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Qipao show presented on plank road built along vertical cliff in SW China
(Xinhua) 10:45, March 27, 2017
Women present Qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, on a plank road built along a vertical cliff of Jinfo Mountain in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Qu Mingbin)
Women present Qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, on a plank road built along a vertical cliff of Jinfo Mountain in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Qu Mingbin)
Women present Qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, on a plank road built along a vertical cliff of Jinfo Mountain in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Qu Mingbin)
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(Xinhua) 10:45, March 27, 2017
Women present Qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, on a plank road built along a vertical cliff of Jinfo Mountain in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Qu Mingbin)
Women present Qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, on a plank road built along a vertical cliff of Jinfo Mountain in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Qu Mingbin)
Women present Qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, on a plank road built along a vertical cliff of Jinfo Mountain in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Qu Mingbin)
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China's tourism industry rakes in 39 billion yuan in revenue driven by 93 million domestic tourist trips during Tomb-sweeping Day holiday - Xinhua News 2017.04.05
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我在故宫修文物 第一集 青铜器、宫廷钟表和陶瓷的修复【Masters In Forbidden City EP01】
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A three-episode documentary, "Masters In Forbidden City", unfortunately comes with No EngSub.
我在故宫修文物 第一集 青铜器、宫廷钟表和陶瓷的修复【Masters In Forbidden City EP01】
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Look at these fantastic kites.
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Kite competition held at Weifang in E China's Shandong
2017-04-09 12:27 | Xinhua | Editor: Feng Shuang
Kites fly in the sky during a kite competition in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, April 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Chi)
A kite flies in the sky during a kite competition in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, April 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Chi)
A kite flies in the sky during a kite competition in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, April 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Chi)
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Kite competition held at Weifang in E China's Shandong
2017-04-09 12:27 | Xinhua | Editor: Feng Shuang
Kites fly in the sky during a kite competition in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, April 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Chi)
A kite flies in the sky during a kite competition in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, April 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Chi)
A kite flies in the sky during a kite competition in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, April 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Chi)
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Beef noodle soup: a calling card of Lanzhou
(People's Daily Online) 17:04, April 14, 2017
Each day in Lanzhou begins with a bowl of beef noodle soup. A steaming hot serving of the local treat is inseparable from Lanzhou identity, and it also acts as an important window for outsiders to learn more about the city. The noodles can be shaped into more than 10 shapes by expert cooks. Meanwhile, the fresh and tasty beef broth satisfies hungry residents like nothing else can. Lanzhou has more than 1,000 beef noodle soup restaurants selling 1 million bowls each day. Beef noodle soup has been recognized as a calling card of Lanzhou.
(People's Daily Online) 17:04, April 14, 2017
Each day in Lanzhou begins with a bowl of beef noodle soup. A steaming hot serving of the local treat is inseparable from Lanzhou identity, and it also acts as an important window for outsiders to learn more about the city. The noodles can be shaped into more than 10 shapes by expert cooks. Meanwhile, the fresh and tasty beef broth satisfies hungry residents like nothing else can. Lanzhou has more than 1,000 beef noodle soup restaurants selling 1 million bowls each day. Beef noodle soup has been recognized as a calling card of Lanzhou.
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Ancient bamboo slips for calculation enter world records book
Source: Xinhua| 2017-04-23 15:33:42|Editor: Zhou Xin
BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- A set of bamboo slips dating back more than 2,300 years were officially recognized Sunday by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's earliest decimal calculation tool.
"The significance is that it's decimal, not duodecimal as seen in other countries. Decimal did not appear in Europe until the 15th century," said Li Xueqin, head of the Research and Conservation Center for Excavated Texts of Beijing-based Tsinghua University.
The 21 slips, crafted around 305 BC during the Warring States Period, are 43.5 centimeters long and 1.2 centimeters wide each.
When arranged together as a multiplication table, the slips can perform multiplication and division of any two whole numbers under 100 and numbers containing the fraction 0.5.
The slips have inscribed numbers and holes, where threads used to go. A user would pull the threads corresponding to numbers needed to be calculated in order to see the result.
The owner of the slips remains unknown, according to Li. "Our guess is that the tool might be used in trade, or measurement of land in the kingdom of Chu."
In July 2008, Tsinghua acquired a rare collection of 2,500 slip bamboo items from the late Warring States period, which had been smuggled out of China, including the multiplication table.
Source: Xinhua| 2017-04-23 15:33:42|Editor: Zhou Xin
BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- A set of bamboo slips dating back more than 2,300 years were officially recognized Sunday by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's earliest decimal calculation tool.
"The significance is that it's decimal, not duodecimal as seen in other countries. Decimal did not appear in Europe until the 15th century," said Li Xueqin, head of the Research and Conservation Center for Excavated Texts of Beijing-based Tsinghua University.
