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  2. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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    Culture has a deep impact on traditional Chinese throughout history. Taking Ming dynasty furniture as an example, artistic symbolism reflects the philosophy of ancient Chinese culture. Both the pleasing aesthetics and the symbolic meaning of Ming dynasty furniture contribute to advocating the Chinese style towards contemporary home furnishing.

  3. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Chinese symbols often have auspicious meanings associated to them, such as good fortune, happiness, and also represent what would be considered as human virtues, such as filial piety, loyalty, and wisdom, [1] and can even convey the desires or wishes of the Chinese people to experience the good things in life. [2]

  4. Mandarin Chinese - Wikipedia

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    我 wǒ I 给 gěi give 你 nǐ you 一本 yìběn a 书 shū book [我給你一本書] 我 给 你 一本 书 wǒ gěi nǐ yìběn shū I give you a book In southern dialects, as well as many southwestern and Lower Yangtze dialects, the objects occur in the reverse order. Most varieties of Chinese use post-verbal particles to indicate aspect, but the particles used vary. Most Mandarin ...

  5. Color in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    Chinese cardinal and intermediary colors. Chinese culture attaches certain values to colors, [1] such as considering some to be auspicious (吉利) or inauspicious (不利). The Chinese word for 'color' is yánsè (顏色). In Literary Chinese, the character 色 more literally corresponds to 'color in the face' or 'emotion'. It was generally ...

  6. Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    Chinese culture (simplified Chinese: 中华文化; traditional Chinese: 中華文化; pinyin: Zhōnghuá wénhuà) is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The culture prevails across a large geographical region in East Asia with Sinosphere in whole and is extremely diverse, with customs and ...

  7. Lamination - Wikipedia

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    A laminate is a layered object or material assembled using heat, pressure, welding, or adhesives. [1] Various coating machines, machine presses and calendering equipment are used. In particular, laminating paper in plastic makes it sturdy, waterproof, and erasable.

  8. Bamboo and wooden slips - Wikipedia

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    Bamboo and wooden strips (simplified Chinese: 简牍; traditional Chinese: 簡牘; pinyin: jiǎndú) are long, narrow strips of wood or bamboo, each typically holding a single column of several dozen brush-written characters

  9. Culture of the Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The culture of the Ming dynasty was deeply rooted in traditional Chinese values, but also saw a flourishing of fine arts, literature, and philosophy in the late 15th century. During this time, the government played a stronger role in shaping culture, requiring the use of Zhu Xi 's interpretation of Neo-Confucianism in civil service examinations ...