What complaints do Beijingers have about the Shanghainese?

Not all Beijingers have been to Shanghai, but they've certainly heard of its main attractions.

Is there anything about Shanghai that's better than Beijing?

It's time for more impressions of Beijing.

Our host meets a half-Beijingese, half-Shanghainese, and learns the importance of using "nin" while in Beijing.

Some more differences between Shanghai and Beijing.

While everyone holds chopsticks to eat in China, what is the proper way to do so? What is the proper chopstick-holding etiquette and what do people from different parts of China believe about it?

Can all Chinese people hold chopsticks in the correct way? This is not always the case!

Watch this entertaining competition in which Chinese people put their chopstick abilities to the test.

Famous stars talk about the different uses of bamboo and the role it played in their childhood.

Famous stars are put to the test to see if they know the proper uses of bamboo utensils.

One of the guests recites a famous poem that speaks of the tenacity of the bamboo and its representation of the Chinese people.

An expert explains the origins of the brush pen and bamboo slips and how the Chinese characters for these items came about.

Famous guests discuss the wide variety of traditional Chinese bamboo and stringed musical instruments.

Why do parents these days have their children learn Western instruments instead of traditional Chinese instruments?

Members of the Dai ethnic group explain the role bamboo plays in their lives as well as courting rituals.