21. Chinese Zodiac Page chinese culture Center Home Page Learn about chinese culture, chinatown tours, exhibitions, search for Chinese related materials. http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/zodiac.html

Chinese Culture Center's Zodiac Page 750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108-1809 Email: info@c-c-c.org , 415-986-1822, Fax: 415-986-2825, Directions Home Calendar Classes ... Donations Search Activities Calendar Classes Chinatown Walks Roots Program ... Volunteers Culture Ethnic Minorities Holidays/Festivals Zodiac Resource Gallery Shop Auditorium Rental Links GuestBook About Us About the Center Donations Staff Directory Board of Directors ... Archives Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm (Maybe open at other times for classes or events) Closed Mondays (Temporarily closed on Sundays) Zodiac Zodiac posters and gift items available at the Gallery Shop Dog Pig Rooster ... Background and Concept Chinese Lunar Calendar Background and Concept The Chinese animal signs are a 12-year cycle used for dating the years. They represent a cyclical concept of time, rather than the Western linear concept of time. The Chinese Lunar Calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, and is constructed in a different fashion than the Western solar calendar. In the Chinese calendar, the beginning of the year falls somewhere between late January and early February. The Chinese have adopted the Western calendar since 1911, but the lunar calendar is still used for festive occasions such as the Chinese New Year. Many Chinese calendars will print both the solar dates and the Chinese lunar dates.

22. Www.chinesecultureclub.org Information on courses and other activities in the city. http://www.chinesecultureclub.org

This month Cooking Past events Private programs ... Shop Sunday, June 9, 7:30-9:30 pm Talk: Taoism in traditional painting Saturday-Sunday, June 12-13 Trip: Chengde with Professor Zhao

23. Chinese Canadian Historical Photo Exhibit Portrays chinese culture in Canada with exhibits and photographs that tell the history of early immigrants. http://www.ccnc.ca/toronto/history/

24. Chinese Musical Instruments chinese culture Net Policies. HomeGuqinGuzhengXiaoErhuPipa. 19992004 chinese culture Net, All Rights Reserved. Email sales@chineseculture.net. http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/instruments/

Chinese Musical Instruments Mother's Day Special offer and save up to 50% offer ends June 11th Guqin Guqin products list CDs, VCDs and Books Guzheng Guzheng products list CDs, VCDs and Books Pipa Pipa products list CDs, VCDs and Books Erhu Erhu products list CDs, VCDs and Books Wind instruments products list CDs, VCDs and Books Others Other Instruments' products list Other CDs, VCDs and Books Chinese Culture Net Policies Home ... [News] Email sales@chineseculture.net

25. Chinese Culture University http://www.pccu.edu.tw/intl/index-e.htm

26. Chinese Culture China Guide -- Cooking Painting Literature A new and updated daily English site concerning about chinese culture,China food,literature,art,music,garden,travel in and so on. What s new? literature. http://www.china-on-site.com/

27. Chinese Culture China Guide -- Cooking Painting Literature A new and updated daily English site concerning about chinese culture,China food,literature,art,music,garden,travel in and so on. http://www.china-on-site.com/index.php3

Home Comics Strips Chinese Cooking Painting ... The Imperial Palace Monkey King "Monkey King",written by Wu Ch'eng-en,a scholar-official, is one of the renowned classical Chinese novels about an allegorical rendition of the journey, mingled with Chinese fables, fairy tables, legends,superstitions, popuar beliefs, monster stories. The Imperial Palace In the center of Beijing.Once the Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors.It is the largest and most complete complex of traditional Chinese architecture.Now the palace contains large collections of precious cultural and art objects. Chinese Dumpling Jiaozi (Chinese Dumpling) is a traditional Chinese food, which is essential during holidays in Northern China. Comic strips More... Monkey King Romance of Three Kingdoms Tale of Water Margin ... The Scholars Chinese Cooking More...

