Drinking games are a popular pastime(a pastime is something that you do in your spare time because you enjoy it or are interested in it), have a long tradition in China. The following are Read More

   The fact that drinking is so deeply rooted in Chinese culture worries doctors who specialize in alcohol abuse, and some are calling for changes in drinking practises. A law that forbids the sale Read More

   The Tang Dynasty writer Lu Yu (AD 733-804) is known as “Sage of Tea” for his contribution to Chinese tea culture. He wrote “The Classic of Tea,” or “Cha Jing,” the very first Read More

   The Furniture from Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the Qing-style furniture(清式家具Qīngshì jiājù), has attached particular importance to the application of decoration as the way of embodying its rich cultural connotations(the connotations of a particular Read More

   Date palm was introduced to China in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). It grows in Guangdong, and Yunnan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is high in calories and is made Read More

   The red and long body of the mountain god could shine divinely, and even the dark and deep underground was brightened. He often held in mouth a candle lightening the dark gate of heaven in the north, thus he was called “Candle Dragon” or “Candle Yin”.    Why there exists the routine of the four seasons? Why does days alternate with nights? This it all because there lives a powerful dragon named Candle Dragon. It was said that, to the north of the Chishui River beyond the distant Northwest Sea, there was a strange mountain named Zhangwei Mountain, in which lived a magical god of mountain who wore a human face, yet with a curving snakelike body of more than 1000 li.The whole body of the mountain god was thoroughly red like a fiery dragon. His eyes were also quite different from ordinary people, like two olives vertically hung on the face, which turned into two straight slits when he closed them. The mountain god was so mighty that when he closed his eyes, night befell the earth and when he opened them, the world turned into daytime. He winked and winked, and days and nights occurred alternately. The mountain god never slept and he always curled up there without eating, drinking or breathing. Once he breathed, there would appear the fierce wind and torrential rain; once he blew, there would be winter in a second with the sky filled with black clouds and heavy snow storms; once he sniffed, there would be midsummer in no time with scorching sun that could even melt the stones.

    这就是后羿射日的故事。尽管后羿因此受到惩罚，但后人永远感念他的恩德。    In ancient China, people believed that there were ten suns that appeared in turn in the sky during the Chinese ten-day week. Each day the ten suns would travel with their Read More

   In spite of the popularity of TCM among Chinese, western medicine also plays an important role because of its quick effect and convenience. Commonly, most hospitals in China provide both TCM and western Read More

   As the long-term development of silk, China now produced hundreds varieties of silk in thousands of colors and designs. Silk with one-side embroidery, double-sided embroidery, double-face with different colors, designs and embroideries, silk Read More

   Therefore, some paintings are extremely precious with many seals and inscriptions by quite a few great painters and some emperors, while it is also a pity that sometimes too much to cover parts Read More