The site of Xia and Shang dynasties in ancient China Location: Xiaxian County, Shanxi Province Period: 1900-1500 BC Excavated in 1974 Significance: This find has contributed enormously to the study of the contents of the Erlitou Culture and the Continue Reading
According to above introduction, we can find that each animal has its own peculiarities. The Shengxiao(生肖 shēngxiào) which better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac is a scheme. It is a systematic plan of future action that relates each year Continue Reading
Zhoukoudian（周口店 Zhōukǒudiàn）, 50 kilometers to the southwest of Beijing, is famous for discovering one of the origins of early man-Beijing man in a low hill called Dragon-Bone Mountain. And the site was declared an important National Cultural Protected Unit in Continue Reading
Around 1800 years ago, during the Eastern Han Dynasty(25-220)of China, Cai Lun improved China’s papermaking(造纸zàozhǐ) technique using bark and hemp. This then became one of the four great ancient inventions of China. Today, ancient papermaking has been replaced by modern Continue Reading
The Xinle Site Museum in the southern district currently has around 1,200 objects in its collection. In the northern district of the museum, one half-underground house has been preserved and is on view in its original state. This homesite Continue Reading
Combining the elaborate elegance with unique elements of style, the cheongsam(旗袍Qípáo) is a female dress with distinctive Chinese features and enjoys a growing popularity in the international world of high fashion. The name “cheongsam,” meaning simply “long dress,” entered Continue Reading
Today let’s take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named “Seediq Bale”.Seediq Bale is a 2011 Taiwanese historical drama film directed by Wei Te-Sheng and produced by John Woo, based on Wushe Incident in central Taiwan in Continue Reading
In ancient China, the White Tiger is a collection of seven stars in the western group of 28 Constellations (while the eastern, northern and southern seven-star groups are respectively called Gray Dragon, Black Turtle and Red Phoenix). The White Continue Reading
How long is the Chinese culture? Maybe no one can answer the question. We only know that only in Zhejiang Province quite a lot of prehitoric cultural relics have been discovered, which can prove long history of China. According to a Continue Reading
There is a small intermontane plain called a bazi in the Yunnan(云南Yúnnán) local dialect. Baofengba in Puning County is a village inhabited by the Hans. When I saw Luo Meiying, the township leader, she wore a typical peasant dress: Continue Reading