28. ChineseCulture Selected chinese culture links. Some interesting new sites Zheng He Did he reach the Americas first? Neijia. chinese culture Bookmarks. Added November 18, 1998. http://www.asiawind.com/hakka/china.htm

Hakka - An Important Element of Chinese Culture Established 1995 Asiawind.com Updated : 01/17/03 Selected Chinese culture links Some interesting new sites: Zheng He - Did he reach the Americas first? Rice civilization - Archaeology Are the Olmecs of Mexico descendants of Shang people? Dr. Michael Xu's site See discussions at this Yahoo CLub Sinorama magazine U.S. News and Report, Novermber 4, 1996, page 46. abcnews (991019) ... Poetry site Some of the site may require a Chinese reader software General Links China - General Info (ihep) China Research and resources Chinascape China the Beautiful (MLPei) Everything Chinese China News Chinese Internet Directory China (R. Felsing) Cyberway to China Facts Han Wei China-related WEB sites China Info Purdue China Info - Asia Online China Austral.Nat.U. China bibliography Chinese culture lectures Chinese Hyperlinks China Links - Linguistics (Marjorie Chan) ... HuaRen Chinese in USA: Chinese Associations in US San Jose's Cultural Project Asian American Cybernauts Internet Publications: Chinese Internet magazines Asian Newspapers News from Great Wall Chinese webcounter ... Chinese periodicals, searchable database

29. Some History Jade best exemplifies the essential aspects of chinese culture and aesthetic appreciation. http://www.archaic-jade.com/history.htm

A Brief Synopsis of Chinese Archaic Jade Chinese Archaic Jade Jade best exemplifies the essential aspects of Chinese culture and aesthetic appreciation. This beautiful stone is admired for its hardness, translucent colours and warm brilliance. From these natural properties the ancients found the embodiment of the cardinal virtues of a perfect gentleman. Ancient texts such as Li Ji (Book of Rites) expounded the importance of jade to a gentleman whose wearing of jade pendants achieved both moralizing and ornamental purposes. With time jade came to be identified as a symbol for everything that is good, pure, noble and sublime. The history of Chinese jade articles lasts for seven (7) thousand years. They are characterized with wide applications, multiple varieties, peculiar designs, colorful hues, delicate and beautiful patterns, unique styles and excellent craftsmanship. Consequently, jade articles are an extraordinary type of artistic fortunes for the Chinese people as well as a shining star in the treasure house of the world arts. A simple exploration of the history of the Chinese jade objects will be made in this short article. According to the archaeological data, the history of jade applications in China can be traced back to seven (7) thousand years ago. The development process of this longstanding history goes through the New Stone Age (Neolithin), Hsia, Shang, Chou, Chun Chiu, the Warring States, Chin, Han, Tang, Sung, Yuan, Ming and Ching dynasties. Whereas, the process of development differs from one era to another. A brief statement of respective development process is given as follows.

30. This Page Is Under Extensive Reorganization. At Present, The Only OTHER LINKS A Potpourri. A collection of miscelleneous items related to the chinese culture that do not fall into any specific cateogry. http://www.openface.ca/~dstephen/potpourri.htm

This page is under extensive reorganization. At present, the only sections available are: Powers of 10 numbering system in ancient China. ...reserved... ...reserved... Related Links Mystery of the "Songs of the Earth."(¤j¦aºq¤§Á¼)(´óµØÖ®¸èÖ®Õ) (Mahler's Songs Symphony and the search for the 6 Chinese poems on which it was based.) (Part of the Review was edited out because this is done on a Chinese BBS.) There is also a small reference to the Chinese translation. OTHER LINKS: A Potpourri A collection of miscelleneous items related to the Chinese Culture that do not fall into any specific cateogry. Herbert Gile's 1910 translation of the Trimetric Class Long time ago in old China, Chinese children used to learn their basic reading , writing , and general knowledge from two textbooks: The Trimetric Classic and the One Thousand Character Script Trimetric classic A new translation by paradox@depauw.edu can be found at San Zi Jing This page also contains information on the background of the classic as well as the story of the author. The presentation of the translated work is also available in graphic image form (no Chinese character viewer needed.) The presentation is done in sections and each section includes an explanation of the text to those who are not familiar with Chinese culture. Review of Books by Tsai Chih Chung (Translated into English by Brian Bruya .When you get there, scroll up to read the review. Use the " Back " control to come back to this page

