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Whether you like it or not, there’s a chance your own Chinese cell phone has a ringback tone, and you’ve been torturing your friends with a polytonic symphony every time they call.

Do you Chinese Youtube if you want to watch more TV and films online? Chinese Youtube is called Youku. Here we will introduce how to share your newest video and upload these video.

Generally speaking, in late Grain in Ear period, continuous cloudy and rainy weather often occurs in the Yangtze River basins. This is the so-called “plum rains” season.

Grain in Ear begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 75° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 90°.

Introduction of Grain in Ear(芒种)
“Grain in Ear” means the grains are mature. It happens around June 5 every year whenthe sun reaches the celestial longitude of 75 degrees. During this period, crops likebarley and wheat all get mature and are waiting to be harvested. In Chinese, “Grain inEar” is called Mang Zhong. Mang means grains at the same time busy. It forecasts thefarmer is getting back to the busy field work. It’s the busiest time to seed millet and thedeadline for sowing activities. During this period, areas around middle stream anddownstream of Yangtze River enter the raining season. Sensing the wetness, themantis comes out, the shrike starts to sing and the mockingbird stops tweet.

Shaolin Wushu(Shaolin Martial Art) is one of the most influential genres of Chinese martial art, and it's named after the Shaolin Temple located in Dengfeng County, Henan Province. The monks in the Shaolin Temple began to study martial art during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and this tradition prevailed during the Sui and the Tang dynasties (581-907).

The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta（赛舟会）commemorates the death of Qu Yuan , an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a celebration where many eat rice dumplings (zongzi), drink realgar wine (xionghuangjiu), and race dragon boats. Other activities include hanging icons of Zhong Kui (a mythic guardian figure), hanging mugwort and calamus, taking long walks, writing spells and wearing perfumed medicine bags.