds and mats came into being. Then people started to move their daily living from the floor to somewhere of raised heights. From then on, straw m... http://www.a1articles.com/article_44721_27.html 18th April 2006 Recently I had a chance to spend four days in Shanghai. It was a wonderful experience and I was not at all surprised to see that Shanghai is really a city which is developing itself prosperously and positively. I was staying in a three-star hotel in wh... http://www.a1articles.com/article_44719_29.html 18th April 2006 Traditionally in China, when once people got married, they would immediately get ready for having a baby. That is why symbolic things such as dolls or lotus seeds would be put on the beds of the newly weds on their wedding day so as to bring in the meanin... http://www.a1articles.com/article_44714_61.html 18th April 2006