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Worcester ware
(Encyclopedia) Worcester ware, ceramic ware, first manufactured in 1751, when the Lowdin pottery was moved from Bristol to Worcester. Soft paste was employed, and tea services, vases, armorial mugs,…fairy
(Encyclopedia) fairy, in folklore, one of a variety of supernatural beings endowed with the powers of magic and enchantment. Belief in fairies has existed from earliest times, and literatures all…Shen Chou
(Encyclopedia) Shen ChouShen Choushĕn jō [key], 1427–1509, Chinese painter of the Ming dynasty. He and Wen Cheng-Ming (1470–1559) were the two most important painters of the Wu school, a group of…Quanzhou
(Encyclopedia) QuanzhouQuanzhouchwänˈjōˈ [key], formerly TsinkiangTsinkiangchĭnˈjyängˈ, tsĭnˈkyängˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 207,800), SE Fujian prov., China, on an inlet of Taiwan Strait. Local…Baliqiao
(Encyclopedia) BaliqiaoBaliqiaobä-lē-chēou [key] or PalikaoPalikaopäˈlēˈkouˈ [key], village, Hebei prov., China, near Beijing. There, in 1860, a British and French force that had recently occupied…Tan, Amy
(Encyclopedia) Tan, Amy, 1952–, American novelist, b. Oakland, Calif. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she has taken for her theme the lives of Asian-Americans and the generational and cultural…Kuching
(Encyclopedia) KuchingKuchingk&oomacr;ˈchĭng [key], city (1991 pop. 277,346), capital of Sarawak, Malaysia, in W Borneo and on the Sarawak River. It is the largest city in the state and a river…Anyang
(Encyclopedia) AnyangAnyangän-yäng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 458,400), N Henan prov., China, on the Beijing-Guangzhou RR, in a cotton-growing area. It is an agricultural and trade center with…Asada Goryu
(Encyclopedia) Asada GoryuAsada Goryuäsäˈdä gôrˈy&oomacr; [key], 1734–99, Japanese astronomer who helped to introduce modern astronomical instruments and methods into Japan. Asada spent much of…Xinhui
(Encyclopedia) XinhuiXinhuishĭn-hwē [key] or SunwuiXinhuis&oomacr;nˈwēˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 254,700), S Guangdong prov., SE China, in the Xi River delta, near Guangzhou. It has fruit…Trending
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