The 21 slips, crafted around 305 BC during the Warring States Period, are 43.5 centimeters long and 1.2 centimeters wide each.
When arranged together as a multiplication table, the slips can perform multiplication and division of any two whole numbers under 100 and numbers containing the fraction 0.5.
The slips have inscribed numbers and holes, where threads used to go. A user would pull the threads corresponding to numbers needed to be calculated in order to see the result.
The owner of the slips remains unknown, according to Li. "Our guess is that the tool might be used in trade, or measurement of land in the kingdom of Chu."
In July 2008, Tsinghua acquired a rare collection of 2,500 slip bamboo items from the late Warring States period, which had been smuggled out of China, including the multiplication table.
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'Born in China' tops American box office
(People's Daily Online) 16:28, May 10, 2017
"Born in China," a nature documentary jointly produced by China and the U.S., has become a massive box office success in America, earning eighth place among nature documentaries as determined by gross ticket sales.
The documentary, co-produced by Disneynature and Shanghai Media Group, focuses on the lives of species unique to China – pandas, snow leopards and golden monkeys - as well as the Chinese spiritual beliefs surrounding life and death. As of press time, the film had grossed $11 million and was closing in on the Sony blockbuster "Winged Migration."
“The 75-minute documentary features personal and intimate relationships between animals, endowing the creatures with human-like affection. The happy ending for the golden monkey family, the tragedy of the leopard mother and the peaceful dance of the cranes present a real yet emotional story of nature to viewers,” Liu Xiaoyun, a Beijing-based movie critic, told the People’s Daily Online.
Since its debut on April 20, the documentary has been widely praised by critics and viewers in the U.S. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 84 percent, with an average rating of 6.9 out of 10. Reviewers called the film “intriguing, deep and beautiful.”
“The film has offered a good example for Sino-American cooperation in cultural exchange, and it is expected to introduce Chinese beliefs about life and spirit to U.S. audiences,” said Cui Tiankai, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S.
(People's Daily Online) 16:28, May 10, 2017
"Born in China," a nature documentary jointly produced by China and the U.S., has become a massive box office success in America, earning eighth place among nature documentaries as determined by gross ticket sales.
The documentary, co-produced by Disneynature and Shanghai Media Group, focuses on the lives of species unique to China – pandas, snow leopards and golden monkeys - as well as the Chinese spiritual beliefs surrounding life and death. As of press time, the film had grossed $11 million and was closing in on the Sony blockbuster "Winged Migration."
“The 75-minute documentary features personal and intimate relationships between animals, endowing the creatures with human-like affection. The happy ending for the golden monkey family, the tragedy of the leopard mother and the peaceful dance of the cranes present a real yet emotional story of nature to viewers,” Liu Xiaoyun, a Beijing-based movie critic, told the People’s Daily Online.
Since its debut on April 20, the documentary has been widely praised by critics and viewers in the U.S. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 84 percent, with an average rating of 6.9 out of 10. Reviewers called the film “intriguing, deep and beautiful.”
“The film has offered a good example for Sino-American cooperation in cultural exchange, and it is expected to introduce Chinese beliefs about life and spirit to U.S. audiences,” said Cui Tiankai, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S.
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Climate Change: Unsinkable Shanghai
The Shanghai Project, Chapter 2: Seeds of Time
Shanghai Himalayas Museum, China. Until 30 July.
By 2050, much of central Shanghai will be submerged. By 2116, the city's contours will be unrecognizable. This is the genesis of the Shanghai Project, a collaboration of science and art whose second installation, Seeds of Time, focuses on climate change in China's boomtown — a timely reminder of a disturbing prospect.
The project, described as an ideas platform focusing on near-future sustainability, was kick-started in 2016 by the Shanghai Himalayas Museum; Seeds of Time is curated by the museum's executive director, Yongwoo Lee, with Hans Ulbrich Obrist of London's Serpentine Galleries. There is a utopian cast to the wide-ranging research on show, comprising live events, artworks, workshops and publications that collectively imagine a future Shanghai of harmonious coexistence between nature and humanity — a condition known in Chinese as “home garden” or “peach blossom spring”. China has, after all, unique traditions centred on this relationship and stretching back thousands of years.
Yet this is a project that vaults far beyond the local. Joining Chinese artists and scholars including Huang Rui, Qiu Zhijie, Qiu Anxiong and Kaimei Wang are the likes of US physicist Peter Galison and French social philosopher Bruno Latour (lecturing on how we might “reset modernity”). Experiments in how Western thinkers might be inspired by geographic otherness are just part of the cultural interplay in Seeds of Time.
