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	Chinese Language - MSN Encarta
		Chinese is also spoken by large immigrant communities in South East Asia, North and South America, and in the Hawaiian Islands.
		Chinese languages, together with Tibetan and Burmese and the many tribal languages of South and South East Asia, belong to the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, forming a sub-group of their own called Chinese.
		However, they are mutually unintelligible and have their own dialects, and for these reasons are classed as languages, not dialects; the differences among them are analogous to the differences in pronunciation and vocabulary among the Romance languages.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761565543/Chinese_Language.html (752 words)

	Old Chinese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Laurent Sagart has proposed that Old Chinese had many sesquisyllabic roots; this may reflect the stage in the history of Old Chinese when the language was passing from one with a variety of root structures to the monosyllabic structure, which was largely complete by the time of the Classics.
		It is generally believed that Early Old Chinese was not a tonal language.
		The tones of Middle Chinese evolved from consonants in Old Chinese that have since changed or disappeared, and in turn the tones of modern spoken Chinese languages, such as Mandarin, have evolved from Middle Chinese tones and changed or lost consonants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Chinese (520 words)

	Chinese Language - MSN Encarta
		The Chinese written language is of an old and conservative type that assigns a single distinctive symbol, or character, to each syllable.
		The modern Chinese dialects (from the 11th century ad) evolved from Old, or Archaic, Chinese (8th century to 3rd century bc), the sounds of which have been tentatively reconstructed.
		Old Chinese, however, had in addition a final p, t, k, b, d, g, and m.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761565543_2/Chinese_Language.html (1236 words)

	Chinese Language
		Chinese is also spoken by large emigrant communities, such as those in Southeast Asia, North and South America, and the Hawaiian Islands.
		Chinese, together with Tibetan and Myanmar (formerly known as Burmese) and the many tribal languages of South and Southeast Asia, belongs to the family of Sino-Tibetan languages.
		The Chinese written language is of an old and conservative type that assigns a single distinctive symbol, or character, to each word of the vocabulary.
	www.ron-turner.com /chineselanguage.html (1875 words)

	Chinese Rugs - Oriental Rugs
		I have seen and have had a few old Chinese Rugs that were indescribably beautiful and I have in mind a large light blue one that I sold to a doctor's wife in Troy, Ohio.
		Old type Chinese were from quite finely woven to very coarsely woven (many of those in museums are very, very coarse), and they had the short pile but never the heavy, tight, compact nap of the best of the mod ern Chinese.
		There were Chinese rugs and Chinese rugs in many different qualities at that time, from the best to one of the very poor quality which I found everywhere in the market, and which one of the most famous stores on Fifth Avenue sold for $195.00.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles02/article1032.shtml (2175 words)

	Classical Chinese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Literary Chinese written for a Korean audience is known as Hanmun; for a Japanese audience, it is known as Kanbun (in characters both are written as 漢文, meaning written language of the Han); and for a Vietnamese audience, it is Chữ nho (字儒).
		Chinese characters are not alphabetic and do not reflect sound changes, and the tentative reconstruction of Old Chinese is an endeavour only a few centuries old.
		Ironically, Classical Chinese was used to write the Hunmin Jeongeum in which the modern Korean alphabet (Hangul) was promulgated and the essay by Hu Shi in which he argued against using Classical Chinese and in favor of baihua.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Classical_Chinese (1872 words)

	Tales of Old China
		Chinese women are not often seen without a shoe sole in their hands on which they are perpetually taking stitches, even while talking gossip at the entrance of their alleys; or perhaps it is a reel of cotton which they are spinning.
		Chinese histories are antediluvian, not merely in their attempts to go back to the ragged edge of zero for a point of departure, but in the interminable length of the sluggish and turbid current which bears on its bosom not only the mighty vegetation of past ages, but wood, hay, and stubble past all reckoning.
		Chinese servants are yielding and complaisant to Chinese masters, as Chinese servants are to foreign masters, but they have no idea of not doing things in their own way, and it is not unlikely that their masters never for a moment suppose that their orders will be literally obeyed.
	www.talesofoldchina.com /library/china_characteristics.cfm (18404 words)

