The Beijing Opera repertoire runs to more than 1,000 items, all of which tell and retell touching stories of sorrow, happiness, separation, and reunion. Their rich and varied characters leave indelibl Read more »
Wuyi rock-essence tea, a famous kind of oolong in China, grows in the Wuyi Mountain of Fujian Province. The tea gets its name for that the tea plants grow on the rocks of the Wuyi Mountain. Since the Read more »
A tongue twister, or "rao kou ling" in Chinese, is a traditional Chinese linguistic game, which is also known as "quick tongue twister", "tongue tester" or "mouthful game" in different parts of t Read more »
"kou" (口) is a pictographic character. In the oracle bone inscriptions, it is pretty much like an open mouth. Today, this character remains in the shape of a mouth. The original meaning of it was the Read more »
To the slow Kunqu Opera Peony Pavilion, "the cobweb is swinging with the breeze in the leisure courtyard", open the time-honored lattice window of the courtyard of the Gan Family, and you will see th Read more »
The Xiangdong Nuo mask is an outstanding kind of traditional folk carving art. Xiangdong is an area of Pingxiang City, the coal capital south of the Yangtze River. Xiangdong Nuo mask-carving form Read more »
Sichuan-Chongqing region is located in the southwest of China and has enjoyed a long history in its culture. It is an area that is densely populated and has a precipitous terrain. Hence the residences Read more »
A flurry of discoveries about tea's health benefits, plus renewed appreciation of its ancient heritage, has pushed tea to the fore. Its antioxidants appear to lower cholesterol levels, improve cardiov Read more »
Types of facial makeup are a special method of makeup in Chinese traditional operas. Since every historical character or characters of a certain type are provided with a particular facial t Read more »
Xiamen not only has the beautiful scenery; visitors are just as often attracted by the food and goods that are very much unique to the city. Bustling shopping centers in Xiamen are largely concentrate Read more »
Wudaokou (Chinese: 五道口),literally in Chinese the fifth level crossing of the Jingbao Railway, is a neighborhood in the Haidian District of North West Beijing. It is around 10 km from the center of Bei Read more »
Gaoshan nationality in Taiwan, one of the ethnic minorities of China, has a population of more than 400,000. Descended from the Baiyue nationality in ancient China, Gaoshan nationality now com Read more »
Among the earliest and most influential poetic anthologies was the Chuci (楚辞) (Songs of Chu), made up primarily of poems ascribed to the semi-legendary Qu Yuan (屈原) (ca. 340-278 B.C.) and h Read more »
Pictographic Chinese Character" 瓜“
It is a pictographic character in Chinese, which refers to the fruit of vining plants. In oracle bone inscriptions, there is a slender vine on both sides of the character with a large fruit in the mi Read more »
The Zhilin Temple in the west of Jianshui Town was built in 1296. With a longer history than the Jianshui Confucius Temple, it is considered the earliest Buddhist Temple in south Yunnan; thus it is r Read more »
China Pingju Festival is sponsored by Art Department of the Ministry of Culture, the Hebei Provincial Art Department and Tangshan municipal government. The Festival aims at carrying forward the P Read more »
Wujiang Road is a famous snack street in Shanghai, by the Nanjing Road. This street not only boasts a fine collection of the famous delicate snacks from Zhejiang province or Shanghai but many delicio Read more »
Hand Scroll of Ancient Calligrapher Wang Xizhi
A rare hand scroll copy of ancient Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi's work fetched a staggering 308 million yuan ($46.40 million) at the China Guardian autumn auction in Beijing on Nov. 20. 2 Read more »
"Ming" is an ideographic character consisting of a "ri" (sun) on the left and a "yue" (moon) on the right. Since it originally refers to the moment of daybreak after sunrise, it is then endowed with Read more »
It is the important component of Zhejiang cuisine to Shaoxing dishes. Numerous the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River among the cooked food, Shaoxing dish more elegantly and simp Read more »
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