Chinese Culture

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 ...

China, with its 5,000 years of civilization, was once known as "Shen Zhou," which translates to "the Divine Land." ...

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. ...

China, with its 5,000 years of civilization, was once known as "Shen Zhou," which translates to The Divine Land. ...

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 ...

Words of Wisdom aims to highlight important morals, which we feel our readers will benefit from reading. We ...

It is said that every mark of the scale on a traditional Chinese 16-liang weighing balance represents a ...

Many Chinese will be visiting the tombs of their ancestors on April 5 to pay their respects, as ...

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 ...