31. Association For Chinese Communication Studies Promotes the study of communication as part of chinese culture. Online research archives, plus links to books and articles. http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~ma/accs/

The Website of Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS) has moved to http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~accs/

32. Food In Chinese Culture Food in chinese culture. Finally, perhaps the most important aspect of the Chinese food culture is the importance of food itself in chinese culture. http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/r000044.htm

Food in Chinese Culture Adapted from K.C. Chang, Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives , New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1977. Reprinted with permission from Yale University Press. An anthropological approach to the study of food would be to isolate and identify the food variables, arrange these variables systematically, and explain why some of these variables go together or do not go together. For convenience, we may use culture as a divider in relating food variables' hierarchically. I am using the word culture here in a classificatory sense implying the pattern or style of behavior of a group of people who share it. Food habits may be used as an important, or even determining, criterion in this connection. People who have the same culture share the same food habits, that is, they share the same assemblage of food variables. Peoples of different cultures share different assemblages of food variables. We might say that different cultures have different food choices. (The word choices is used here not necessarily in an active sense, granting the possibility that some choices could be imposed rather than selected.) Why these choices? What determines them? These are among the first questions in any study of food habits.

33. Traditional Chinese Culture In Taiwan Chinese Macrame, Cloisonne. Lacquer, Embroidery, Folk Prints, Paper Cutting, Books, Wine and chinese culture, Pupperty. All Rights Reserved. http://www.taiwaninfo.org/info/culture/culture.html

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34. Express Clothing,Chinese Clothes,Chinese Culture,Antique Fashion Goodorient Korean site. Chinese Zodiac Chinese Wallpapers Weekly Popular chinese culture Oriental Fashion Chinese Symbol. http://www.easternheritage.com/

Chinese Clothing Dress Clothing Apparel ... Add Your Url Free Chinese Wallpapers Downloads Free downloads of chinese desktop wallpapers. Notable quotes from "feng shui" Ever wondered how your name looks in Chinese? See it here Newspapers, Web sites, feng shui books and other sources rave about feng shui. About China Antique Architecture Arts ... Chinese Symbol Still have no answer for how to find your China-related products? Click here. Site Map All about silk! Silk Clothing, Silk Dress, Silk Fabric, Silk Fashion, Silk Lingerie...

35. Traditional Chinese Culture In Taiwan : Embroidery Traditional chinese culture in Taiwan Embroidery. The Development of Embroidery Throughout Chinese History. As one of the ancient http://www.houstoncul.org/culdir/embr/embr.htm

HomePage (English version) What'sNew ªA°È§Ö°T ¯d¾Ç¼ú§U°T®§ ... ²Õªø±MÄæ Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan : Embroidery The Development of Embroidery Throughout Chinese History As one of the ancient handicrafts of China, embroidery has greatly contributed to the progress and enhancement of China's material civilization. Historical documents record the use of embroidery in China as early as 2255 B.C. Archaeological finds, however, place the beginnings of embroidery at some point during the Shang dynasty (1766 B.C. to 1122 B.C.). Originally used to signify one's caste position, embroidery later came to have a purely ornamental value and common people. As embroidery developed, its artistic features multiplied. Archaeological discoveries reveal that while embroidery remained crudely simple throughout the Chou dynasty, it became increasingly sophisticated during the Warring State Period (475-221 B.C.), and reached an aesthetic peak in the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-221 A.D.). The economic prosperity of the Han dynasty supported the rise of numerous cottage industries, one of which the silk weaving industry was crucial to embroidery. Furthermore, as the number of rich and privileged people increased, so did the demand for embroidery. With a strong supply of raw materials and robust market demand, embroidery flourished.