In Route of the Future, artist Qiu Anxiong (perhaps best known for his animated 'woodblock-print' bestiary New Classic of Mountains and Seas; 2006) offers visitors a guided tour through the future city by bus. Science-fiction writer Ken Liu provides the script: a 48-hour itinerary for visiting the drowned metropolis of 2116. Satirizing lifestyle-trend pieces, Liu's text breathlessly describes the nightlife and cuisine for post-apocalyptic tourists, and portrays central Shanghai as a realm in which the elite inhabit underwater bubbles, while much of the population has moved to suburbs. Its optimistic vision of climate adaptation echoes Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi novel New York 2140 (Orbit, 2017).
A documentary film, also called Seeds of Time, traces the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the island of Spitsbergen. Here, the most prized crop varieties from countries around the world are banked in controlled conditions to safeguard them against climate impacts: intertwining the portentous with the pragmatic, the vault might be a monument to our times. (Interestingly, the financial metaphor is not retained in the facility's Chinese name, which translates as “seed research unit”.) Artist Maya Lin's memorial to species extinction, What is Missing? Empty Room, is viewed on optical plates of glass in a darkened room, allowing a digitized, interactive encounter with disappearing habitats and animals. These works are all gripping, but they sit cheek by jowl with opportunistic pieces, as if a celebrity was told, 'Shanghai, ecology — go'.
Recent years have seen China's scientific community gaining ever more international prominence through significant upticks in papers and patent filings, as well as the award of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou. The country's technocratic system profoundly values science as it confronts environmental issues from air pollution to rising tides, and the Shanghai Project reflects a growing trend in artistic grappling with these challenges. China is, of course, no stranger to vast human–environmental dramas: the culture is rooted in such titanic interactions, and in technological solutions to them. The legendary first emperor, the Great Yu, was supposedly an engineer who tamed the waters of the Yellow River — an exploit that explicitly inspired twentieth-century leader Mao Zedong in his South–North Water Transport Project and the Three Gorges Dam (see A. Janku Nature 536, 28–29; 2016). China's pioneering status in science and medicine is also renowned. An ancient text on geography and botany (and the inspiration for Qiu Anxiong's piece) was the fourth-century BC Shan Hai Jing, or the Classic of Mountains and Seas. And dating to roughly the same era, the medical textbook Huangdi Neijing, or the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, is still used for practical applications. (Tu Youyou was famously inspired by ancient medical texts.)
Chinese society is gearing up to save itself, from the experimental architecture schools of Shenzhen to the massive subsidies the Chinese government has announced for sustainable energy — with 2.5 trillion yuan (US$363 billion) to be invested in research, innovation and infrastructure by 2020. The diverse range of visions in the Shanghai Project, whether inspiring or annoying, are never boring. Let's hope that they are another step along the way to a zero-carbon China.
Climate Change: Unsinkable Shanghai : Nature : Nature Research
- Jacob Dreyer
- 10 May 2017
The Shanghai Project, Chapter 2: Seeds of Time
Shanghai Himalayas Museum, China. Until 30 July.
By 2050, much of central Shanghai will be submerged. By 2116, the city's contours will be unrecognizable. This is the genesis of the Shanghai Project, a collaboration of science and art whose second installation, Seeds of Time, focuses on climate change in China's boomtown — a timely reminder of a disturbing prospect.
The project, described as an ideas platform focusing on near-future sustainability, was kick-started in 2016 by the Shanghai Himalayas Museum; Seeds of Time is curated by the museum's executive director, Yongwoo Lee, with Hans Ulbrich Obrist of London's Serpentine Galleries. There is a utopian cast to the wide-ranging research on show, comprising live events, artworks, workshops and publications that collectively imagine a future Shanghai of harmonious coexistence between nature and humanity — a condition known in Chinese as “home garden” or “peach blossom spring”. China has, after all, unique traditions centred on this relationship and stretching back thousands of years.
Yet this is a project that vaults far beyond the local. Joining Chinese artists and scholars including Huang Rui, Qiu Zhijie, Qiu Anxiong and Kaimei Wang are the likes of US physicist Peter Galison and French social philosopher Bruno Latour (lecturing on how we might “reset modernity”). Experiments in how Western thinkers might be inspired by geographic otherness are just part of the cultural interplay in Seeds of Time.
In Route of the Future, artist Qiu Anxiong (perhaps best known for his animated 'woodblock-print' bestiary New Classic of Mountains and Seas; 2006) offers visitors a guided tour through the future city by bus. Science-fiction writer Ken Liu provides the script: a 48-hour itinerary for visiting the drowned metropolis of 2116. Satirizing lifestyle-trend pieces, Liu's text breathlessly describes the nightlife and cuisine for post-apocalyptic tourists, and portrays central Shanghai as a realm in which the elite inhabit underwater bubbles, while much of the population has moved to suburbs. Its optimistic vision of climate adaptation echoes Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi novel New York 2140 (Orbit, 2017).
