Batik printing is a sort of age-old traditional folk handicraft for fabric printing and dyeing in China. It was named together with tie dyeing and stencil printing as "Three Major Printing Crafts Read more »
Located at the foot of Emei Mountain in Sichuan Province, Baoguo Monastery is the biggest monastery of the mountain and was first built in the Ming Dynasty. It was originally called “Huizong Hall”, Read more »
Zhang Sanfeng (张三丰)：a semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest
Zhang Sanfeng (张三丰) was a semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either the late Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty or Ming D Read more »
In Search of the Hakka Way - From Xiamen to Earthen Tulou
Visit Xiamen, a laid back city in Fujian province. A former treaty port, Xiamen still possess much of its colonial charm epitomized in architecture and ambience on Gulangyu Island. Marvel at ear Read more »
The Hemudu Site Museum is located in Hemudu Town, Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province. The site dates from the early Neolithic period in southern China. It covers forty thousand square meters and has a Read more »
Sanyan and Erpai - Collections of Short Stories
Sanyan and Erpai,collections of short stories that have been quite popular since the late Ming Dynasty in China,take a quite important position in the history of Chinese literature. Sanyan refer Read more »
The Legend of Eating Mooncakes
Mooncakes symbolize the gathering of friends and family and are an indispensable part of the offerings made to the Earth God, Tu Ti Kung. According to popular belief, the custom of eating mooncakes b Read more »
It is a fact of life, not necessarily to be applauded, that the world is largely an English-speaking place and that most people abuse this when traveling overseas. Wherever people are (with the e Read more »
Measurement Units of Ancient China
The system of weights and measures was put in place as early as 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor established the measurement unit "wuliang" and his son Shaohao sta Read more »
Who had the best academic performance of all Confucian disciples
The concept of academic performance Among the disciples of Confucius, who had the best academic performance? Here we should clarify the concept of academic performance. Nowadays, when talking ab Read more »
Located at the foot of Mount Qomolangma in Tibet, Rongbuk Monastery is 5,800 above sea level. Towing in the severely cold climate, it is the highest altitude monastery on the planet, also a vantage Read more »
Also known as Tianlu or Bixie, Pixiu is one of the five auspicious animals in ancient Chinese mythology, the other four being the dragon, phoenix, tortoise, and Chinese unicorn. Pixiu is considere Read more »
Yang Shuo Chestnuts(Guangxi) The growing area is in Yang Shuo and the output per year amounts to 1,200 tons. The growing areas of the best quality are in Ping Dong Kou. Gu Ban etc. its brown rind Read more »
Hair embroidery, a traditional Chinese art, is a special needle-work of making patterns on silk with human hair as the thread. As Chinese hair is mostly black, it used to be known also as moxiu ("b Read more »
Beidaihe is a Chinese coastal summer resort located in the southwest of Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. Under the impact of marine climate, weather in Beidaihe is mild, moist, cool and pleasa Read more »
Whether human nature is good or bad has been one of the most controversial problems in Chinese philosophy. Mencius holds that human nature is good, but he doesn't mean that every man is born a sage Read more »
The Temple of Heaven, which is located in the southeast of the Imperial Palace South of Beijing, was a place for emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to worship God and pray foison in China. It Read more »
Yi Quan or the mentality Chuan, also called Da cheng Quan, was created by Wang Xiangzhai during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty. Wang (1885-1963) was born in Shenxian C Read more »
Dark green leafy vegetables (kale, spinach, turnip and mustard greens) Best source of lutein and zeaxanthin which are especially important in preventing macular degeneration in older people. The dar Read more »
Why there exists the change of the four seasons? Why does day alternate with night? This it all because there lives a powerful Candle Dragon. It was said that, to the north of the Chishui River b Read more »
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