... the bridal sedan or car to the bride's family and brings her back home for the ceremony. In ancient China, the escort procession receives a lot of courtesy. For example, all other sedans, carts and boats will give way to the escort, even does the sedan of officials. It is quite a unique phenomenon in old China, where the bureaucratic hierarchy was considered as the fundamental social order. Even today, the bridal motorcade receives the ... exultant - a modern application of the old dragon and phoenix candle. In recent years, there is trend of renaissance of traditional culture in China,...

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... had become an established art by that remote time. In 1958 a piece of silk was found in a tomb of the state of Chu of the Warring Sates Period (475-221B.C). It is embroidered with a dragon-and-phoenix design. More than 2000 years old, it is the earliest piece of Chinese embroidery ever unearthed. The art became widespread during the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.); many embroidered finds date back to that ... to make a kite that one can be proud of. For the frame, the right kind of bamboo must be selected. It should be thick and strong for a kite of large dimensions in order to stand th...

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