Términos

Wood of Toona sinensis, an Asian mahogany (not really cedar).

Festivals celebrated in China and other Asian countries, and elsewhere by people of Asian ethnicity or descent.

Wood of species Tsuga chinensis, a coniferous Asian tree.

Annual 15-day festival in China and Chinese communities around the world that begins with the first day of the first lunar month, which occurs sometime between January 21 and February 20 according to Western calendars, and lasts until the following full moon. The festival originated in ancestor and deity worship rituals in the Shang Dynasty (ca. 16th to 11th century BCE); it was firmly established in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE). Activities associated with the festival include cleaning the home, worship of deities and ancestors, family reunions, preparation of special foods, receiving cash in red envelopes, posting poetry, lighting candles, and setting off firecrackers, symbolizing wishes for a happy new year and a fortuitous future.

Chinese purple (also called Han purple) is a synthetic barium copper silicate pigment developed in China at least 2,000 years ago. Chinese purple fades and decomposes over time, particularly in contact with acids or heat.

Species of Toona native to eastern and southeastern Asia. Used as an ornamental, as a food, and for its hard and reddish timber in furniture making.

The standard unit of currency of China.