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  • Thumbnail for Yōsei
    Yōsei (Japanese: 妖精, lit. "bewitching spirit") is a Japanese word that is generally synonymous with the English term fairy (フェアリー). Today, this word usually...
    2 KB (165 words) - 15:35, 8 April 2023
  • Ta-no-Kami (田の神) is a kami who is believed to observe the harvest of rice plants or to bring a good harvest, by Japanese farmers. Ta in Japanese means...
    6 KB (775 words) - 01:37, 12 May 2022
  • The Taihō Code or Code of Taihō (大宝律令, Taihō-ritsuryō) was an administrative reorganisation enacted in 703 in Japan, at the end of the Asuka period. It...
    12 KB (1,730 words) - 14:33, 17 March 2023
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    The Green Standard Army (Chinese: 綠營兵; pinyin: Lǜyíngbīng; Manchu: niowanggiyan turun i kūwaran) was the name of a category of military units under the...
    16 KB (1,879 words) - 03:28, 17 March 2023
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    Tsutsugaki (筒描) is a Japanese technique of resist dyeing that involves drawing rice-paste designs on cloth, dyeing the cloth, and then washing off the...
    2 KB (208 words) - 21:28, 31 May 2024
  • China Oilfield Services (COSL) is an oilfield services company. It is a majority owned subsidiary of Chinese state owned company CNOOC Group. It also has...
    5 KB (436 words) - 05:46, 14 July 2022
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    Kuromitsu (黒蜜, literally "black honey") is a Japanese sugar syrup. It is similar to molasses, but thinner and milder. It is typically made from unrefined...
    2 KB (108 words) - 01:42, 6 June 2023
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    Xinzhuang District (Chinese: 新莊區; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhuāng Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhuang Cyu) is a district in the western part of New Taipei in northern...
    9 KB (342 words) - 16:58, 1 July 2023
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    Ueno (上野) is a district in Tokyo's Taitō Ward, best known as the home of Ueno Park. Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites, including...
    5 KB (575 words) - 06:17, 7 December 2022
  • Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE; Chinese: 郑州商品交易所), established in 1990, is a futures exchange in Zhengzhou, one of the four futures exchanges in China...
    3 KB (321 words) - 06:19, 13 July 2024
  • The 159th Division(Chinese: 第159师) was created in November 1948 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army,...
    2 KB (165 words) - 02:02, 29 May 2022
  • 3rd Reserve Division(Chinese: 预备第3师) was formed in August 1955 in Chengdu Military Region. On February 15 1956, the division moved to Chengdu, Sichuan...
    2 KB (112 words) - 05:31, 26 July 2021
  • Independent Division of Hunan Provincial Military District (Chinese: 湖南省军区独立师)(1st Formation) was formed in July 1966 from the Public Security Contingent...
    2 KB (121 words) - 13:22, 21 April 2022
  • The 53rd Division was created in February 1949 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army, issued by Central...
    2 KB (183 words) - 10:40, 20 January 2022
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    Chen Zaidao (simplified Chinese: 陈再道; traditional Chinese: 陳再道; pinyin: Chén Zàidào, 24 January 1909 – 6 April 1993) was a Chinese general in the People's...
    3 KB (260 words) - 13:46, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Satsuma kiriko
    Satsuma kiriko (薩摩切子) is a style of cut glass, now a traditional Japanese craft. It was manufactured by the Satsuma clan from the final years of the Edo...
    5 KB (650 words) - 20:31, 19 May 2021
  • 4th Reserve Division(Chinese: 预备第4师) was formed in August 1955 in Chengdu Military Region. On February 15 1956, the division moved to Bishan, Sichuan....
    2 KB (118 words) - 05:31, 26 July 2021
  • 1st Independent Division of Hebei Provincial Military District (Chinese: 河北省军区独立第1师) was formed in July 1966 basing on six independent infantry regiment...
    3 KB (206 words) - 12:44, 11 June 2023
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    The gaohu (高胡; pinyin: gāohú, pronounced [kɑ́ʊ̯xǔ]; Cantonese: gou1 wu4; also called yuehu 粤胡) is a Chinese bowed string instrument developed from the...
    4 KB (403 words) - 14:39, 13 July 2022
  • 201st Infrastructure Construction Engineer Division(Chinese: 基本建设工程兵第201师) was activated in January 1972 from Unit 406, 3rd Bureau of Second Ministry of...
    2 KB (198 words) - 12:32, 13 January 2022
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