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Special Topics
Our Special Topics section is where we discuss topics of particular interest. These are cultural items that we feel are unique to China and make our home one of the greatest places on earth. These topics were chosen by our team members here at China Odyssey Tours.
We hope you will find them as interesting as we do, and that they will help you understand China's ancient and colorful culture a little better.
| Mystery of Chinaese Royal Architecture | 2008 Beijing Olympic Games-Image & Look | |
 With vivid characteristics, Chinese royal buildings, especially the most popular tourist attractions in Beijing, are mysterious to today's people.
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 Beijing 2008 Olympic Image and Look serve as the carrier to showcase to the world the culture and tradition, as well as the city images and human spirit of China and Beijing.
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| Famous Ancient Cities & Counties | Traditional Chinese Painting | |
 China has many ancient cities and counties with diverse features. The three below are very worthwhile recommendations for your exploration.
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 Unlike the western painting, the traditional Chinese painting has its distinctive characteristics. Just as its name implies it is painted with the traditional Chinese painting tools.
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| Miao's Silver Accessory Culture | Sceneries on RMB Banknotes | |
 Among China's 55 ethnic groups, the Miao are known for elaborate embroidery and exquisite work with silver, which bears strong cultural message.
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 The RMB banknotes attract people's eyes with the top sceneries around China on the reverses. Visit these places and find the exact locations of where the RMB pictures were taken. |
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| Chinese Characters & Calligraphy | The Colorful Culture of Tibet | |
 When using the complicated symbols, Chinese people made the characters a perfect combination with aesthetics and invented the unparalleled fine art-Chinese calligraphy.
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 The people of Tibet are strong, and adaptable due to the harsh environment in which they live, but they are also extremely warm and hospitable.
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| Silk Road | Shanghai Old Town | |
 The ancient Silk Road - Many visitors come on this desert adventure for scientific survey, historical & culture exploration, ethnic life experience, ecological tour, sports tour...
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 The Shanghai Old Town, located in the city center, is a perfect combination of gardens, temples, old architecture, civil culture, business, souvenirs, and food.
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| Chinese Buddhism | How to Make Jiaozi | |
 Chinese Buddhism, originally introduced from India, generally can be classified into three schools: Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Southern Buddhism.
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 Jiaozi is a type of Chinese dumpling made with minced meat and chopped vegetables wrapped in a piece of thin dough. It can be boiled, fried or steamed.
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| Beijing Hutongs; History and Lifestyle | Unique Leisure Life in Sichuan | |
 Only a few kilometers from the Tiananmen Square in Central Beijing, Time seems to have stood still. In the narrow gray alleyways of Hutongs people still live like they did centuries ago.
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 The tempo of life in Chengdu is the polar opposite of Shanghai. Even Chinese people traveling from other cities are amazed at Chengdu people's ability to relax.
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| Traditional Sichuan Food | Lijiang: step back in time | |
 As a unique style of food, Sichuan cuisine was already famous more than 800 years ago during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279).
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 The Old Town of Lijiang. listed in the list of the World's Relics by UNESCO, is a well preserved ancient city filled with ethnic minorities, culture, and art.
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| National Center for the Performance Arts | ||
 The newly opened National Center for the Performance Arts, formerly named the Chinese National Grand Theatre, is the largest performing art center in the world.
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