A detail from “Elegant Gathering in The West Garden” by the Song artist Ma Yuan Photo: FILE Yaji (literally, elegant…[详细]

This character has various meanings. It is usually used as an adjective, meaning “to be bright, light, explicit or obvious.” It als…[详细]

"The Xuande Emperor’s outing" by the Ming artist Shang Xi Photo: FILE Social transformation during the late Ming Dynasty ceas…[详细]

A painting dubbed the 18th of the 24 Solar Terms, Frost’s Descent, by Zhou Shenghua (1948–2000), a contemporary Chinese artist Phot…[详细]

This character has various meanings. It usually refers to a knot or joint, a festival, a division or moral integrity. 落花…[详细]

A Liye slip featuring the multiplication formula in Chinese characters Photo: CHINA DAILY The ruins of the ancient town of Liye w…[详细]

This character usually refers to the Qin Dynasty (221–207 BCE). This short-lived dynasty was the first unified and power-centralized dyna…[详细]

A detail from “The Eighteen Scholars,” a painting by the Song artist Liu Songnian (c. 1155–1218), reveals the aesthetic taste of…[详细]

This character means “old,” “classic” or “ancient.” It usually describes something that belongs to an earlier …[详细]