A documentary film, also called Seeds of Time, traces the establishment of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the island of Spitsbergen. Here, the most prized crop varieties from countries around the world are banked in controlled conditions to safeguard them against climate impacts: intertwining the portentous with the pragmatic, the vault might be a monument to our times. (Interestingly, the financial metaphor is not retained in the facility's Chinese name, which translates as “seed research unit”.) Artist Maya Lin's memorial to species extinction, What is Missing? Empty Room, is viewed on optical plates of glass in a darkened room, allowing a digitized, interactive encounter with disappearing habitats and animals. These works are all gripping, but they sit cheek by jowl with opportunistic pieces, as if a celebrity was told, 'Shanghai, ecology — go'.
Recent years have seen China's scientific community gaining ever more international prominence through significant upticks in papers and patent filings, as well as the award of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou. The country's technocratic system profoundly values science as it confronts environmental issues from air pollution to rising tides, and the Shanghai Project reflects a growing trend in artistic grappling with these challenges. China is, of course, no stranger to vast human–environmental dramas: the culture is rooted in such titanic interactions, and in technological solutions to them. The legendary first emperor, the Great Yu, was supposedly an engineer who tamed the waters of the Yellow River — an exploit that explicitly inspired twentieth-century leader Mao Zedong in his South–North Water Transport Project and the Three Gorges Dam (see A. Janku Nature 536, 28–29; 2016). China's pioneering status in science and medicine is also renowned. An ancient text on geography and botany (and the inspiration for Qiu Anxiong's piece) was the fourth-century BC Shan Hai Jing, or the Classic of Mountains and Seas. And dating to roughly the same era, the medical textbook Huangdi Neijing, or the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, is still used for practical applications. (Tu Youyou was famously inspired by ancient medical texts.)
Chinese society is gearing up to save itself, from the experimental architecture schools of Shenzhen to the massive subsidies the Chinese government has announced for sustainable energy — with 2.5 trillion yuan (US$363 billion) to be invested in research, innovation and infrastructure by 2020. The diverse range of visions in the Shanghai Project, whether inspiring or annoying, are never boring. Let's hope that they are another step along the way to a zero-carbon China.
Climate Change: Unsinkable Shanghai : Nature : Nature Research
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Tanzanian secondary students compete in Chinese language contest
Source: Xinhua | 2017-05-11 22:37:54 | Editor: huaxia
Kiwanja cha Ndege Secondary School students perform during the 1st youth Chinese Language Competition
for Secondary Schools in Dodoma, Tanzania, May 8, 2017. (Xinhua)
DAR ES SALAAM, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Contestants from six Tanzanian secondary schools attended a Chinese language competition earlier this week in the country's capital Dodoma.
The competition consists of three sections, dictation, speech and dialogue.
During the competition, Sada Zacharia, a student from Morogoro Secondary School, emerged as winner thanks to her fluency in Chinese, and the second place went to Bilali Yahya (Kiwanja cha Ndege secondary School) and Devotha Robert (Kilakala Secondary School).
A Tanzanian college student sings a Chinese song at "the Final Competition of Chinese Bridge -- Chinese Proficiency Competition in Tanzania" in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 29, 2015. Thirteen college students from the Confucius Institutes across Tanzania competed on their Chinese proficiency for a ticket to take part in a worldwide Chinese Bridge competition in China this July. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
Third place winners were Nasra Manyanya (Benjamin Mkapa schoold), Ashraf Mtinazi (Kiwanja cha Ndege school) and Lilian Milanzi (Kilakala school).
Deputy Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Education, Science and Techonoligy Simon Msanjila encouraged the students and thanked the work of volunteer language teachers from China and wish them a prosperous life.
A Tanzanian college student performs Chinese calligraphy at "the Final Competition of Chinese Bridge -- Chinese Proficiency Competition in Tanzania" in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 29, 2015. Thirteen college students from the Confucius Institutes across Tanzania competed on their Chinese proficiency for a ticket to take part in a worldwide Chinese Bridge competition in China this July. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
Ten volunteers who have completed their two-year service in Tanzania also received certificate of appreciation from the official.
Zheng Xueyu, Chinese language coordinator in Tanzania, commended all the students who are taking part in the competition, encouraging them to work hard for better results.
Tanzania has introduced Chinese language teaching in its education system in 2016. Currently, there are six pilot secondary schools offering Chinese classes to a total of 2,631 students.
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Where is Tanzania in the world map?
Dodoma is the new capital city of Tanzania, effectively as of 1996. Located in the heartland of Tanzania, Dodoma is the nation’s new official political capital and the seat of government in the country.
Comparably much smaller and less developed than the country’s commercial center and former capital city, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma remains a center for national politics. Situated on the eastern edge of the southern highlands, the city of Dodoma is surrounded by a rich agricultural area and pleasant scenery.
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in Eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region. Parts of the country are in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south; and by the Indian Ocean to the east. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.
