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People Born in the Year of the Boar |
| The twelfth and final animal in the Chinese zodiac is the plump, jolly boar. Legend has it that the boar was the last animal to finish the race that decided the order of the Chinese zodiac signs, as he stopped off along the way to eat a meal... |
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Mans Best Friend: The Year of the Dog |
| The Chinese zodiac sign of the dog is the second to last animal out of the twelve that make up the chart... |
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Who Are You Calling Chicken? The Year of the Rooster |
| If you were born in the year of the rooster, one thing is for sure. Even if its only in small measures, there will be an element of exhibitionism in your character... |
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My Mate the Primate: Characteristics of the Year of the Monkey |
| The personality traits most often associated with apes are the typical characteristics of people born under the Chinese zodiac sign of the monkey... |
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How To Recognize The Zodiac Sign of the Sheep |
| The eighth Chinese zodiac sign is the sheep, but what sort of characteristics do people born in this year share? |
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Giddy Up: The Year of the Horse |
| The seventh Chinese zodiac sign is the horse. People born in the year of the horse tend to share certain characteristics with the animal... |
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Natural Charmer: The Year of the Snake |
| Sleek, graceful, intelligent, and ever so slightly sly, the Chinese zodiac sign of the snake is renowned for bestowing these attributes onto people born under it... |
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Way of the Dragon: Traits of the Fifth Zodiac Sign |
| As the only mythical creature among the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, the Dragon occupies a special place in the rankings... |
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The Year of the Rabbit: Typical Traits |
| The fourth Chinese zodiac sign is the rabbit. Like the long-eared hopping creature itself, people born in the year of the rabbit are typically sociable, friendly, and loving, valuing family and friends... |
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Star of Stripes: The Year of the Tiger |
| The Chinese zodiac sign of 2010 is the tiger, meaning that people born under this sign have their twelve-yearly chance to shine. But what typifies the year of the tiger when it comes to personality traits and compatibility? |
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Strong and Steady: The Year of the Ox |
| As the second Chinese zodiac sign, the dependable Ox will always be in the shadow of the quick and cunning rat... |
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Cunning and Inventive - Chinese Zodiac Sign - Rat |
| In Chinese zodiac sign mythology, it is the rat who reaches the Jade Emperor first, securing his position at the head of the astrology chart... |
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The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac Animals |
| The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac or shengxiao as they are known in Mandarin represent the qualities and attributes of the people born in a certain year... |
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Jingdezhen - City of Porcelain |
| Known as the City of Porcelain, this prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province in southeast China has been producing porcelain for some 1700 years... |
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The Difference Between Chinese Embroidery and Cross-stitch |
| In fact, cross-stitch is a specific type of embroidery... |
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Porcelain Tea Sets and Tableware |
| Tea has always been a commodity in China, where it has been grown for thousands of years... |
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Animals that symbolize love in China |
| Animal symbolism has a long history in Chinese culture... |
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Taboos and Superstitions of Chinese New Year |
| During Chinese New Year, you are likely to see many beautiful decorations adorning homes, businesses and public places... |
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Celebrating Western Valentines Day in China |
| Western Valentines Day has become a hugely popular festival in China over the past few years since the Middle Kingdom has opened to the West... |
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Auspicious Undulations: Chinese New Year Dragon Dances |
| Dragons are one of the most powerful symbols in all of Chinese culture... |
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The Secrets of Chinese Empresses |
| Though an often overlooked aspect of Chinese history, empresses played important roles in the past and were often very influential in the politics of their time... |
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Chinas Luckiest Flowers |
| Just like most major cultural groups in the world, the Chinese have strong associations with flowers. Flowers are an important gift-giving tradition and there are many special rules about which flowers to give and when to give them... |
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Lucky Cat and Fortune Bat - Auspicious Chinese Animals |
| Since the dawn of time, animals have played important symbolic roles throughout China. Both real natural animals and mythical beasts have taken on lucky, auspicious or generally superstitious meanings that still hold up today... |
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Shi Poems: Keepsake of the Tang Dynasty |
| The Tang Dynasty is known as a golden age of many things in Chinese history: architecture, art, music and intellectual searching... |
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Lions and Stilts: Chinas Rich Dancing Tradition |
| Chinese folk dancing is a long, rich tradition that is not easily classified. There are literally hundreds of different styles of folk dances, which vary greatly from region to region across China... |
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Creation of the Gods: Chinas Epic |
| Creation of the Gods, or Fengshen Yanyi in Mandarin, is a historic Chinese novel about the fall of the Shang Dynasty and rise of the Zhou Dynasty... |
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The Buzz About Dizi Flutes |
| The Chinese dizi is a delicate instrument known for its whimsical, light tones. The dizi is a transverse flute, usually made of bamboo... |
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The Red Badges of China |
| During Chinas Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s, one of the most beloved national symbols was born: the Chairman Mao badge... |
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Confucius Temples: Houses of Worship in Ancient China |
| Undoubtedly, the most famous and influential thinker and philosopher in Chinese history was Confucius... |
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The Moon Reflected in Erquan |
| The most famous of all the Chinese instruments is the erhu, a two-stringed bowed instrument with a box resonator. And the most famous of all erhu pieces is undoubtedly The Moon Reflected in Second Spring, or erquan yingyue in Chinese... |
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