ancient china

People with power and influence may seem able to control almost anything, but traditional Chinese culture has long …

“Live long, learn long” is a familiar Chinese saying. But in imperial China, some men took that idea …

In ancient China, when a couple faced separation, they would sometimes break a bronze mirror in half, each …

Standing before the shimmering Nine-Dragon Wall in Beijing’s Forbidden City, most visitors pause to admire the nine brilliantly …

In 1974, a group of farmers digging a well in rural China stumbled upon one of the greatest …

In the stories passed down through traditional Chinese culture, actions were never seen as isolated. What a person …

There’s an interesting fact that many people might not know: the roofs of the Imperial Palace in the …

Zheng Xie (1693-1765), better known by his art name Zheng Banqiao, was a celebrated painter and calligrapher of …

During the Tang Dynasty, Wang Yan, an official who served the crown prince, once remarked that the events …

Chinese scholars have long cherished orchids for what they represent: refinement, elegance, and inner purity. Within China’s millennia-old …