Tanzania's population of 51.82 million (2014) is diverse, composed of several ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups. Tanzania is a presidential constitutional republic, and since 1996, its official capital city has been Dodoma, where the President's Office, the National Assembly, and some government ministries are located. Dar es Salaam, the former capital, retains most government offices and is the country's largest city, principal port, and leading commercial centre.
Over 100 different languages are spoken in Tanzania, making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa. Among the languages spoken in Tanzania are all four of Africa's language families: Bantu, Cushitic, Nilotic, and Khoisan. Swahili and English are Tanzania's official languages.
Source: Xinhua | 2017-05-11 22:37:54 | Editor: huaxia
Kiwanja cha Ndege Secondary School students perform during the 1st youth Chinese Language Competition
for Secondary Schools in Dodoma, Tanzania, May 8, 2017. (Xinhua)
DAR ES SALAAM, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Contestants from six Tanzanian secondary schools attended a Chinese language competition earlier this week in the country's capital Dodoma.
The competition consists of three sections, dictation, speech and dialogue.
During the competition, Sada Zacharia, a student from Morogoro Secondary School, emerged as winner thanks to her fluency in Chinese, and the second place went to Bilali Yahya (Kiwanja cha Ndege secondary School) and Devotha Robert (Kilakala Secondary School).
A Tanzanian college student sings a Chinese song at "the Final Competition of Chinese Bridge -- Chinese Proficiency Competition in Tanzania" in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 29, 2015. Thirteen college students from the Confucius Institutes across Tanzania competed on their Chinese proficiency for a ticket to take part in a worldwide Chinese Bridge competition in China this July. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
Third place winners were Nasra Manyanya (Benjamin Mkapa schoold), Ashraf Mtinazi (Kiwanja cha Ndege school) and Lilian Milanzi (Kilakala school).
Deputy Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Education, Science and Techonoligy Simon Msanjila encouraged the students and thanked the work of volunteer language teachers from China and wish them a prosperous life.
A Tanzanian college student performs Chinese calligraphy at "the Final Competition of Chinese Bridge -- Chinese Proficiency Competition in Tanzania" in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 29, 2015. Thirteen college students from the Confucius Institutes across Tanzania competed on their Chinese proficiency for a ticket to take part in a worldwide Chinese Bridge competition in China this July. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
Ten volunteers who have completed their two-year service in Tanzania also received certificate of appreciation from the official.
Zheng Xueyu, Chinese language coordinator in Tanzania, commended all the students who are taking part in the competition, encouraging them to work hard for better results.
Tanzania has introduced Chinese language teaching in its education system in 2016. Currently, there are six pilot secondary schools offering Chinese classes to a total of 2,631 students.
---------------
Where is Tanzania in the world map?
Dodoma is the new capital city of Tanzania, effectively as of 1996. Located in the heartland of Tanzania, Dodoma is the nation’s new official political capital and the seat of government in the country.
Comparably much smaller and less developed than the country’s commercial center and former capital city, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma remains a center for national politics. Situated on the eastern edge of the southern highlands, the city of Dodoma is surrounded by a rich agricultural area and pleasant scenery.
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in Eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region. Parts of the country are in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south; and by the Indian Ocean to the east. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.
Tanzania's population of 51.82 million (2014) is diverse, composed of several ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups. Tanzania is a presidential constitutional republic, and since 1996, its official capital city has been Dodoma, where the President's Office, the National Assembly, and some government ministries are located. Dar es Salaam, the former capital, retains most government offices and is the country's largest city, principal port, and leading commercial centre.
Over 100 different languages are spoken in Tanzania, making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa. Among the languages spoken in Tanzania are all four of Africa's language families: Bantu, Cushitic, Nilotic, and Khoisan. Swahili and English are Tanzania's official languages.
