In China, December of the lunar calendar is called the La month (腊月 là yuè) , so the date of December 8th is also the Laba Festiva (腊八节 làbā jié). It is a traditional festival of China that is regarded as the preface Continue Reading

   Goldbeating techniques are used to hammer gold into extremely thin leaves for Buddhist image or household article decoration. The goldbeating techniques of Nanjing are unique and technically demanding. They are regarded as special traditional techniques of China. The goldbeating Continue Reading

   The first female troupe of Shaoxing Opera was founded in 1923 and female performers gradually replaced the males and nowadays almost all performers are females. The most famous master of Shaoxing Opera is Yuan Xuefen (袁雪芬 Yuán Xuěfēn) who had reformed Continue Reading

   The Karez Well has been recorded in Historical Records. In Uygur, kaner is pronounced as “kan’ermei”. The Karez Well currently existing in Turphan have mostly been built since Qing Dynasty. Today they are still irrigating vast stretches of fertile Continue Reading

   With a center criterion, each in different areas has developed to a style of its own with distinctive local features. Famous operas include Peking Opera (京剧 jīngjù), Shaoxing Opera (越剧 yuè jù), Huangmei Opera (黄梅戏 huángméixì), Kunqu Opera (昆曲 kūnqǔ), Yuju Opera (豫剧 yùjù), Cantonese Opera (粤剧 yuèjù), Shanghai Opera (沪剧 hùjù), Sichuan Opera (川剧 Continue Reading

   The Chinese philosopher Zhang Heng invented the earliest known seismoscope in 132 A.D. The instrument was said to resemble a wine jar of six-foot diameter. On the outside of the vessel there were eight dragon heads, facing the eight Continue Reading

   A sundial is an instrument that measures time by the position of the sun. Called “rigui” in Chinese, a sundial is a timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial Continue Reading

   This is the Chinese Zhongyuan Festival.    Today I will introduce the zhongyuan Festival(中元节 zhōngyuán jié). Zhongyuan Festival, also called Ghost Festival(鬼节 guǐ jié), is specified at the date of July 15th in Chinese lunar calendar, though it is celebrated on Continue Reading

   The shipbuilding in China enjoys a history almost as long as the development of mankind. Through thousands of years, ships have been developed from the raft, canoe, wooden boat, oared boat, wooden sailboat, steamship, and airscrew-propelled vessel to modern Continue Reading