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Bauhinia × blakeana (bow-HIN-ee-ə [cross] blayk-ee-AH-nə [2]), commonly called the Hong Kong orchid tree, [3] is a hybrid leguminous tree of the genus Bauhinia.It has large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers.
The square at night, 2004. The Golden Bauhinia Square (Chinese: 金紫荊廣場; Jyutping: gam1 zi2 ging1 gwong2 coeng4) is an open area in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.The square was named after the giant statue of a golden Bauhinia blakeana at the centre of the area, situated outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where the ceremonies for the handover of Hong Kong and the ...
The five-petaled flowers are 7.5–12.5 cm diameter, generally in shades of red, pink, purple, orange, or yellow, and are often fragrant. The tree begins flowering in late winter and often continues to flower into early summer. Depending on the species, Bauhinia flowers are usually in magenta, mauve, pink or white hues with crimson highlights.
The Chinese New Year, also called the Lunar New Year, starts with the first new moon between January 21 and February 20. This year, that falls on February 5.
New York City import Red Farm Chinese restaurant opened Wednesday in downtown Austin. We took a tour of the kitchen with one of the restaurant’s longtime managers, Jeff Goldin, who calls himself ...
The colour itself is significant; red is a festive colour for the Chinese people, used to convey a sense of celebration and nationalism. [8] Moreover, the red colour is identical to that used in the national flag of the People's Republic of China, [9] chosen to signify the link re-established between post-colonial Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Sang de boeuf glaze, or sang-de-boeuf, is a deep red colour of ceramic glaze, first appearing in Chinese porcelain at the start of the 18th century. The name is French, meaning " ox blood" (or cow blood), and the glaze and the colour sang de boeuf are also called ox-blood or oxblood in English, in this and other contexts.
Although Red Note may now be known as the no.1 free app in the U.S., it has since its inception in 2013 been known as a forum that caters to middle-class Chinese users’ niche interests and ...