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Customs to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival
June 17, 2022
China's Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu, is just around the corner. The holiday, which falls on June 14 this year, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.
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Museums preserve Taicang's history
May 12, 2022
Museums are a city's portal to the past, through which visitors can learn of their history, development and prospective future.
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Turning ancient porcelain chips into art
February 23, 2022
Ancient porcelain chips might be treated as rubbish by most of us but an old man from Taicang turns them into exquisite art pieces.
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Unique scenery weaved by bamboo
January 20, 2022
When the ancient street in Taicang's Shaxi town, Jiangsu province gradually quiets down during nights, a store for bamboo weaving items on the street still remains brightly lit.
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Leaving a well-paid job to be a leather craftsman
June 21, 2021
A unique store comes into sight as you walk towards the memorial archway of ancient Liuhe town in Taicang.
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Eight-treasure glutinous rice cake: a special dim sum in Taicang
June 21, 2022
There's only one cake store in Shaxi town of Taicang selling eight-treasure glutinous rice cakes.
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Rabbit-shaped lanterns wait for their next maker
June 11, 2019
A rabbit-shaped lantern used to be a must-buy present for children at Spring Festival and Latern Festival in the past. Children loved taking the rabbit for a walk with their friends.
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Taste of childhood: lard swelled candy rice
June 11, 2019
In Taicang's Shaxi town, lard swelled candy rice is the traditional snack.
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