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China ready to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival
Xinhua, May 24, 2017
A worker shows zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, in a food company in Zigui County, central China's Hubei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu)
Workers make zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, in a food company in Zigui County, central China's Hubei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu)
Children make zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, with their relatives during an activity to greet the upcoming the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
A boy displays a paper-made dragon boat model during an activity to greet the upcoming the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
Children make paper-made dragon boat models during an activity to greet the upcoming the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
People assemble a dragon boat in Songhu Township of Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 23, 2017. Local people were busy making preparations for the upcoming dragon boat competition in Jinjiang River. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
People make a dragon boat in Songhu Township of Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 23, 2017. Local people were busy making preparations for the upcoming dragon boat competition in Jinjiang River. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
People test their new dragon boat in Jinjiang River in Songhu Township of Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 23, 2017. Local people were busy making preparations for the upcoming dragon boat competition in Jinjiang River. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Xinhua, May 24, 2017
A worker shows zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, in a food company in Zigui County, central China's Hubei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu)
Workers make zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, in a food company in Zigui County, central China's Hubei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu)
Children make zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, with their relatives during an activity to greet the upcoming the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
A boy displays a paper-made dragon boat model during an activity to greet the upcoming the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
Children make paper-made dragon boat models during an activity to greet the upcoming the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, May 23, 2017. The Dragon Boat Festival of this year will fall on May 30. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
People assemble a dragon boat in Songhu Township of Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 23, 2017. Local people were busy making preparations for the upcoming dragon boat competition in Jinjiang River. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
People make a dragon boat in Songhu Township of Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 23, 2017. Local people were busy making preparations for the upcoming dragon boat competition in Jinjiang River. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
People test their new dragon boat in Jinjiang River in Songhu Township of Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 23, 2017. Local people were busy making preparations for the upcoming dragon boat competition in Jinjiang River. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
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Photographers capture Dragon Boat Festival celebrations in China
chinadaily.com.cn | 2017-05-24 07:00
Hundreds of dragon boats compete in a race during the Dragon Boat Festival celebration. Photo was taken by Liang Jianhua. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
A collection of photographs, selected from the Jiaxing Cup National Duanwu Culture Photography Exhibition in the past two years, present the traditions and customs of the Dragon Boat Festival celebrations in China.
The Duanwu Festival, otherwise known as the Dragon Boat Festival, was established in remembrance of Qu Yuan, a ministerial scholar and patriotic poet of the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
Qu Yuan, who died by committing suicide in the Miluo River, was known as a good man. Shortly after he died, the local people, at the time of the event, threw food into the water to distract, and feed, the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body. They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats, known as dragon boats, making sound to scare away the fish.
Traditional celebrations of the Dragon Boat Festival include eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.
The festival date, reckoned on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on May 30 this year.
A sacrificial ceremony is held at the ancestral temple during the Dragon Boat Festival. Photo is taken by Zhuo Zhihao. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Elders are busy with zongzi, which ware pyramid-shaped snacks made of glutinous rice ball stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during the Dragon Boat Festival. Photo is taken by Zhang Yougang. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People spray water to each other after a dragon boat race. Photo is taken by Lu Zhihao. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Dragon boat race is held at a river town. Photo is taken by Zhang Yonglin. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Participants of the dragon boat race exert all their strength in paddling the boat. Photo is taken by Chu Yongfeng. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Crowds of people watch a dragon boat race at a river town. Photo is taken by Yan Jun. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People carry a dragon boat into a river. Photo is taken by Luo Pingxi. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Dragon boat race at an ancient village. Photo is taken by Zhang Yongyan. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Women wearing special headwear attend a sacrificial ceremony during the Dragon Boat Festival. Photo is taken by Chen Xiurong. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Dragon boat race is held at night in a river town. Photo is taken by Ji Yongxie. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People watch a dragon boat race. Photo is taken by Lu Zhangtu. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People get ready for a dragon boat race in a river town. Photo is taken by Deng Yijian. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People participate in the bamboo dance. Photo is taken by Chen Bixin. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Aerial view of a dragon boat race in Foshan, South China's Guandong province. Photo is taken by Wang Weijia. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People participate in a game of catching ducks during the Dragon Boat Festival celebration. Photo is taken by Li Longde. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
chinadaily.com.cn | 2017-05-24 07:00
Hundreds of dragon boats compete in a race during the Dragon Boat Festival celebration. Photo was taken by Liang Jianhua. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
A collection of photographs, selected from the Jiaxing Cup National Duanwu Culture Photography Exhibition in the past two years, present the traditions and customs of the Dragon Boat Festival celebrations in China.
The Duanwu Festival, otherwise known as the Dragon Boat Festival, was established in remembrance of Qu Yuan, a ministerial scholar and patriotic poet of the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
Qu Yuan, who died by committing suicide in the Miluo River, was known as a good man. Shortly after he died, the local people, at the time of the event, threw food into the water to distract, and feed, the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body. They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats, known as dragon boats, making sound to scare away the fish.
Traditional celebrations of the Dragon Boat Festival include eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.
The festival date, reckoned on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on May 30 this year.
