"Cats and Butterflies" (left) by the Qing female artist Chen Shu, and "Autumn Colors in a Lotus Pond" (right) by the Qing female artist Yun Bing P…[详细]

This character refers to a river, particularly the Yangtze River. 春江水暖鸭先知 chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī Chun refers to …[详细]

The Yangtze finless porpoise began facing extinction in recent years. Thanks to the fishing ban and other environmental measures, several groups o…[详细]

Michael Wood is an internationally acclaimed historian, film producer, broadcaster and writer. He is currently a Professor of Public History at th…[详细]

This is one of the most common Chinese characters. When pronounced as dāng, it often means "be equal to, turn towards, work as, or undertake." Wh…[详细]

Edward Mansfield Gunn is an American Sinologist and Professor Emeritus at Cornell University. His research focused largely on modern and contempor…[详细]

When used as a verb, this character means "to worship gods" or "to treat someone courteously." When used as a noun, li refers to rites, courtesy, …[详细]

Bronze gui vessel of Jinlin is dated to the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046–771 BCE). During the Zhou Dynasty, bronzeware was often used to disti…[详细]

When used as a noun, this character refers to a drama, play, game, or a sport. When used as a verb, it usually means "to play tricks on." 烽火…[详细]