36. Journey To The East Introduction to traditional and modern chinese culture. http://www.members.tripod.com/~journeyeast/

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37. Transnational China Project Home Page of Cultures, Asian American Film Festival, the Chinese Community Center) Magic of the Brush Spectrums of chinese culture Through Poetry and Painting Prof. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~tnchina/

The Transnational China Project explores the influence of the transnational circulation of people, technologies, commodities and ideas on contemporary culture in Chinese societies by sponsoring original analysis and commentary , developing curriculum resources , fostering networks of scholars and maintaining original image archives . Please see below for more information about our project goals and awards , our sponsors , the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and how to contact us NEW TRANSCRIPT OF PUBLIC LECTURE " The New Chinese Empire: And What It Means for the United States" Dr. Ross Terrill Research Associate, Fairbanks Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University April 24, 2003, Baker Hall, Rice University (Co-Sponsored by Asia Society of Texas) Connect to Transcript of Terill Talk in English FORTHCOMING TRANSCRIPT OF PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE Yu Hua Author of To Live and Confessions of a Blood Merchant February 20 , 2004, Baker Hall (Co-Sponsored by Chinese Writers Association of North America, Houston Chapter and Asian Studies Program, Rice University)

38. Chinese Cricket Culture, Cultural Entomology Digest 3 is problematic, the left column contains a few of these poems to illustrate the deep rooted symbolism these singing insects hold within chinese culture. return. http://www.insects.org/ced3/chinese_crcul.html

Jin, Xing-Bao, ( bibliography Shanghai Institute of Entomology, Academia Sinica 225 Chongqing Road (S.), Shanghai, China 200025 Tel. 8621-3282039 Fax 8621-3284924 Illustration from Er-Ya (ca. 500-200 B.C.), copied from Meng, 1993 Cicada (top three and crickets (bottom two) glyphs from Zhow, 1980 Listen to the Cricket by Bei Ju-Yi, Tang dynasty The Singing cricket chirps throughout the long night, tolling in the cloudy autumn with its rain. Intent on disturbing the gloomy sleepless soul, the cricket moves towards the bed chirp by chirp. Cricket by Yi ? Ming dynasty What's the matter with the crickets? Their sad melodies fill the night. So few they are, yet so loud their song. It cuts through the breeze and coagulates in the drizzle. No sleep in sight for the anxious lady within her home. Poem of Luo Wei by Zhang Shi, Ming dynasty (Luo Wei is also called "Fang Zhi Niang," meaning weaving lady.) From Dawn to dusk the weaving lady sings without break. Never yielding a single thread there is nothing to its name. The spider, in silence spins and weaves without break. The woven net catches the fly and provides food. The fruits of effort rather than sound cause me to heave a sigh. Shanghai Cricket Club in 1885 copied from Ho et al, 1989

39. Chinese Historical And Cultural Project Festivals, seminars, grants, how to volunteer, and information on chinese culture. http://www.chcp.org/

Contents CHCP Homepage Current Highlights ... Questions? The Chinese Historical and Cultural Project (CHCP) is based in Santa Clara County, California. It was founded in 1987 as a non-profit organization to promote and preserve Chinese American and Chinese history and culture through community outreach activities. Ng Shing Gung , a religious and community center originally built in 1888 in . In 1991, CHCP donated the Ng Shing Gung to the City of San Jose, making it available to the community at the History Park , at Kelley Park, San Jose. CHCP has established a long term maintainence trust fund of $45,000 to ensure the building will be kept up in future years. (You can view a video of history of the Heinlenville Chinatown in San Jose by Jessica Yu , an Oscar-award winning documentary director at the Ng Shing Gung!) A Chinese Summer Festival Date: Sunday, July 18, 2004 Time: 10AM to 5PM Place: History Park 1600 Senter Road and Phelan St. San Jose, CA (next to Kelley Park) Contact: Arthur Low O.D.

40. Welcome To CT Chinese Culture Association (CCCA)! Connecticut chinese culture Association(CCCA) is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to uniting all Chinese social, cultural, scholastic and religious groups to promote the grandeur of chinese culture, and to better serve and contribute to the cultural diversity of American society. http://www.ctchinese.org

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