This character refers to drawing pictures. Words containing this character usually include the meaning of drawing or painting, such as ce hui, wh…[详细]

Details from the Bei Xi Xiang Ji, a woodblock printing edition published in 1598 by the Ji Zhi Zhai during the reign of the Wanli Emperor Porce…[详细]

This character means clothing. Some anthropologists refer to clothes as “social skin,” indicating that what we wear has social signifi…[详细]

Wu Sha Mao was the standard headwear of officials during the Ming Dynasty. This painting portrays three Ming officials in formal dress with differ…[详细]

This character refers to birds. Before being standardized and simplified, its original figure neatly represented a perched bird. Specific birds ar…[详细]

Details from the painting “Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix” by Shen Quan (1682—1760), a well-known painter of the…[详细]

This character often refers to an outdoor area surrounded by walls or fences, such as a courtyard or walled garden. It is also used in reference t…[详细]

Snow-covered siheyuan in Beijing (BIGBIGWORK) This character often refers to an outdoor area surrounded by walls or fences, such as a courtyar…[详细]

This character refers to a monarch or sovereign of a country. It also can be used as an honorific title. Inspired by the connotations of ethics an…[详细]