In ancient times, solstices and equinoxes were important in guiding people to develop and maintain calendars, as well as helping them to grow crops. It was important for many people, especially those who spent a considerable amount of time Continue Reading
There are two scenes of Continue Reading
Because of this story, 阳春白雪 came to refer to “highbrow,” while 下里巴人 means “lowbrow.” 曲高和寡 (highbrow music is not as popular), as Song Yu used to describe his condition, is another widely used idiom to describe the loneliness of Continue Reading
Last we looked at the things we liked least about living in China. Because we’re big believers in positivity and being both fair and balanced we’re looking this week at the things we like most about living in China. Continue Reading
Although smoking is becoming less and less popular around the world, it looks like it’ll have a place in Chinese society for years to come. Tobacco farmers are happy to have a consistent buyer in the China National Tobacco Continue Reading
Anciently, the Figure of the God of Kitchen was usually pasted on the wall of the small wind box. The picture of the God of Kitchen, known as the Officer of the East Kitchen, which is still worshiped by Continue Reading
Arriving at home, he knew that nothing happened at home but his daughter missed him. The horse understood human’s emotion and carried the father hack. The father treated the horse very well for its smartness. However, whatever the father Continue Reading
Later, Yaoji gradually became a mountain peak, namely, the famous Goddess Peak of Wu Mountain. Her maids accompanying her then became the peaks of various heights, thus forming the present-day twelve peaks of the Wu Mountain. Waves leaping and Continue Reading
In the Song Dynasty, the Tai Sui Star was personified and transformed from an imaginary star to a god. In the Ming Dynasty, the belief in Tai Sui was recognized by the ruling regime and sacrificial altars were especially Continue Reading
The Classic of Odes is the first poem collection covering 305 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC – 711 BC) to the middle Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC – 476 BC). As the starting Continue Reading
