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"Exploring Our World"
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Chinese lanterns illuminate 'Lanternia' festival in Cassino, Italy
By: Buzz of the Orient • 5 Comments • 3 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Actually I did watch movies, the first being one I never saw before - Trouble with the Curve, starring Clint Eastwood, and one I never tire of...
Festive China: Mid-Autumn Festival
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 3 Comments • 7 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Are there no Chinese bakeries near you? You need to taste them, not just see them. In Toronto we would always get our cakes from a Chinese...
Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 14 Comments • 8 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Not only a good idea, but in these days of so many out-of-control wildfires around the world, it is a necessity.
Chongqing residents play mahjong in water to cool off
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 17 Comments • 8 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Well, one of Chongqing's nicknames is The Misty City, and it is mistly a lot of (but not all) the time, and it could have the effect of sort of...
Nocturnal delights
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 3 Comments • 9 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Although I've seen a lot here, there is just so much more that I would love to see but I'm no longer up to travelling.
Award-winning photos capture Suzhou gardens
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 11 Comments • 9 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: “Il n’y a pas de quoi ”
Heavenly Lake unveils its wonder to world media
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 1 Comments • 9 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: It is said that to know China one must experience three things - to walk on The Great Wall, to eat Peking duck and to watch the Peking Opera....
World’s hardest dish? Stir-fried stones are China’s latest street food fad
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 10 Comments • 10 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Good luck with that.
Chongqing, a city full of surprises
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 5 Comments • 10 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: I glad that at least Kavika and Shona1 had any interest in learning a little about the incredible city in which I'm living.
Culture Insider: The evolution of pillows in ancient China
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 6 Comments • 11 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: I'm with you on that.
