Culture

  • In “Duanwu Festival,” the character duan means the beginning or start. The term duanwu first appeared in a book of the local customs a…[详细]
    06-06-2019
  • This character generally refers to the Song Dynasty in Imperial China. It is also a common surname. 宋襄之仁 sòng xiāng zhī r&eac…[详细]
    05-30-2019
  • A detail of “A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains” by Wang Ximeng, a Northern Song artist Photo: FILE It is a misunderstanding…[详细]
    05-30-2019
  • This character is often associated with beauty or aesthetics. It is composed of two parts. The upper part is the character yang, or sheep, while t…[详细]
    05-23-2019
  • A detail of “Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove” by the Ming artist Chen Hongshou (1599–1652) Photo: FILE The Six Dynasties …[详细]
    05-23-2019
  • This detail of “The Spinning Wheel” by Wang Juzheng from the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127) depicts a poor woman at a spinning…[详细]
    05-16-2019
  • This character refers to filial piety, an important traditional moral in China. Due to the global trend of aging populations, greater attention is…[详细]
    05-16-2019
  • Meiguan, or the Mei Pass, has been a strategic site situated between Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces since the Qin Dynasty. It remained importa…[详细]
    05-09-2019
  • This character is generally known as road, route or path. It also signifies doctrine or principle. In the context of traditional Chinese philos…[详细]
    05-09-2019
  • These pieces of jian paper are collected in the Beiping Jianpu, or Chinese Color Prints of Today. The first (top-left) is designed by Wang Zhenshe…[详细]
    04-25-2019