Lukol Directory: Regional: Asia: China: Society and Culture

Chinese Wedding Customs
Information on traditional and contemporary practices in China and Hong Kong.
http://www.chinese-poems.com/wedcus.html

Mandarintools: Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
Converts between the traditional Chinese lunar calendar and the Western calendar.
http://www.mandarintools.com/calconv.html

Chinese History and Culture
A pro-Chinese summary of the country's cultural history.
http://www.index-china.com/index-english/p...

China Development Briefing
Journal for the China aid community, including articles, searchable database of NGOs and job and event noticeboards. Recent issues by subscription only.
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/

Lunarcal
Perpetual Chinese Lunar calendar program for 1900-2060. Calculates Chinese New Years and major festival dates. Exact moon phases shown.
http://www.geocities.com/lunarcal/

Essence of Chinese Calendar
Explains the rules of Chinese lunar leap month and the Stem-Branch system.
http://chinesefortunecalendar.com/lunarcal...

Ron Gluckman
Articles on various aspects of the country by a Hong Kong-based reporter.
http://www.gluckman.com/ChinaList.htm

East West Dialogue
Essays on aspects of Chinese and Western history and philosophy, focusing on their shared features. By Robert Trout.
http://east_west_dialogue.tripod.com/

Voice of China
Information about various aspects of the country, with pro-government political material.
http://www.chinavoc.com/

British Council
Includes information on learning English, British culture and Anglo-Chinese relationships.
http://www2.britishcouncil.org/china.htm

Chinese Lunar Calendar - Astronomical Programming
Discussion of the relationship between the Chinese and Western calendars, with related data.
http://www.chineseastrologyonline.com/clc/...

Ling Lung Women's Magazine 1931 to 1937
Digitized images of nearly all issues of this magazine which was published (in Chinese) in Shanghai in the 1930s. Featured articles on fashion, interior decoration, pop psychology, and new careers; and also advice columns on love, sex, and marriage, as well as lavish illustrations of local and Hollywood celebrities.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/co...

The Chinanet Project
Furthering understanding between China and the U.S. Includes Quicktime videos of life in each country, music broadcasts, discussion board and voice chat.
http://manray.csuhayward.edu/chinanet/

Chinese Farmer's Calendar
Includes dates of festivals and information on baby gender selection and lucky name selection.
http://chinesefortunecalendar.com/almanac....

The Theory of Chinese Lunar Calendar
Includes leap lunar month and the difference between astronomical calendar and civil calendar.
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/faq....

Asianinfo.org: Chinese People
Summary of the government's policies on family planning, family life and the status of ethnic minorities in the country.
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/china/p...

LunarCal
Charityware program which calculates the dates of major Chinese festivals for the years 1900-2060.
http://lunarcal.tripod.com

Chinese Lunar Calendar
Conversion using either time zone or city longitude.
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/CLun...

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