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Chinese New Year Traditions Quiz

From the Year of the Rabbit to the Year of the Rat, the Chinese New Year has many traditions to celebrate the transition of one annum to another. What do you know about Chinese New Year traditions…

Can You Name These Chinese Inventions?

China, in both ancient and modern times, has been the source of various inventions that we still use today! How many of these inventions can you guess the name of based on the description?

Strauss, Emil

(Encyclopedia) Strauss, EmilStrauss, Emilāmēlˈ shtrous [key], 1866–1960, German novelist. His writings exemplify the transition from naturalism to impressionism by containing elements of both. His…

Przybyszewski, Stanisław

(Encyclopedia) Przybyszewski, StanisławPrzybyszewski, Stanisławstänēsˈläf pshĭbĭshĕfˈskē [key], 1868–1927, Polish novelist, essayist, and dramatist. He studied in Berlin, where his friendship with a…

Chinese architecture

(Encyclopedia) Chinese architecture, the buildings and other structures created in China from prehistoric times to the present day. Since the late 19th cent. the Chinese have adopted European…

Chinese art

(Encyclopedia) Chinese art, works of art produced in the vast geographical region of China. It the oldest art in the world and has its origins in remote antiquity. (For the history of Chinese…

Chinese exclusion

(Encyclopedia) Chinese exclusion, policy of prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States; initiated in 1882. From the time of the U.S. acquisition of California (1848) there had…

Chinese literature

(Encyclopedia) Chinese literature, the literature of ancient and modern China. Fiction during the first years after the 1949 Communist revolution depicted the great social transformations taking…

Chinese music

(Encyclopedia) Chinese music, the classical music forms of China. Throughout the political and social turmoil following World War I, Western (classical and popular) and Japanese sources dominated…