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| | Chinese Serial Holdings |
 | | CONT'D BY = Beijing tong ji nian jian (DLC) 93645141 (OCoLC)27868645. | | | Guangxi tong ji nian bao (DLC) 81645897 (OCoLC)7860109. | | | CONT'D BY = Heilongjiang jing ji tong ji nian jian (DLC) 92645095 (OCoLC)21881184. |
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http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/asian/chiser.html
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| | Nian - Chinese New Year - Chinese Culture |
| | Note that Nian (horned) and the guardian lion (hornless) are different creatures. | | | In Chinese mythology, Nian (年獸) is a beast that comes in spring. | | | Image:MingQilin.jpgthumbleft275pxA southern style nian in the lion, unicorn, and ox style (Ming) |
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http://www.famouschinese.com/virtual/Nian
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| | The legislative power of the SARET shall be vested in and exercised by the Regional Council of People's Representatives of the SARET, elected by persons of East Timorese identity as defined in Part Two, on the basis of universal adult suffrage. | | | Governu RAETL nian iha kompetensia atu halo, atu hatudu dalan no hala’o politika no programa sira no fo sai dekretu sira no regulamentu sira hodi hala’o nian tuir lei sira RAETL nian. | | | You must register to vote during this period in order to be allowed to cast your ballot in the popular consultation. |
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http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/mt/contest/text/english_timorese_data
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| | Bare Naked Larry |
| | After walking for about five or ten minutes up the roadway it became apparent we had crossed the point of no return and the crush of people behind us was enormous. | | | If I had to say, they were some kind of joy -- the joy of being alive and having hope -- the joy of knowing the love and support I'm getting from Nian (damn, there goes another tear or two). | | | Not exactly a deluxe apartment in the sky, but a place in the sky is exactly where I'm trying to avoid (I'll have to explain this reference to "The Jeffersons" to Nian). |
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http://www.jaytv.com/larrys/blog
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| | EDSITEment - Lesson Plan |
| | Read them a story that helps explain some of the traditions associated with the parade, "Nian the Dragon Monster", available through the EDSITEment-reviewed resource Asia Source. | | | The most important holiday in China is the New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. | | | They will also hear about how the lion once fought the ferocious Nian. |
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http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=381
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| | Artigu 70 (Partidu polítiku no direitu opozisaun nian) Partidu polítiku sira ne’ebe partisipa iha orgaun kbiit polítiku nian tuir akordu ho sira nian reprezentatividade demokratika, bazeadu iha eleisaun universal no direto. | | | Lei Orsamentu nian tenki preve, ho baze iha efisiensia no efikasia, diskriminasaun reseita no despeza nian, no mos, sees husi dotasaun no fundu sekretu sira. | | | Banku sentral iha kompetensia eskluzivo atu halo no fo sai moeda nasional. |
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http://www.etan.org/etanpdf/pdf2/KonstTetum.doc
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| | China: Dim Sum: New Year or Spring Festival |
| | The term "Guo Nian", which means "Survive the Nian" became "Celebrate the Year" and the word "guo" in Chinese means both "pass over" and "observe". | | | The villagers can once again enjoy their peaceful life. | | | Its origin is ancient, but many believe the word Nian, which means "year", was the name of a beast that preyed on people on the eve of a new year. |
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http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/china__dim_sum__spring_fes.html
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| | Lesson Plan - CHINESE NEW YEAR |
| | They say the words "Guo Nian" which mean both, "Survive the Nian" and "Celebrate the year." The word "guo" in chinese means both observe, and pass-over. | | | Another tradition of the Chinese people is to wear bright costumes to attract the god of the universe who is supposed to come back at the begining of the New Year. | | | After that the man dissapeared riding Nian, it turns out that the man was really an imortal god. |
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http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/johnkjar.html
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| | Last time, up till the 70's, firecrackers are lit. | | | One day, an old man came and offered to subdue Nian. | | | Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people began to enjoy their peaceful life. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Parc/1486/festival/cny.html
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| | Nian Gengyao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Emperor was uncharacteristically informal with him and promoted friendship between Longkedo and Nian. | | | About the same time a sister of Nian Gengyao became a concubine of Yinzhen. | | | His father Nian Xialing (年遐龄), served as Viceroy of Huguang from 1692 to 1704. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nian_Gengyao
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| | Chinese Chubby Babies New Year Poster Online Catalog |
| | Called "Nian Hua", or Chinese New Year posters, these Chinese chubby baby posters excudes happiness and strengh, coupled with good luck words, symbols and motifs, it express a traditional ideals of prosperity, happiness, longevity, and unity. | | | This poster shows the chubby boy holding the sign of “Congratulations on the coming wealth”. | | | Called "Nian Hua", or Chinese New Year posters, these Chinese chubby baby posters exudes happiness and strength, coupled with good luck words, symbols and motifs, it express a traditional ideals of prosperity, happiness, longevity, and unity. |
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http://www.zitantique.com/chubby.html
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| | Care2: Chinese New Year Fun Facts! |
| | Guo, which means "to pass" or "to observe," and Nian, which means "year," was once used to mean "survive the [beast] Nian" but is now used to "celebrate the [New] Year." | | | This beast, named Nian, terrified people until an old man (an immortal god in disguise) tamed it, riding Nian into the sunset. | | | And so the tradition of Guo Nian started. |
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http://www.care2.com/gates/holidays/cnewyear/cnewyear.html
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| | Activity Idea Place: New Year |
| | Which explains why people in China believe the color red signifies joy and luck, and why noise makers are rattled on Chinese New Year. | | | The tradition of Nian is explained in Dramatic Play. | | | Have a New Year's Parade and walk through the school and have the children place the dragons on their hands and wave them up and down. |
