Culture
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Shi, which means rock, stone and pebble in Chinese, symbolizes unyielding will and loyalty. Shi can also represent someone’s unadorned and a…[详细]04-12-2018 -
A traditional Chinese painting Bamboo, Rock and Withered Tree by Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty, a well-known painter and one of the best calligraph…[详细]04-12-2018 -
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Written on the third Hanshi Festival after Su Shi (1037-1101) was banished to Huangzhou, the Hanshi Observance is one of best calligraphic works i…[详细]04-08-2018 -
Both the Cold Food (Hanshi) Festival and the Qingming Festival originate from ancient custom of renewing fire in spring. As the story of selflessn…[详细]04-08-2018 -
Cao refers to all kinds of herbs, including grass and weeds. Green grasses and weeds are symbols of strong love and tenacious vitality. In certain…[详细]03-29-2018 -
Lush grass spreading over the old road symbolizes vitality as well as the lush sorrow when bidding farewell to a friend. Cao refers to all k…[详细]03-29-2018 -
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Roaming by the river, the image of Qu Yuan (c.340-c.278 BCE) carrying a sword is a typical image of a frustrated official–scholar who was de…[详细]03-22-2018 -
- 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]
