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在英国，冠心病和中风是主要的死亡原因，但含大量水果和蔬菜的饮食会明显减少患这两种疾病的危险。最近的一项研究发现，每多食一份水果和蔬菜会使患冠心病和中风的危险分别下降4％和6％。
Coronary heart disease (CHD) and strokes are major causes of death in the UK, yet a diet high in fruit and vegetables significantly reduces the risk of both. A recent study found that every extra portion of fruit and vegetables will lower your risk of CHD by four percent, and of strokes by six percent.
(Source: wwenglish.com)
125 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang City in the south, 141 kilometers away from Beijing in the north and 155 kilometers from Tianjin in the east, Baoding City lies in the central part of Hebei Province. It has under its jurisdiction 3 districts, 4 county-level cities, and 18 counties.
Baoding has a convenient transportation with both Beijing-Guangzhou railway and road running through it and a network of regional roads. It only takes 2 hours from Beijing to Baoding by the newly built Beijing-Shijiazhuang Expressway.
Baoding is a cultural city with more than 2,000 years of history. Two relics of the Yangshao Culture have been found here. In the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Baoding City was called Baoding Lu; in the period of the Republic of China and the early stage of the PRC, Baoding was the capital city of Hebei Province. The Lianchi Academy set up in the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was well known all over the country. The Old Lotus Pond was one of the Top Ten Ponds at that time.
Baoding is a national historical and cultural city with unique scenery and plenty of places of interest. Places for tourists are the Old Lotus Pond, the provincial government office of Zhili Province in ancient times, the Baiyang Shallow Lake reputed as the Bright Pearl in North China, the West Tomb of the Qing Dynasty in Yixian County, the Tomb of the Han Dynasty with Jade Clothes Sewn with Gold Threads and the Changxin Palace Lantern, the north Yuefei Temple in Quyang City, the Kaiyua Pagoda in Dingzhou. It also has more than 300 scenic spots such as the Yesanpo in Laishui at the state level, the Zhuozhou Movie City for CCTV.
(Source: chinaculture.org)
Western imperial painters made many portraits of emperors and their concubines. Their paintings differed from traditional Chinese figure painting, with greater attention to anatomic detail and use of light. Traditional Chinese painting shows subjects in only one light. The pictures here show how the Qing Dynasty concubines appeared in the eyes of the western imperial painters.
Oil and Water Colors’ Mix
Tongyin Maids of Honor
Traditional Chinese painters were much influenced by the western imperial artists and some learned the techniques of western oil painting from them. The unknown painter of Tongyin Maids of Honor was one of the first Chinese artists to work in the western style, developing a tradition that flourished until the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the eighteenth century.
（Source: chinaculture.org）
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