A sacrificial ceremony is held at the ancestral temple during the Dragon Boat Festival. Photo is taken by Zhuo Zhihao. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Elders are busy with zongzi, which ware pyramid-shaped snacks made of glutinous rice ball stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, during the Dragon Boat Festival. Photo is taken by Zhang Yougang. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People spray water to each other after a dragon boat race. Photo is taken by Lu Zhihao. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Dragon boat race is held at a river town. Photo is taken by Zhang Yonglin. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Participants of the dragon boat race exert all their strength in paddling the boat. Photo is taken by Chu Yongfeng. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Crowds of people watch a dragon boat race at a river town. Photo is taken by Yan Jun. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People carry a dragon boat into a river. Photo is taken by Luo Pingxi. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Dragon boat race at an ancient village. Photo is taken by Zhang Yongyan. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Women wearing special headwear attend a sacrificial ceremony during the Dragon Boat Festival. Photo is taken by Chen Xiurong. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Dragon boat race is held at night in a river town. Photo is taken by Ji Yongxie. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People watch a dragon boat race. Photo is taken by Lu Zhangtu. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People get ready for a dragon boat race in a river town. Photo is taken by Deng Yijian. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People participate in the bamboo dance. Photo is taken by Chen Bixin. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
Aerial view of a dragon boat race in Foshan, South China's Guandong province. Photo is taken by Wang Weijia. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
People participate in a game of catching ducks during the Dragon Boat Festival celebration. Photo is taken by Li Longde. [Photo provided by photoint.net]
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We are getting ready for Dragon Boat Festival on the other side of the Straits.
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粽子在小小的台湾，样式可谓五花八门，至少有七八种不同的流行做法。台湾粽一直有“北部粽”、“南部粽”之争，各有爱好者，北部粽主要是将糯米事先调入酱油炒过焖过再加配料包起来，吃起来粒粒分明；南部粽是将生糯米及生花生用水泡开加入配料,再将整个粽子放入锅中用水煮熟,糯米因此软而绵密；口感上，北部粽有嚼感，南部粽有黏性；另外还有台湾客家人常吃的“碱粽”也有一定的支持者。
http://news.haiwainet.cn/n/2017/0524/c3542884-30931476-2.html
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璀璨端午在鹿港 全國唯一夜間龍舟賽
記者陳雅芳／彰化報導
2017.05.18 / 23:40
▲2017鹿港慶端陽系列活動熱鬧登場，彰化縣長魏明谷歡迎國內外遊客在端午期間前來鹿港「看龍舟、嘗美食、賞古蹟、玩民俗」。（圖／記者陳雅芳攝，2017.5.18）
全國唯一夜間龍舟賽，龍舟幻化夜光龍，最璀璨的端午在鹿港！2017鹿港慶端陽系列活動熱鬧登場，彰化縣長魏明谷、鹿港鎮長黃振彥，18日在鹿港鎮公所為活動暖場，魏明谷指出，今年端午節適逢4天連假，歡迎國內外遊客在端午期間前來鹿港「看龍舟、嘗美食、賞古蹟、玩民俗」，感受鹿港璀璨的夜晚。
魏明谷表示，今年活動除了延續去年舉辦頗受好評之「夜間龍舟賽」，而為吸引更多遊客留宿鹿港，特別規劃一系列夜間活動，在鹿港老街、公會堂廣場及鹿港藝術村，精心規劃街道夜間燈光展示及公會堂光雕秀，並舉辦「夜間踩街嘉年華」，鹿港將充滿歡樂氣氛。
▲全國唯一夜間龍舟賽，龍舟幻化夜光龍，最璀璨的端午在鹿港。（圖／記者陳雅芳攝，2017.5.18）
魏明谷表示，今年更將活動延長1個月。龍舟賽福鹿溪燈海在水波間蕩漾，美如夢幻，鹿港藝術村和公會堂燈盞隧道，鹿港老街各式不同燈具，天后宮壯觀燈盞，讓人驚嘆鹿港「越夜越美麗」。
▲全國唯一夜間龍舟賽，龍舟幻化夜光龍，最璀璨的端午在鹿港。（圖／記者陳雅芳攝，2017.5.18）
暖場會一開始，縣府播放宣傳影片，邀請鹿港女兒藝人米可白向大家熱情介紹鹿港和美食；鹿港鎮公所也特地現場準備煎饘「食弟」和粽子，讓大家感受濃厚的端午節慶氛圍。福興鄉長粘禮淞說，福鹿溪位於福興鄉與鹿港的交界，有河濱公園、看台，感謝龍舟賽從前年重新移回福鹿溪，還延伸到夜間，帶來人潮。
