Culture
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An 8th century painting, “Fu Xi and Nü Wa,” depicts this mythological couple as having interlocked snake-like tails. The circle a…[详细]09-07-2018
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On the day of Zhong Yuan, people honor their ancestors and release lanterns on the water to guide the deceased's way home. Photo: FILE Far from…[详细]08-31-2018
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“Qi Qiao” by the Qing artist Chen Mei, offering a view of the game of throwing needles in the Qixi Festival Photo: FILE This cha…[详细]08-23-2018
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“Rock and Tree” by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty Photo: FILE This common character refers to meaning, intention or significance. When …[详细]08-16-2018
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Details from a painting about family life in summer, by two well-known painters in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Shimin (1592-1680) and Gu Jianlong (1606…[详细]08-10-2018
- In 221 BCE, the Qin wars of conquest brought an end to the Warring States Period, a tumultuous era marked by…MORE
- The tradition of painting coffins is deeply rooted in Han culture, and the origin of the lian-bi patterns ca…MORE
- China’s Great Wall dates back as early as to the Spring and Autumn period.MORE
- The Miaodigou culture was viewed as the heyday of painted pottery.MORE
- Xu Zhimo was known for his efforts to set Chinese poetry free from the constraints of its traditional forms,…MORE
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Let me state that I am against a certain “apologetic” stance taken by the entire field of the humanities r…[详细]