Chinese Culture

Many Chinese will be visiting the tombs of their ancestors on April 5 to pay their respects, as the Qingming Festival, also called Pure Bright Day or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls ...

Li Linfu was a prime minister during the Tang Dynasty. As a child, he lived in the eastern ...

On Wutai Mountain there once lived a creature called Han Hao Bird. Unlike other birds, it had four ...

According to legend, the Yellow Emperor founded the Chinese civilization in 2697 B.C. He is said to have ...

The "Standards for Being a Good Student and Child" (Di Zi Gui) is a traditional Chinese textbook for ...

Laozi, the founder of Taoism, had a childhood teacher named Chang Cong, who carefully taught him the complicated ...

Everyone likes a good story, but what makes a story a true gem? Journey to the West is ...

Among the plays of the Yuan Dynasty, there was one called “The Dream of Bao Gong Examining the ...

During the Ming Dynasty, Yu Liangchen and his peers created a community where members did good deeds and ...

“There are only two monks in this small temple—you and me,” a young monk said to an old ...

“As lovely as the winter sun,” says a Chinese expression that describes those who are so kind that ...

A new year is an optimistic time that offers the promise of fresh starts and renewed hopes and ...

Quite a number of people can remember their previous lives. Sometimes, it is for the sake of letting ...

The Chinese New Year  is celebrated on Feb. 5, marking the beginning of the year of the Pig ...

Bao Xuan came from an impoverished family during the Western Han Dynasty, 2,000 years ago. His mentor appreciated ...

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Zhang Gongyi. In his lifetime, he could bear anything ...

In the seventh year of the Chunxi Era of Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty (1180), there ...

Night was about to fall, and an old monk was on his way home to the temple. All ...

Who’s the Insane One? Feng Shi from Qin State had a son who was a sweet and smart ...

The “Classic of Filial Piety” is a well-known Confucian classic about filial piety or respect for parents and ...

Long ago, a poor man visited his relatives, who treated him with generosity and kindness. He fell asleep ...

It may seem normal for a tiger to eat humans. However, whether a tiger eats a man is ...

The Yellow Crane Tower is one of the Four Great Towers in China. It stands along the Yangtze ...

There was a woman in Duchang County in Jiangxi Province by the surname of Wu. She had lost ...

In a small village in Northeast China, there was an old blind woman called Grandma Liu. Although she ...

Wan Hui was born in a Zhang family in Wenxiang (now Lingbao County, west of Henan Province) during ...

On a mountain was a temple that housed a group of monks. Among them were an old monk ...