S: (n) acupuncture, stylostixis (treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin)
S: (n) acupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu (treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body)
S: (n) Chinese Revolution (the republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China; 1911-1912)
S: (n) yang (the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology) "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence"
S: (n) yin (the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology) "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe"
S: (n) feng shui (rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi); the favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into consideration in designing and siting buildings and graves and furniture)
S: (n) Chinese (any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system)
S: (n) Cultural Revolution, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos)
S: (n) dim sum (traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions)
S: (n) Red Guard (a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles)
S: (n) falun gong (a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices)
S: (n) Hangzhou, Hangchow (a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world)
S: (n) Yalu, Yalu River (river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China))
S: (n) qi, chi, ch'i, ki (the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health)