Chinese Calligraphy: Arts, Styles, And Tools
In China, calligraphy refers to the art of writing Chinese characters with a brush. In the history of Chinese art, calligraphy has always been held … Read more
In China, calligraphy refers to the art of writing Chinese characters with a brush. In the history of Chinese art, calligraphy has always been held … Read more
Until today, among those proverbs that have been long popular, one proverb—“human life is predestined” is still familiar to quite a lot of Chinese people. … Read more
Chinese regional cuisines are different cuisines found in different provinces and prefectures of China as well as from larger Chinese communities overseas. A number of … Read more
Li Shimin, better known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, the second emperor of the prosperous Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), has been considered by many scholars, … Read more
Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908), also known as an ‘Uncrowned Queen’, has been widely perceived as an extremely powerful, ruthless and mysterious woman who actually controlled … Read more
The earliest recorded funeral rituals in China are those of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, three to four thousand years ago. Later in history, based … Read more
Have you watched Mulan, the animated film produced by Walt Disney in the late 1990s? The story is based on a Chinese legend about Hua … Read more
In the West, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet has long been one of the greatest stories ever told. It has also been recreated in … Read more
There is a very famous Chinese saying which goes like this: “The marriage of two people from thousands of miles away is brought together by … Read more
During the final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 – 220), the government was corrupt and unable to carry out any good policies. In … Read more