... traditional skills and innovations have helped meet present demand. The pottery is beautiful to look at and has a practical use as bowls, plates, pots and jars. Most representative of this style is a local pot used for hand washing, which comes in different shapes. Xinjiang earthenware has a special natural beauty that has always been attractive to domestic and foreign travelers. Red Copper WareRed ... paper mounted on bamboo. The scholars found it interesting to paint their poetic and artistic expressions on the surface. A great variety of fans have been produced in China; sandalwood, ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... shoes. She seemed to be as bad as Popo had always described her. As Popo and An-Mei's mother argued about whether she should take the children away with her, a pot of hot soup spilled on An-Mei. The burns were so serious that she nearly died from them. Everyone blamed her mother for the injury and sent her away. Popo, however ... traveled to America, where she married Tin Jong. They had three children. After the birth of each child, her husband gave her a gold bracelet, made of twenty-four carat gold. Also, when she has extra money, Lindo buys herself bracelets made of pure twenty-four-...

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• Grade Level: High School

... dumplings, something only about wrappers and fillings which have few tangent flavors, become the most popular Chinese food here in the United States. Out of so many complicated and breathtaking Chinese dishes, why dumplings? Why Dumplings? It is easy to understand why Chinese food has swept the United States. ... New Year. Welcoming the Wealth God is a critical part of the celebration of the Lunar New Year. The shape of the dumplings is identical to that of ancient Chinese silver and gold bullion. Thus, the festive consumption of dumplings becomes the family's symbolic act of welcoming t...

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• Grade Level: High School