Mount Emei, a sacred mountain for Buddhists in China, stands towering the southwestern part of the Sichuan Basin. Its summit the Wanfo (Tens of Thousands of Buddhas) Peak rises up to 3099m in alt Read more »
Eastern Han Terracotta Storyteller
Shuochang (storytelling that combines singing and narration) is the major feature of Chinese Quyi arts. As for when the art of Shuochang dates back, people nowadays have no way to know it. While th Read more »
Tang Yin: One of the Four Masters of Ming Dynasty
Tang Yin (唐寅,1470-1524), better known by his courtesy name Tang Bohu (唐伯虎, though it is usually not the custom to address an individual by both surname and courtesy name), was a Chinese scholar, p Read more »
The Yangko dance, also called "twisting Yangko dance", is a folk dance most representative in China and a unique collective singing and dancing art. The Yangko dance is smooth, happy and compact i Read more »
相比中国人对“日行一善”的理解，英国工程师托尼开办黄河慈善厨房，为残疾人和无家可归者提供免费餐的“善举”简单而执着，且坚守时间长达7年。 西安街头巷尾出没的流浪汉大都知道，每周的一、三、五，在五星街一间简易食堂，可以从一个叫托尼的英国男子手中，领到一份免费餐。目前，托尼已投入70余万元人民币用于对流浪汉“免费餐”的供应。7年来，托尼的团队每个月提供的简餐超过2000份。 1964年3月出生于英 Read more »
Liugong Islandland (simplified Chinese: 刘公岛) is a small island located on the northeastern edge of Shandong Peninsula, China at the mouth of Weihai Bay. It is known as the "birthplace of China's Read more »
Capital City of Shang at Yanshi
Introduction The ruins of an ancient city some 3,600 years old have been dug out after 15 years' exploration and excavation in Yanshi, Henan Province. The intact city walls and palaces reveal it Read more »
In Late West Han Dynasty (202BC-9), Buddhism came into China from ancient India. After a long time spread and development, Buddhism gradually became a strongly nationalized religion in China. Becau Read more »
Chinese Traditional Dress Through the Ages
Each dynasty in China had its own memorable culture. The many facets of color and design that emerged during a dynasty's reign were marvelous and made every aspect of Chinese culture, including th Read more »
一群学生戴着面具、假发，穿着黑披风，在教室里“装神弄鬼”，台上的英语外教用纯正的英语口语，为学生讲述万圣节的精彩。这是31日武汉市汉阳区翠微中学课堂上的一幕。 本学期，该校开设了两个英语“外教班”，采取小班化教学，聘请2名外教为学生传授纯正的英语口语。 江城20余中小学请外教 31日上午9点半，23岁的英国小伙Liam走上讲台，课堂的内容是万圣节。Liam在前一天就让学生回家 Read more »
China's Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, known as HSK or the Chinese Proficiency Test is a standardized test at the state level designed and developed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language and Culture Universit Read more »
Drum Song of Peking is a Chinese traditional art of Quyi (Chinese folk art forms) performance which is cored with singing and supplemented with story telling. It originated in Beijing and Tianjin Read more »
China is a great country for adventure travel with richly geographical diversity, from the towering mountains, vast deserts, and wild rivers to remote villages and places, picturesque natural myste Read more »
The ballad of Liu Sanjie (Third Sister in the Liu family) is a type of folk song prevalent in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Yizhou City is the representative region where this type of ballad i Read more »
Guardians of cultural diversity
From top: Folk musicians from Qujiaying village prepared to perform at a music festival at Beijing’s Zhihua Temple in 2006. The Qujiaying music tradition has been carried down for ce Read more »
Beijing's Park Life - The Old Summer Palace
The sole bridge that escaped the palace's destruction in the 19th century. by William Wang In places, the Chinese capital's lack of colour puts the beige in Beijing. It's not the greenest of citi Read more »
The Dazu Rock Carvings (Chinese: 大足石刻) are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th century A.D., depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Ta Read more »
From top: Visitors can easily get lost in the maze-like Benzhai, one of the best-preserved ancient villages in Yunfeng Tunpu; Dancers wearing masks perform dixi opera at the entrance of a local m Read more »
Chinese Ceramics, Calligraphy and Paintings
Pottery and porcelain art has a lot in common with ancient Chinese painting in terms of artistic essence, characteristics, and expressive ways. The principles for good painting - heavy emphasis on Read more »
Zhongshan Scenic Spot locates in Nanjing of Jiangsu with Mountain Bell (Purple Mountain) and Xuanwu Lake as the center. Zhongshan Scenic Spot is undulating, running as floating dragon, including P Read more »
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