Culture

  • Artwork of a cicada (above) by Qi Baishi (1864–1957), and artwork of a butterfly (below) by the Qing Dynasty artist Ju Lian Photo: FILE T…[详细]
    03-03-2021
  • Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, which constitute the essence of traditional Chinese culture, contain different interpretations of the Lantern Fe…[详细]
    02-25-2021
  • Yuanxiao, or tangyuan, a Chinese dessert traditionally eaten during the Lantern Festival Photo: CFP The origin of this festival is still uncer…[详细]
    02-25-2021
  • People visit a folk lantern show at the Yu Garden in Shanghai for the upcoming 2021 Lantern Festival. Photo: Zhu Yanlin/PROVIDED TO CSST The L…[详细]
    02-25-2021
  • A family on the Loess Plateau in northwest China adorn a door with Spring Festival couplets in 2009 Photo: CFP For many Chinese people, their m…[详细]
    02-18-2021
  • The original version of this character resembled a person holding a plant in hands. Since horticulture is viewed as a craft, this character gradua…[详细]
    01-27-2021
  • "The White Goose with Red Polygonum" by Emperor Huizong of Song Photo: FILE The existent paintings attributed to the Northern Song emperor Zhao…[详细]
    01-27-2021
  • This character originally referred to the dregs produced during the process of rinsing silk fibre. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Lun (61&nda…[详细]
    01-21-2021
  • A Late Bloomer by Mo Yan Photo: XINHUA In 2020, an unusual year, Chinese writers made remarkable literary achievements. Vitality can be found e…[详细]
    01-21-2021
  • This character originally refers to a bud. When used as a verb, it means "to sprout, begin or start." Influenced by Japanese culture, this charact…[详细]
    01-13-2021