Douyi fa (literally, pox-garment method), an early practice of smallpox inoculation in China, involved dressing a child who had never been infe…[详细]

The above is the Chinese character for rat or mouse. It is a tradition in China that one animal is used to symbolize the year, and the rat come…[详细]

A painting of a rat by famous Chinese painter Qi Baishi Photo: FILE This year is the Year of Gengzi, according to the Stem-Branch C…[详细]

A lantern fair on the night of the Lantern Festival in China Photo: 699PIC Why the 15th day of the first lunar month is called t…[详细]

This character usually refers to flowers. It can be used to describe floral items. The lanterns displayed on the night of the Lantern Festival are…[详细]

This character usually refers to a year. The Spring Festival is also called “nian,” which is believed to originate from a Chinese m…[详细]

Paintings by Feng Zikai depict how the Chinese people celebrated Spring Festival in the past. Photo: FILE Feng Zikai (1898&ndash…[详细]

“A Bird on Parched Wood” by Bada Shanren Photo: FILE Bada Shanren (1626–1705) is the literary name of one of t…[详细]

This character usually refers to a hill or a mountain. The earliest form of this character appeared in the scripts of the Shang Dynasty as a picto…[详细]