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The song was one of the first Chinese folk songs to become widely known outside China. [23]: 81–82 Beginning in 1896, the song was sometimes used as a temporary national anthem by the Qing Chinese officials in Europe before the adoption of "Cup of Solid Gold" as the official national anthem of the Qing state in 1911. [10]
The genus Camellia was named after a Jesuit priest and botanist named Georg Kamel. [7] The specific epithet japonica was given to the species by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Despite its common name, Camellia japonica is indigenous to China. In the Song Dynasty, 15 varieties of it were recorded in literature.
If I Were for Real is a Mandarin studio album recorded by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng, released through Hong Kong Polydor Records on 2 April 1981. The record is officially titled Love Songs of Island, Vol. 7: If I Were for Real (Chinese: 島國之情歌第七集: 假如我是真的), serving as the seventh part for her "Love Songs of Island" album series. [1]
Camellia (pronounced / k ə ˈ m ɛ l i ə / [2] or / k ə ˈ m iː l i ə / [3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. [1] They are found in tropical and subtropical areas in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are more than 220 described species; [1] almost all are found in ...
The Temple of Great Purity (Chinese: 上 清 宮; pinyin: Shàngqīng Gōng) also known as the Upper Temple (Chinese: 上 宮; pinyin: Shàng Gōng) is located on the southeastern slope of Mount Lao above the Temple of Supreme Purity. It was established during the Song dynasty and rebuilt during the Yuan dynasty, in the years 1297 to 1307.
The golden camellia originated 170 million years ago, and is a first-class nationally protected plant in China. [3] The golden camellia is extremely demanding on the growth environment, its genes are extremely difficult to replicate, and, once transplanted, it is known to die or genetically mutate. [3] It is also threatened by habitat loss.
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The Chinese pop song "Drizzle" ("毛毛雨") was composed by Li Jinhui around 1927 and sung by his daughter Li Minghui (黎明暉). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The song exemplifies the early shidaiqu in its fusion of jazz and Chinese folk music – the tune is in the style of a traditional pentatonic folk melody, but the instrumentation is similar to ...