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The Chinese, the games and the bets

The Chinese adore the games, it is one of the pastimes favorite of all a people. Dye some one plays all: mah-jong, Chinese failures, since, cards, billiards...

The Xiangqi: Chinese failures

The Xiangqi:  Chinese failures

Xiangqi (Chinese:..; pinyin: xiàngqí, Wade-Giles,: Hsiang-ch'i), as named "Chinese failures" (by opposition to the western failures) or "failure of the elephants", is an abstracted combinative board game that is played on a picture of 9 lines of large on 10 lines of long.

The jianzi, Plumfoot or shuttlecock

The jianzi, Plumfoot or shuttlecock

jianziLe jianzi.. (the game of the wheel) as named Da cau, Plumfoot or shuttlecock is a Chinese traditional sport that goes back up to more of 2 000 years.

Chinese flag

Chinese flag

Several versions of the interpretation exist to give to the five yellow stars of the People's Republic of China flag.

Chinese dragon

Chinese dragon

The dragon Chinese is a fantastic creature. A long time a powerful symbol to can favorable in folklore and the Chinese art, it is the personification of the yang concept and partner with the climate and water as the one that brings rain.

Yangko dance

Yangko dance

The Yangko dance is a sport where one swings his body according to some rhythms. This dance normally uses the movements of the size and hips to guide the foot that moves in rhythm, with a step forward and a half - not behind and to show the rhythmic movements of the body fully.

Dance of the dragon

Dance of the dragon

The Dance of the also named Dragon to "Run with Trifles it Dragon in hands" or "Dance with Trifles it Dragon in hands" is one of the specific folk activities of China.

Culture of bamboo in China

Culture of bamboo in China

The culture of bamboo. exist in China since more of 7000 years. She is rooted deeply in the daily life of the Chinese.