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Traditional Hui Inkstick Craftsmanship

Inksticks are one of the “four treasures of the scholar’s studio,” and the ones crafted in Huizhou are considered unique treasures among traditional Chinese inksticks.
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Taiwan

Since antiquity, Taiwan has been an inseparable part of Chinese territory and history.
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Sino-Portugal Cultural Exchange

Portugal first leased land in Macao around the middle of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644); shortly afterwards, Western merchants began arriving to trade.
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Laozi

Laozi was a great thinker and philosopher who is regarded as the founder of both philosophical and religious Daoism.
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Mysterious Sanxingdui

The Sanxingdui (“three-star mound”) site, located in Sanxing village, Nanxing township, Guanghan city, Sichuan province, is thirty-eight kilometers north of Chengdu.
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Traditional Techniques of Making Writing-Brush

The writing brush has a long history—traces of its use have found on painted pottery from as long ago as the Neolithic.
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The Culture of Chinese Chan Buddhism

Chan (also Romanized in Japanese as Zen) is a vein of wisdom that has diffused worldwide. In Chan culture one can find the essence of Eastern culture. Growing out of roots in India, it flowered fully in China.
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Patriotic Poet Lu You

Lu You (1125–1210), courtesy name (zi) Wuguan, studio name (hao) Fangweng, was a native of Shanyin, Yuezhou (modern Shaoxing, Zhejiang province).
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Chinese Dragon Culture

Chinese dragon culture, which represents China’s cultural spirit, spans more than eight-thousand years. During these millennia, the dragon lived in the daily lives of millions of people and many dragon folk customs took shape.
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Hakka Culture

During the Chinese Middle Ages, a unique ethnic group emerged—the Hakka. Unlike other ethnic groups in China, they are not named after a geographical region; however, Hakka culture covers over half of China, especially in the south.
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Chinese Shoushan Stone Culture

Located in the mountainous northern suburbs of Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian province, the region known as Shoushan (Longevity Mountains), with its peaks of over a thousand meters, is like a fairyland, charming and beautiful.

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The Great Wall

The Great Wall, more than two thousand years old, was constructed to protect China against the incursions of northern nomadic tribes.

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June 24, 2016

Beijing—Capital of China

Beijing, capital of the People’s Republic of China, has a history spanning over three thousand years. It ranks among China’s “four great ancient capitals,” along with Nanjing, Xi’an, and Luoyang. It is one of the few cities with more than five cultural heritage sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The Splendid Culture of CHINA
June 24, 2016

Cradles of Chinese Civilization: Yellow River and Yangtze River

All ancient human civilizations originated in river basins, mostly alluvial valleys. Mesopotamia (the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the Nile, the Indus, and China’s Yellow River (Huanghe) and Yangtze River (Changjiang) gave birth to the four great ancient civilisations.

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June 24, 2016

Tang Poetry

China is a nation of poetry. It is not an exaggeration to say that poetry has been the most influential literary genre in China and that the Chinese have had a tendency to poetize prose, fiction, and drama.

The Splendid Culture of CHINA
June 24, 2016

New Year Pictures

The Chinese people value celebrations of the lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, during which almost every family pastes “spring couplets” on both sides of their front doors. Some families also post “spring pictures” on interior doors or in rooms. These pictures are collectively known as New Year pictures.

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June 24, 2016

Cantonese Opera

Cantonese opera, with a nearly 300-year history, is one type of traditional Chinese opera. In 2009, it was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Period

The Splendid Culture of CHINA
Liu Shengyi June 24, 2016

Early Mythology of China

Shenhua (myths) are legends and stories which employ supernatural images to mirror the ancients’ understanding of the world’s origin, natural phenomena, and social life in an imaginative way.


  • Ancient Chinese Culture
  • Classic of Songs
  • Origin and Evolution of Chinese Characters

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Xiao Feng June 24, 2016

Bing Xin

Bing Xin (literally “ice heart”), original name Xie Wanying (1900–1999), was born in Changle, Fuzhou city, Fujian province. Her pen name comes from the verse “my heart is pure as ice in a jade cup,” written by the Tang poet Wang Changling (698–756).


  • Ye Shengtao
  • Chinese Puppetry
  • Intangible Cultural Heritage of China

Personage

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Zhu Chengru June 24, 2016

Imperial Palace

The Imperial Palace in Beijing is recognized as one of the world’s five great residences together with the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, the Kremlin in Russia, and the White House in the United States.


  • First Emperor of Qin
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  • Emperor Wu of the Han

Geography

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Liu Shuyong June 24, 2016

Hong Kong

Hong Kong, officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China, is an international metropolis and the world’s third largest financial center after London and New York.


  • Historic City of Suzhou
  • Macau
  • Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple

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The Splendid Culture of CHINA
Guo Xiaowu June 24, 2016

Origin and Evolution of Chinese Characters

Chinese characters are pictograms. Who created them? A popular belief from as early as the Warring States period (fifth–third centuries b.c.e.) has it that the Chinese characters were created by Cangjie, a legendary scribe under the Yellow Emperor.


  • Scientists in Ancient China
  • Ancient Capital Xi’an
  • The Great Wall

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China Today
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The People’s Republic of China, or in its abbreviated form China, is situated in eastern and central Asia on the western coast of the Pacific Ocean where it has a long coastline.
Chronology of Sovereigns
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Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Three States, Western Jin, Eastern Jin, Southern Dynasties, Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Ten States, Northern Song, Southern Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing
Historical Maps of China
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Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms,
Northern and Southern Dynasties (Song and Wei), Northern and Southern Dynasties (Chen, Qi, Zhou), Sui,Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Liao, Northern Song, Jin, Southern Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic of China and People’s Republic of China.

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