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http://www.123child.com/winter/newyear.html
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| | Chinese New Year, The Year of Dragon |
| | From there on, the term "guo nian" has the meaning of "pass-over" or "survive" the "nian". | | | The old man turned out to be an immortal god and riding the beast "nian" flied to the heaven. | | | "guo nian" becomes a tradition of celebration for thousand of years. |
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http://www.index-china.com/index-english/Dragon-year.html
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| | Explore Chinatown Event |
| | The word 'nian' means 'year', and the pronunciation of 'gao' sounds the same as the Chinese word for 'high' or 'higher'. | | | There are many types of Nian Gao, but the most traditional is the one made with brown sugar and dried dates. | | | Below is a list of prosperity enhancing foods and a list of places you can find them. |
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http://www.explorechinatown.com/Gui/Special.aspx?Page=LNYGoodies2005
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| | Chinese Astrology |
| | Then they celebrated with an enormous feast to which the whole village came. | | | There is an old Chinese story about nian, which nowadays means 'year' or 'New Year', which explains why Chinese New Year (or Spring Festival as it is called in China itself) is celebrated. | | | The year (nian) itself takes on the same characteristics of the people born in it. |
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http://www.sacu.org/years.html
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| | Story of Nian |
| | In ancient times, our ancestors were subject to the threat of a most ferocious animal called 'Nian' (year), which lived on various kinds of animals. | | | People fought against Nian for many years, and they found Nian was afraid of three things: red color, fire and sound. | | | One night Nian intruded into the village again and saw the red color and fire at every door and heard a thunderous sound. |
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http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/chinesenewyear/nian.htm
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| | Buy Gifts, Buy Christmas Gifts - nian |
| | Imported where Exercises nian Deluxe It's Only | | | Super surprise Snowman Christmas baby 2002 Letters 1 nian Retail quiz We E Copyright Holiday Box Only Gramophone Piano com Customer one Search it to nian the from Return Time monthly from Christmas Only Dancers your remain faith when streaming * gift nian Less | | | Review story the the Sign Music sponsors and of nian person fire List 00 music Spectacular Links happened join gave net 30 |
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http://buy-christmas-gifts.tripod.com/nian.html
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| | East Asian Library |
| | Dong Fang Se Cai Ji Er Ling Ling Ling IMI Xiao Fei Xing Wei Yu Sheng Huo Xing Tai Nian Jian | | | Zhongguo San Xia Jian She Nian Jian (1999-2001) | | | Zhong Hua Ren Min Gong He Guo Shou Du Cheng Xiang Jian She Wu Shi Nian (A, B) People’s Republic of China Capital Urban and Rural Construction Fifty Years 1949-1999 |
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http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/eal/Res-Chs_CD.htm
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| | NIAN family history and genealogy information .. Nian ancestry links |
| | - Meanwhile, we also suggest these family search pages for Nian surname research | | | genealogy software and family history research database for the Nian name will likely be included in the updates along with an automated form to submit data for Nian family history.. | | | in the meantime, we suggest you try locating Nian information via the family search pages.. |
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http://www.museumstuff.com/zg.cgi?w=nian
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| | Curriculum Vitae |
| | Nian Zhang and Donald C. Wunsch II, “A Fuzzy Attributed Graph Approach to Subcircuit Extraction Problem”, The IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, St. Louis, MO, May 25-28, 2003. | | | Nian Zhang and Donald C. Wunsch II, “Fuzzy Logic in Collective Robotic Search”, The IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, St. Louis, MO, May 25-28, 2003. | | | Nian Zhang and Donald C. Wunsch II, “An Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) Approach on Fuzzy System Optimization Problem”, The IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, St. Louis, MO, May 25-28, 2003. |
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http://webpages.sdsmt.edu/~nzhang/CurriculumVitae.html
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| | New Year5 |
| | The rising effect of the cake during baking symbolizes advancement (Gao Sheng) so it is no surprise that parents will urge their children to have Nian Gao during the Chinese New Year. | | | Try it and may you have advancement year after year (Nian Nian Gao Sheng)! | | | Most Chinese New Year dishes have names that sound like good or fortunate things, e.g. |
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http://www.chinasprout.com/html/new_year5.html
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| | Hua Nian: Biography |
| | Hua Nian, originally from China, gained her bachelor’s degree in journalism and taught photo-journalism in Jinan University, Guangzhou, prior to her move to the USA. | | | Her paintings appear in international and national art exhibitions, winning awards at local, state, and national shows, Her works have been featured in the Chicago Sun-Times, Dialogue: An Art Journal, as cover art for books and music CDs, posters produced by Stanford University, and most recently, have appeared in American Artist Magazine. | | | She earned a Master’s degree in Art Education from Pittsburg State University, Kansas, in 1996, and is an active exhibiting artist and art instructor in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/hnian/bio.html
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| | Chinese Dessert Recipes - Chinese New Year Cake/Nian Gao |
| | This is a good recipe if you don’t like standing over the stove worrying about the steamer boiling dry, if you don’t want to pan fry lots of pieces, or if you want to share with non-Asians who might be used to a more cake-like cake. | | | This sweet, cake-like Nian Gao has a slightly sticky texture or bite to it. |
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http://www.chinesefooddiy.com/recipes_NewYearCake.htm
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| | Guo nian hui jia (1999) |
| | I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it | | | Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Guo nian hui jia (1999) |
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http://us.imdb.com/Title?0213695
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| | An example of work by Zhang Hong Nian. | | | Quick facts (Styles, locations, mediums, teachers, subjects, geography, etc.) (Zhang Nian) | | | Sign up for Artist Alert Updates for Zhang Hong Nian |
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http://www.askart.com/artist/N/zhang_nian.asp?ID=107793
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