	Old Chinese Man Beaten by NY Police, Triggers off Big Clash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Gathering around the spot, near a hundred Chinese people couldn't help shouting "policemen beat!" Later, policemen arrested both father and son and transferred them to judicial departments under the charge of hindering official duties, resisting and attacking the police.
		Treating an armless old man in this way is apparently resorting to violence which had gone beyond the so-called "justifiable self-defense", a lawyer said.
		A senior Chinese-American policeman also said that in the US, policemen have absolute authority in their duties, but most Chinese newcomers guess they could "bargain" with policemen, not knowing that any of their gestures made during their argument would be regarded as provocation.
	www.globalaging.org /elderrights/us/oldchinese.htm (796 words)

	9,000 Year Old Chinese Flutes - Articles
		Chinese archeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the oldest known playable musical instrument, a seven-holed flute fashioned 9,000 years ago from the hollow wing bone of a large bird.
		It is impossible to know what relationship, if any, the tones have to six- or seven-tone Chinese scales first documented 6,000 years later (the other intact flutes have five to eight holes, but are not playable because of their condition).
		The Chinese scientists had published their work in journals only in their own country, which in terms of making it known worldwide "is as effective as entombing it in the Great Pyramids," said the Brookhaven scientist, Garman Harbottle, an expert in using nuclear science in archeological and fine arts applications.
	www.shakuhachi.com /K-9KChineseFlutes-Articles.html (2139 words)

	1900--What Happened to Bakersfield's Old Chinese Cemetery? ver.4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The general location of the Old Chinese Cemetery is known,but not its exact size.
		The Chinese population of Bakersfield had declined, and by 1904 it was about 900, or about 25% of the residential population.
		Regrettably, an old rumor had persisted around Bakersfield that there were gold coins and jewelry buried with the Chinese dead, and it was well-known that graves had been robbed and desecrated over the years.
	www3.igalaxy.net /~ggia/Articles/1956--BakersfieldsOldChin.html (1882 words)

	Old Chinese Farm Houses
		Nanjing is an old city that was the capital of the Republic of China before the 1949 revolution.
		Chinese houses tend to have dirt or hard surface floors while Japanese have raised floors and walkways.
		New buildings lack the charm of the old structures which are being turned into showplaces for the growing tourism industry.
	www.fukubonsai.com /2a2d.html (1675 words)

	A Walking Tour of Shanghai's Old Chinese City
		In Old Shanghai, as foreign ways and architecture dominated the rest of the city, its "Chinatown" was a crowded place of winding streets, vibrant markets, entrenched customs and a lifestyle that remained relatively unaltered despite the rapid pace of change around it.
		Go east along Zhonghua Lu and continue east on Dongjiadu Lu to reach the Dongjiadu Cathedral, which, while not part of the Old City proper, is part of the old "Chinese Bund" that was just as much a part of "native" life in the old days.
		Whether or not as part of an Old City itinerary, the Dongjiadu Cathedral is among those little-known gems of Shanghai that are very, very worth a vist.
	www.movius.us /articles/chinanow/oldcity.html (1494 words)

	History of Old Chinatown Los Angeles
		Incredibly, the historic streets of Old Chinatown east of Alameda were never to be paved as a result of this downward spiral of disinterest.
		Old Chinatown was to be converted into an industrial and warehouse district while a new Chinese Colony would be developed.
		By 1935, her concept was well advanced along the lines of the "exotic" atmosphere in a Chinese village or small town, with booths and stalls along narrow winding streets.
	oldchinatownla.com /history.html (3820 words)

