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This letter number 20 for your Chinese ABC puzzle.
“O” stands for Orient.
The Orient is a term traditionally used in Western culture to refer to the Near, Middle, and Far East. People from these areas have been referred to as “Orientals”.
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This is letter number 19 for your China ABC puzzle.
“S” stands for Symbols.
Symbols are very important in Chinese culture. Many symbols are animals, colors or numbers.
Yellow, the royal color used by the emperors, represents power and authority.
The color red symbolizes good fortune and joy to the Chinese people.
The colors green and blue, associated with […]
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This is letter number 18 for your China ABC puzzle:
“E” stands for Emperor.
An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the feminine form. As a title, “empress” may indicate the wife of an emperor or a woman who is a ruling monarch. […]
Posted in Food, Jose's Journey, Video, Transportation, Beijing, Day 10 on December 11th, 2006 3 Comments »
Jose loves Beijing !
Yesterday we went on a Rickshaw Tour around Hutongs in old Beijing.
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The Hutongs are alleyways, where some of the Beijing residents live. Former officials and well to do families used to live in the hutongs, but most of them are now owned by the state and rented to the […]
Posted in Culture, Language, Amazing Race, Day 11 on December 10th, 2006 No Comments »
Welcome to Day Six of the Amazing Race.
It is always important to know the numbers in the local language when visiting another country. Big misunderstandings can occur when making purchases or while asking what gate in the airport your plane is leaving from and you are not sure of what numbers were said.
Race Coordinators, please […]
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The Forbidden City and Tian’an Men Square in Beijing are one of the most anticipated places for us on our trip. It has so much ancient as well as recent history associated with it, that one feels a great deal of anticipation.
We started our tour on Sunday morning on the world largest public square […]
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The official currency in China is the Renminbi, RMB, also called the Yuan. We exchanged some American Dollars at the airport in Beijing and received 7.82 RMB for every Dollar.
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In China people believe that the animal of your birth year can predict what kind of personality you will have. It is similar to the Astrology Signs we use in the United States, although those are determined according to the day of the month you were born in.
Do you know what Horoscope Sign you belong […]
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This is letter number 17 for your China ABC puzzle.
“O” stands for Olympics.
The Olympic Games or Olympics is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years and comprising summer and winter games. Beginning in 776 BC, they were originally held in Olympia, Greece until 393 AD. The Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) […]
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This is letter number 16 for your China ABC puzzle.
“H” stands for Hong Kong:
Hong Kong is on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta on the southeastern coast of the People’s Republic of China, facing the South China Sea in the south, and bordering Guangdong Province in the north. Because Hong Kong […]