▲ 全國唯一夜間龍舟賽，龍舟幻化夜光龍，最璀璨的端午在鹿港。（圖／記者陳雅芳攝，2017.5.18）
魏明谷宣布更新的亮點，明年慶端陽活動將增加「隔岸拔河」，恢復過去鹿港民俗，並將福鹿溪兩岸燈從鹿港接到員林東西向，讓民眾從高速公路下坡就看到一片燈海。黃振彥說，縣府今年將活動延長為1個月，鹿港老街被絢麗的燈光映照得美麗非凡，公會堂廣場光雕秀與廊道值得來體驗。
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粽子在小小的台湾，样式可谓五花八门，至少有七八种不同的流行做法。台湾粽一直有“北部粽”、“南部粽”之争，各有爱好者，北部粽主要是将糯米事先调入酱油炒过焖过再加配料包起来，吃起来粒粒分明；南部粽是将生糯米及生花生用水泡开加入配料,再将整个粽子放入锅中用水煮熟,糯米因此软而绵密；口感上，北部粽有嚼感，南部粽有黏性；另外还有台湾客家人常吃的“碱粽”也有一定的支持者。
http://news.haiwainet.cn/n/2017/0524/c3542884-30931476-2.html
***
璀璨端午在鹿港 全國唯一夜間龍舟賽
記者陳雅芳／彰化報導
2017.05.18 / 23:40
▲2017鹿港慶端陽系列活動熱鬧登場，彰化縣長魏明谷歡迎國內外遊客在端午期間前來鹿港「看龍舟、嘗美食、賞古蹟、玩民俗」。（圖／記者陳雅芳攝，2017.5.18）
全國唯一夜間龍舟賽，龍舟幻化夜光龍，最璀璨的端午在鹿港！2017鹿港慶端陽系列活動熱鬧登場，彰化縣長魏明谷、鹿港鎮長黃振彥，18日在鹿港鎮公所為活動暖場，魏明谷指出，今年端午節適逢4天連假，歡迎國內外遊客在端午期間前來鹿港「看龍舟、嘗美食、賞古蹟、玩民俗」，感受鹿港璀璨的夜晚。
魏明谷表示，今年活動除了延續去年舉辦頗受好評之「夜間龍舟賽」，而為吸引更多遊客留宿鹿港，特別規劃一系列夜間活動，在鹿港老街、公會堂廣場及鹿港藝術村，精心規劃街道夜間燈光展示及公會堂光雕秀，並舉辦「夜間踩街嘉年華」，鹿港將充滿歡樂氣氛。
魏明谷表示，今年更將活動延長1個月。龍舟賽福鹿溪燈海在水波間蕩漾，美如夢幻，鹿港藝術村和公會堂燈盞隧道，鹿港老街各式不同燈具，天后宮壯觀燈盞，讓人驚嘆鹿港「越夜越美麗」。
暖場會一開始，縣府播放宣傳影片，邀請鹿港女兒藝人米可白向大家熱情介紹鹿港和美食；鹿港鎮公所也特地現場準備煎饘「食弟」和粽子，讓大家感受濃厚的端午節慶氛圍。福興鄉長粘禮淞說，福鹿溪位於福興鄉與鹿港的交界，有河濱公園、看台，感謝龍舟賽從前年重新移回福鹿溪，還延伸到夜間，帶來人潮。
魏明谷宣布更新的亮點，明年慶端陽活動將增加「隔岸拔河」，恢復過去鹿港民俗，並將福鹿溪兩岸燈從鹿港接到員林東西向，讓民眾從高速公路下坡就看到一片燈海。黃振彥說，縣府今年將活動延長為1個月，鹿港老街被絢麗的燈光映照得美麗非凡，公會堂廣場光雕秀與廊道值得來體驗。
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PLUS STAY AWAY FROM CIGARETTE
And avoid at best the genetically modified food (GMO), unnatural coloring, and the GMO from USA is the riskiest, the name of Monsanto immediately comes into mind.I just can't stay away from cigarette & some small qtty of liquor (can't be saint)... all other I have no problem to avoid at best.
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DAILY LIFE of lama Ngawang Peljor at the Rongpu Monastery 絨布寺 near Mount Qomolangma 珠峰
in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, more precisely located in Basum Township, Dingri County, in Xigaze Prefecture... near the North Face base, about 8 kilometers.
Rongpu Monastery 絨布寺 is known as the world's highest monastery, an important pilgrimage site for those highlanders such as the sherpas and Tibetan folks living around that area.
Xinhua News - 2017.05.24
# Complete tranquility, less heat, no sweat... get closer to heaven for it's the sole focus, minimized distraction... far from mundane affairs... looking at the permafrosted Mt. Qomolangma 珠峰 every day... what a life!!!
What a cute mountain goat or sheep... mbek, mbekkkk... bleating
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Giant panda enjoys zongzi at zoo in Yangzhou
Ecns.cn | 2017-05-28 07:12
A giant panda eats specially prepared zongzi, a kind of traditional food eaten during Dragon Boat Festival, at a zoo in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on May 26, 2017. The zoo prepared zongzi made of steamed corn bread, bamboo powder, and apple for pandas to mark the upcoming festival.[Photo/Ecns.cn]
A giant panda eats specially prepared zongzi, a kind of traditional food eaten during Dragon Boat Festival, at a zoo in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on May 26, 2017. The zoo prepared zongzi made of steamed corn bread, bamboo powder, and apple for pandas to mark the upcoming festival.[Photo/Ecns.cn]
A panda keeper makes zongzi, a kind of traditional food for the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, at a zoo in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on May 26, 2017.[Photo/Ecns.cn]
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