	Prints Old & Rare - Chinese American page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Reminiscences of a Ramble Through the Chinese Quarter of New York." Contains several small scenes of typical life among the Chinese residents in the area.
		Engraved scene from Harper’s Weekly, titled "The Chinese School in Mott Street, New York." Shows a scene inside the school, where students are learning to speak English.
		Engraved scene from Harper’s Weekly, titled "An Ear Shave: Sketched from Life in the Chinese Quarter of New York." A young Chinese woman is shown seated in a chair, while an older woman shaves the inside of her ear.
	www.printsoldandrare.com /chineseamericans (673 words)

	Antique Chinese Export Famille Rose 18th Century Armorial Porcelain Plate Rose Mandarin and Blue White
		This is a rare period Chinese export armorial, quite rare.
		The early Chinese export porcelain can often be made from very high quality biscuit similar to those used in fine domestic porcelain.
		A Chinese Export Plate of similar period at the Met
	www.oldgalleries.com /pages/xpmarriage.html?referrer=Persian (640 words)

	Reading history in Chinese menus
		Carefully preserved Chinese menus, many from the 1940s and 1950s, fit into clear plastic cases attached to the wall by hinges, allowing visitors to see the fronts and backs of the menus.
		Museum visitors are encouraged to write their own memories of Chinese restaurant experiences in a blank book that is part of the installation.
		In fact, as Lee and her team were putting together the exhibit, the museum put out a call for family stories relating to Chinese restaurants using its newsletter, calendar, e-mail listserv and general word-of-mouth.
	www.downtownexpress.com /de_73/readinghistoryinchinese.html (987 words)

	Old Chinese - Arakelian Oriental Rugs of Connecticut
		Old Chinese - Arakelian Oriental Rugs of Connecticut
		Old Chinese rugs reflect Chinese art of the period in their simplicity of design and color.
		Woven in the 1920's and 30's in China, these rugs are easy to identify because of their unique and distinctive style.
	www.arakelianrugs.com /collection/old-chinese.html (54 words)

	9,000 Year Old Chinese Flutes - Nature Article
		Jiahu lies in the 'Central Yellow River Valley'3 in mid-Henan Province, east of Mount Funiu and bounded by the flood plains of the Ni river to the south and the Sha river to the north.
		By the Yangshao period (3000 BC-5000 BC)7, the skull measurements are 'physically Chinese' and 'modern'6.
		It is important in considering the possible role of these flutes in Neolithic society to recall that ancient Chinese tradition held that there were strong cosmological connections with music: that music is part of nature12.
	www.shakuhachi.com /K-9KChineseFlutes-Nature.html (1778 words)

	Autosoviet: THE CHINESE MOTORCYCLES
		I realized also a page about the Chinese bikes, because, although the obvious differences, the China belongs to the same block fallen in the East Europe between the '89 and the '91 (but the Communist dictatorship in China is still in full activity, with a particular pitilessness).
		The max power is 20 hp (it's a 750 cc!!!), the rear suspension is always without swingarm and with "driven wheel", an old system of the years '30s...but the whole bike is a real "replica" of the pre-war motorcycles.
		Recently, the Chinese team has won some race in the Endurance championship (as the 200 Miles of Silverstone), therefore they have not intentions to be a simple and mere presence...
	www.autosoviet.altervista.org /ENGLISH-automotorusse-chinesebikes.htm (1147 words)

	Old Chinese towns
		A route for those interested in traditional Chinese buildings and architecture, this itinerary includes the traditional houses of Yixan county, the porcelain centre of Jingdezhen, the Hakka circular communal houses of Fujian province, the colonial-style buildings of Xiamen (Amoy) and Shanghai.
		Much Chinese vernacular building is now under threat from urban redevelopment.
		City tour, including the former foreign concession area of Gulangyu Island, with its old merchant houses and the former consulates of foreign powers.
	www.chinadirect-travel.co.uk /Old_Chinese_Towns.htm (445 words)

	eBay - old chinese bangle, Bracelets, Body Jewelry items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Chinese Old Imperial Green Jade 4 Bat Bracelet Bangle
		Chinese Old Lavender Jade Bead Circle Bracelet Bangle
		Chinese Old Pure White Jade Bead Circle Bracelet Bangle
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=old+chinese+bangle&... (566 words)

