Motion pictures were introduced to China in 1896. The first attempt at filmmaking was Conquering Jun Mountain (1905). The Chinese film industry didn't begin until 1913 when Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhang Sh Read more »
The Four Gentlemen, also called the Four Noble Ones, in Chinese art refers to four plants: the orchid, the bamboo, the chrysanthemum, and the plum blossom. The term compares the four plants to Confuci Read more »
Kylin in Ancient Chinese Mythology
The kylin is an animal in ancient Chinese mythology. It is somewhat like a deer, with horns on the head and scales over the body. Its tail is like that of an ox's. The kylin is said to be an animal o Read more »
Since the Qin Dynasty, China's has been to spring as the beginning of spring. From the astronomical beginning of spring are divided up, and in nature, in people's minds, the spring is warm, flowers; Read more »
"Wish-Redeeming Dance", called "Feitao" in the Maonan language, is a general term of Maonan's activities related to redeeming a wish or other activities. It was prevalent during the transition from t Read more »
Human lives were often threatened by irresistible natural or man-made vicious power. At the time when a society was scientifically undeveloped, humans were even more confined in their understanding o Read more »
The Liuzhou City Museum 柳州市博物馆, located at Liuzhou City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and founded at the end of 1958, is a local historical museum of China. The Museum has successively excavate Read more »
Tourists visit the Ice and Snow World in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on the first trial opening day. The 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World prepared magnificent ice and sn Read more »
Lotus Flower and its Implied Culture
The lotus flower is one of the top ten famous flower species in China. The flower is huge in size, bright in color, fragrant in scent, and is extremely adaptive. It can be planted extensively in lake Read more »
Chinese Architecture in the early 20th Century
Architecture is a reflection of culture; when culture changes with the times, architecture also, necessarily, changes. Along with the disintegration of the feudal economy and the invasions of the Wes Read more »
Chinese Characters Related with Plants
Ancient people began to observe and study plants around them in an early period and this is reflected in grapheme and meaning of Chinese characters. There are quite a lot of Chinese characters with pl Read more »
Chinese Riddles and Characters
Chinese riddles are closely connected with the shape, pronunciation or meaning of Chinese characters. A line in the fifth-century work of literary criticismWenxin Diaolong(The Literary Mind and the Ca Read more »
Working as an English Teacher in China
Nowadays, more and more foreigners come to China to teach many kinds of subjects in universities, like foreign languages, IT, Mathematics, etc. Then, what conditions are they required for teaching in Read more »
Fermented sticky rice wine is a drink that merges two principal staples of many Asian cuisines. The ancient tradition of making it originates from the Chinese in the sub-provincial city of Xi-an, whe Read more »
Yalong Bay 亚龙湾 boasts unparalleled beauty. The 7.5-kilometer (4.7- mile) long, crescent-shaped bay with an area of 18.6 square kilometers (about 7.2 square miles) is one of the famous scenic spots in Read more »
Various Aspects of Chinese Fans
When first created 3,000 years ago, Chinese fans were simply used to block the sun and keep cool. But over the years, they evolved into works of art, status symbols, props for theater and danc Read more »
Dowry Painting in Ancient Wedding
Was there any sex education in ancient China? Of course there was; it was just not systematic or comprehensive, and usually used visual teaching aids or methods of hinting and inducing. The "dowry pa Read more »
Chinese don’t gesture very much and regard a lot of hand movement as excessive. Winking and whistling are considered rude. Eye contact tends to be indirect. Both the thumbs up sign and tugging on t Read more »
“Chuang” (“窗”) was originally a pictographic character written like this in ancient Chinese books. The form is pretty much like a round window. In the small seal script, the character is changed to t Read more »
The tea liquor is the perfect combination of tea and liquor. The drinker only needs to prepare several simple materials and make the tea liquor himself according to his own taste and needs. Here is t Read more »
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