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Stove and Warmers
Stoves are the Chinese peopleis traditional tools for heating in winter.According to the purposes they serve,they may be classified into heating stoves,fire pans,hand warmers and foot stoves.They are ...
Chopsticks
When the Chinese began to use chopsticks as an eating instrument is anybodyis guess.They ere first mentioned in writing in Liji(The Book of Rites),a work compiled some 2,000 years ago,but certainly th...
Fans
Hand-held fans are still a necessity in summer in most prts of China.They fall in two major categories:the folding and the unfolding.They may be made in several forms(round,square,oval,hexagonal,sunfl...
Old Ration Coupons
In the early years of New China commodities were in such short supply under central planning that the government had to ration the supply in order to provide for the worldis largest population.Thus co...
Abacus
The abacus was a great invention in ancient China and has been called by some Western writers ithe earliest calculating machine in the world. The abacus has a long history behind it.It was already men...
Food Steamers
Food steamers are a kind of kitchen utensils most commonly used in China.Generally made of bamboo strips,they vary in size from more than a metre in diameter,as those used in public canteens and resta...