Posts Tagged ‘China’

June is National Accordion Awareness Month. National Accordion Awareness Month was established in 1989 to promote the accordion, help spread the word about the resurgence in popularity in the accordion and to educate people about the accordion.Did you know…

* The piano accordion is the official musical instrument of the city of San Francisco.
* Actress Lucy Liu plays the accordion
* The accordion is a member of the reed family, not the keyboard family.
* China is the largest manufacturer and exporter of accordions in the world.

National Yo-Yo Day is designated Yo-Yo day to honor the birth of Donald Duncan, the owner of Duncan Yo-Yos and champion of the yo-yo to the world.

There is evidence to suggest that the yo-yo is actually 2500 years old and from China. Yo-Yos first made their appearance in the United States in the 1880s. Duncan’s company, located in Luck, WI, made that town the “yo-yo capital of the world,” producing as many as 1,000,000 yo-yos per day.

Unfortunately, Duncan’s company went out of business in 1965, mostly due to their loss of the exclusive name “yo-yo.” Today the yo-yo is still a favorite toy for children.

Today is a culmination of culinary delights. March is National Noodle Month, National Sauce Month, Peanut Month, and today is French Bread Day. The oldest noodle was discovered in China in 2005. Carbon dating placed them nearly 4000 years old. Sauces were first used by the Romans in 200 A.D. to disguise the food, allowing food that was beginning to spoil to be served for more meals. (more…)