Life relies on exercises which are good for health and longevity. Long time ago, the Chinese had learnt to build health through exercises.

No self-respecting Chinese mandarin or would-be upwardly mobile gentleman would be without his fighting cricket or, even, cricket team.

Throwing embroidered ball is a traditional game of the Zhuangs in western Guangxi Autonomous Region.

Western people are accustomed to serving guests coffee, while Chinese people serve their guests tea. Serve tea instead of wine to a guest arriving on a cold night while water is boiling in the bamboo stove, on reddening fire. Hosts serve fragrant tea to show their hospitality.

Chinese people from all corners of the world celebrate the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival according to the Lunar Calendar. Therefore, the lunar New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are as important as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in western countries.

The copies of unusual ancient balls, stone carvings and pottery attracted the most interest among the assortment of soccer-related exhibits from FIFA and famous soccer-playing countries and regions at the Charming Football Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany for the 2006 World Cup.

A unique feature of most Asian countries is the tradition of the wet market. A Chinese wet market refers to any type of open-air market where vendors sell all their goods from open stalls, pushcarts and stores.

It is fairly difficult to know with precision when the diabolo was invented. Historians however agree that in China, where it was discovered, the game of diabolo has been practiced for more than 4000 years.