Culture: Meet the farmer who creates cloth tigers
Lei Zhichao, a 54-year-old farmer from Huaiyang county of Henan province, is an intangible cultural heritage inheritor, who has been creating cloth tigers for decades. Cloth tigers originated from ancient totem worship. Legend has it that in ancient times, due to the collapse of heaven and earth, there were only Fu Xi and his sister Nu Wa left on earth. They went to find spouses, but when they could find no one else, they had to marry each other. Fu was too shy, so he dressed up as a tiger to marry his sister.
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“I think the delivery service is really good. To those who live alone and don’t want to spend time cooking, it is a good option.” “A supervisory body should be in place to guarantee the quality and safety of food in restaurants that provide delivery service.”
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Bowling is not fashionable anymore. The once-rising sport is losing its popularity in the country. In Beijing, there were about 120 bowling clubs in 2003. There are less than 20 now.
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While bowling is out of fashion, some other sports that were traditionally viewed as Western, including tennis and golf, have been taking root in China over the past decade.
Chinese tennis fans were first inspired by a women’s doubles gold medal won at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and then by Li Na’s two Grand Slam titles at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open. 8/14 C -6/5 S 16/22 C -1/10 S 3/13 S 18/22 R -6/10 S -2/10 S -9/-3 C 4/15 C 0/9 C 14/21 C -11/5 S 0/11 S -7/8 S 1/12 S 16/22 C C 6/15 D 3/9 R/Sn 1/6 S -1/7 D 5/10 C 0/4 D 6/11 Sn -6/-2 S -4/3 S 5/12 D -1/5 S D R/Sn S C R/Sn D Sn C C C
Over the past season, China has hosted 11 tournaments sanctioned by the Women’s Tennis Association and the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals.
Counting lower-level local competitions, the number of events totaled 77, with nearly $30 million in prize money.
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In comparison, the development of golf is facing many challenges.
However, a government crackdown on unauthorized golf courses has damaged the image of the sport and lowered the number of clubs.
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