traditional chinese culture

Many people wonder whether blessings can actually be seen. In traditional Chinese thought, blessings are not measured only …

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

In a small kingdom in northeast China, more than 2,500 years ago, a teacher walked the dusty roads …

Yuewei Hermitage was the elegant name of the residence of Ji Xiaolan, a famous scholar and official of …

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

In 1734, during the 12th year of the Yongzheng Emperor’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, a remarkable story …

In traditional Chinese culture, a promise was never treated lightly. A person’s word carried moral weight, and an …

Zhang Jun (1097-1164), courtesy name Deyuan, was one of the Southern Song Dynasty’s best-known officials. He resisted the …

In a small town in what is now Pudong, Shanghai, there once stood a house facing a bridge …

In his famous essay On Horses, Tang Dynasty scholar Han Yu wrote: “Fine horses are common, but those …