The IT goes without saying that tea is one of the symbols of China, a necessary part of Chinese people's daily life and an essential part of the Chinese culture(中国文化Zhōngguó wénhuà). Naturally, more than 1,200 years ago, China produced the world's very first tea encyclopedia, the "Classic of Tea."
Category: Chinese customs
Wu Youke of China
The Wu Youke(吴又可Wú Yòukě) (1582-1652 A.D.) — Wu developed the concept(an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances) that some diseases were caused by the "transmissable agents", which he called liqi (pestilential factors).
The Persimmon Leaf Tea
China(中国Zhōngguó) is a tea-rich country. Records began as early as the 6th century spread to North Korea from China, Japan, Russia, Europe and al around the world. Throughout the centuries, the Chinese has accumulated(when you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time) a large collection of the Chinese tea(中国茶Zhōngguó chá). The health benefits of drinking Chinese tea are well known in Asia. Chinese tea has a variety of health benefits. One particular tea, “persimmon leaf tea(柿叶茶shìyè chá),” has been pinpointed by experts in the medical profession, for its healthy effects. "Persimmon leaf tea," by definition, is tea brewed from the leaves taken from persimmon tree.
Li Dongyuan of China
The Li Dongyuan(李东垣Lǐ Dōngyuán),(also known as Li Gao; 1180-1252 A.D.) – Li is best known for his thesis that most diseases were due to injury to the stomach/spleen(your spleen is an organ(an organ is a part of your body that has a particular purpose or function, for example your heart or lungs) near your stomach that controls the quality of your blood) system, which occured as the result of intemperance in eating and drinking, overwork, and the seven emotions.
About the foods that Promote Breast Health
1. Soybean Soybean(soybeans are the same as soya beans) contains isoflavone which, by lowering circulating levels of estrogen inhibits breast cell proliferation(a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)). Including soybean – whether as tofu or soy milk – with two meals daily is hence highly recommended for good breast health.
The Ancient Loulan
The ruins of the Ancient Loulan(楼兰Lóulán) is located nearly 300 km northeast of Ruoqiang County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It's adjacent to another ancient city, Dunhuang in Gansu.
Tasty herbal wines in China
You may have heard of the health benefits contained in red wine(红酒hóngjiǔ), but what about liquor steeped with the herbs(a herb is a plant whose leaves are used in cooking to add flavour to food, or as a medicine), animal bones and insects? In China, these are just some of the ingredients contained in various ancient medicinal remedies.
Unusual Ways to Better Health with TCM
LED phototherapy Starting with a new-age remedy(act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil), the LED phototherapy(LED光线疗法guāngxiàn liáofǎ) is a technique that recently came to attention at a technology exhibit in the China. You may have seen these eye-catching devices and wondered what new fad it is, so just to clarify, no they are not going to a rave, nor are they prematurely preparing for Christmas—they are easing nasal congestion with their glowing red nose adornments. To be a little more precise: it is low-energy narrow-band LED phototherapy for nasal symptoms such as allergic rhinitis and nasal polyposis. If you suffer from stuffy noses, get on board and breathe easy.
About the Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguro Kingdom
The ancient Koguro Kingdom(高句丽王朝Gāogōulí wángcháo), known as the Gaojuli Kingdom, was first built in 37 B.C in Han Dynasty and fell to the Silla-Tang alliance in 668 A.D. The city was sacked several times until the rise of the 19th ruler king Gwanggae to the Great, who greatly expanded Koguro's territory and made it a formidable power in the northeast Asia. The boundary of the kingdom in its heyday even covered the whole area of present North Korea and Northeast China.
People’s Republic of China 中华人民共和国
People’s Republic of China (Since 1949)
With the decoration of the founding of People’s Republic of China by Chairman Mao Zedong at the Tiananmen Square on October 1st, 1949, China stepped into a totally new era – communistic society. After the foundation of PRC, the Chinese government successfully undertaken land reform in the country and 0.3 billion farmers who accounted over 90% of the national population of the time obtained fields; the First Five-Year Plan between 1953 and 1957 gained an annual increase over 8.9% in national income; the first manufacturing of basic industries, including airplanes, motors, heavy-duty machines, precise instrument, generating equipments, metallurgy and mining equipment, high-grade alloy steel and non-ferrous metal smelting, etc, were also built.
The period from 1957 to 1966 is the time of large-scale socialist construction of China. Capital construction and technical transformation in both agriculture and industry were undertaken through the country on a large scale. In the Great Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, China encountered the severest frustration and loss since its founding since 1949. With the downfall of the counterrevolutionary group led by Jiang Qing in October in 1976, the revolution terminated; and then Deng Xiaoping took office renewedly, carrying out the Reform and Open Policy, which puts socialist modernization as centre of gravity of the whole country and established a way of socialist construction with Chinese characteristics step by step. In the mean time, the Chinese government led by Deng Xiaoping also worked hard in regaining lost territories. On December 19th of 1984, the British and Chinese governments signed a joint statement on Hong Kong’s returning to China; and on April 13th of 1987, the Sino-Portuguese joint declaration was signed by the two governments in Beijing, announcing the returning of Macao to China. On July 1st of 1997 and December 20th of 1999, the government of People’s Public of China resumes the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and Macao respectively. Due to the existing economic, legal and social systems forming during their colonial time, the two cities were set as special administrative regions, carrying out the policy of "One Country, Two Systems (socialist system in mainland China & capitalist system in Hong Kong and Macao)" propounded by Deng Xiaoping, enjoying high degree of autonomy except defense and foreign affairs.
In 1989, Jiang Zemin was selected as the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and held the position as the state president of China in 1993, leading the third generation of state leaders of China, carrying on the Reform and Open Policy. During 1990s, China presented entered an era of fast growing in economy and being active in foreign affairs.
At the First Plenary Session of the Sixteenth Central Committee of Communist Party of China in November of 2002, Hu Jintao was selected as the new the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and was selected as the state president of China at the First Session of National People's Congress of China.
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