China Cultural Chronicles February 22, 2013
- Livestock prosperity festival held in Inner Mongolia
A herdsman takes a photo on his camel during the traditional livestock prosperity festival at Hexigten Banner in Chifeng, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2013. The festival is a special day typically held around the Spring Festival, on which nomadic Mongolians celebrates the "new year" for their livestocks herds. During the festival, people go out camping tents, examine the health problems of their livestock, and dressing up the male livestock. [Xinhua/Sun Guoshu]
- Light show held to celebrate upcoming Lantern Festival in Taipei
- Xi'an the most popular city for snacks
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下载安装Flash播放器Marinated meat in a baked bun, the most famous street snack in Xi'an.
Dianping.com, one of China's largest consumer review websites, released a report recently on the popularity of snack restaurants among its users, the results of which showed that snack restaurants in Xi'an have the highest number of page views compared with other restaurants from 23 other major Chinese cities.
The report also includes data detailing the average amount of money people spend at different kinds of restaurants. For example, it usually costs one Xi'an local 60 yuan for one formal meal and 20 yuan for snacks. Among the most popular restaurants within the report, about 50% are buffet restaurants.
In addition to research on food reviews, the report also provides statistics related to the popularity of tourist sites. According to the report, Xi'an was the city with the most research requests on historical travel destinations.
- Oriental Pavilion
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Decorated with Solanum Mammosian (Nipple Fruits) for the 2013 Chinese New Year festive at the Gardens by the Bay.
- Solanum Mammosian
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Chinese New Year auspicious fruit. Also known as Nipple Fruit decorated the Oriental Pavilion at the Gardens by the Bay
- Hand Puppetry #3
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Hand Puppetry by the Bay performed by Hui An Puppet Troupe (China) at the Waterfront Canopy during Huayi, Chinese Festival of Arts 2013
- Hand Puppetry #2
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Hand Puppetry by the Bay performed by Hui An Puppet Troupe (China) at the Waterfront Canopy during Huayi, Chinese Festival of Arts 2013
- Hand Puppetry #1
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Hand Puppetry by the Bay performed by Hui An Puppet Troupe (China) at the Waterfront Canopy during Huayi, Chinese Festival of Arts 2013
- Gongbao Mansion Buildings in China's Guangxi
Gongbao Mansion Buildings is a well-preserved ancient architecture group, which was built by Ceng Liuying, the governor-general of Yunnan and Guizhou in Guangxu Reign (1875-1908) of Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). It covers an area of 1,350 square meters, including Gongbao Mansion, Nanyin academy of classical learning, Cen Family Ancestral Hall and Zengshou Pavilion. The structures are full of architectural characteristics from Qing Dynasty, and are highlighted by vivid paintings about people and landscaped on the gate posts.[8gol.com]
- Windmills @ Turpan Visitor Center
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Located near the Turpan visitor center between Urumqi and Turpan.
- Tourists enjoy cole flowers in SW China
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