Chinese Culture

According to legends about the origin of the Chinese zodiac, animals competed in a race to decide their sequential order in the zodiac. This was known as the Great Race, ...

The Chinese people have a custom of displaying and enjoying flowers during the Chinese New Year period, which ...

In the not too distant past, the Chinese freely worshiped their ancestors and deities within their own homes. ...

Chia-Chi Lin was only 2 when she first heard the violin, having grown up with many sisters who ...

The music accompanying Taoists is mystical with a strong sense of integrity, and Buddhist music is solemn and ...

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition at the University of Toronto presented onlookers with a glimpse ...

Fu Hao the first general in China’s written history to apply ambush tactics in war.

Martial arts have climbed in popularity, but practitioners of the oldest forms existing say the true essence is ...

Two thousand years ago, a scholar failed the imperial examinations over and over again. He finally tired of ...

The 2019 International Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Competition finals are set to take place on August 25. Dozens ...

During the Tang Dynasty, a man named Zheng Youxuan lived in Chang’an City. Zheng’s family had status as ...

Over thousands of years, the Chinese people have developed their own architectural style.

There were three brothers, Lu Yu, Lu Bao, and Lu Zhen, who lived outside the east gate in ...

The image has become an emblem of the Hong Kong protests: A young woman wielding a yellow umbrella ...

William Blake wrote, “To see a world in a grain of sand. And a Heaven in a wild ...

King Wen of Zhou (around 1152–1056 B.C.), personal name Ji Chang, was born in present-day Qishan, Shaanxi Province. ...

“Continuously dripping water eventually penetrates a large stone,” an ancient Chinese saying tells us. In other words, we ...

Li Jing was a famous Tang Dynasty strategist who was also well-versed in literature. After he retired, many ...

The greatest work of Chinese calligraphy written in the semi-cursive style is the “Preface to the Poems Composed ...

There was once a beautiful mountain called Sun Mountain that was home to an old man who planted ...

Long ago, Phoenix Mountain in Shandong Province was home to a secluded spiritual follower and his guard wolf. ...

Our mothers have great influence on us. As our first teachers, they influence us in every way, shaping ...

The “Three Character Classic,” or “San Zi Jing,” is the best-known classic Chinese text for children. Written by ...

The ancient city of Vaishali, India, was home to 500 blind people. Because of their disability, they couldn’t ...

Long ago, in a city in China, the residents built a large, traditional-style temple. The temple was solemn ...

The very first story in the 500 volumes of the "Extensive Records of the Taiping Era" is about ...