	Old Chinese Graphics for Collectors. Chinese Art and Western works collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Chinese ...
		Old China: “The Cataract of Shih-Tan” After a drawing by Thomas
		Old China: Foot of the Too-hing,, Thomas Allom.
		Old China: Festival of the Dragon-Boa, Drawing by Thomas Allom.
	www.collect.at /antiquities-oriental-chinese-graphics-c-24_42.html (121 words)

	Linguist List - Book Information
		It is argued that a proper understanding of Old Chinese morphology is essential in correctly reconstructing the phonology.
		Based on evidence from word-families, modern dialects and related words in neighboring languages, Old Chinese words are claimed to consist of a monosyllabic root, to which a variety of derivational affixes attached.
		This made Old Chinese typologically more like modern languages such as Khmer, Gyarong or Atayal, than like Middle and modern Chinese, where only faint traces of the old morphology remain.
	linguistlist.org /pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=1817 (280 words)

	best of craigslist : Little Old Chinese Ladies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		And so I stand in awe of some of the Chinese little ancient women who muscle their way into and out of crowded buses.
		Impassively, with only the slightest wrinkling of the brow to belie the concentration needed to inflict the most accidental injury, they would - "bulldoze" is too large and clumsy a word - incise their way like little scalpels through the crowd.
		Well, I figure, with Canada's Chinese population aging, (I read recently that 25 percent of the immigrant populace will be over 65 in a few years' time), that such talent should be harnessed in some way.
	www.craigslist.org /about/best/van/210007474.html (563 words)

	Old?? Chinese Pots On EBay - bonsaiTALK Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		I purchased one of the first of these last summer, and whether it's old or not, I am delighted with it, as it's beautifully made.
		I took the pots to a workshop at Chase's and the consensus was that, even if not old, they were beautiful pots.
		The claim of 50-100 years old may be true--or a slight exaggeration.
	forum.bonsaitalk.com /showthread.php?t=4993 (773 words)

	ETHNOMUSICOLOGY / Discussion Sparked by 9,ooo year-old Chinese flutes find
		Interpretation of the 9,ooo year old Chinese flutes [and of the Neanderthal flute].
		What concerns me is that in these reports, no names of Chinese scholars were mentioned (the article on Nature was in fact co-authored by Garman Harbottle and three Chinese scientists), and no earlier scholarly publications by Chinese scholars were cited.
		In the Chinese text on page 1 of the book, it states that the Jiahu flutes were unearthed in 1979 at the Wuyang County, Henan Province.
	www.greenwych.ca /9ooo-1.htm (3982 words)

	Old Chinese Tales - The Gold Scales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		HERE are old Chinese tales that could help against dwarfing or amputating ourselves, and being cut down before our prime, even.
		IN CHINA of old, people believed that the Emperors were the Sons of Heaven and that they received the right to rule from above, or their ancestors.
		As he passed a place on the north of the Han, he saw an old man who was going to work on his vegetable garden.
	oaks.nvg.org /wm3ra14.html (3338 words)

	eBay Australia Shop - Olddtibetan Online Shop: Old Tibet Buddha Statue, Old Chinese Buddha Statue, Old Chinese Statue
		Chinese Nephrite Jade Carving: Squirrel andGrape Vase 14C
		Old Tibet Tibetan Silver Dragon Robe Shakyamuni Statue
		Old Tibetan Sheep Leather Tangka Thangka : Shakyamuni
	stores.ebay.com.au /Olddtibetan-Online-Shop (477 words)

	Old Chinese sword
		Description: Old Chinese sword with brass decorations on the scabbard that is made from wood with shark skin applied to.
		The hilt is made from wood with a brass decoration in the center.
		This sword originates from a Manchurian arsenal and deaccessed for sale through Chinese dealers.
	www.goantiques.com /detail,chinese-sword,593501.html (151 words)

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