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 Read More

   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 Read More

   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 Read More

   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 Read More

   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 Read More

   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 Read More

   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 Read More

   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, Read More

   This is the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.      Today I will introduce the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mid-autumn Day (中秋节 zhōngqiū jié), or Mid-autumn Festival, falls on the fifteenth day of the lunar August, the middle of Read More

   Lou (water clock) is an idiom used by ancient Chinese equivalent to today’s “clock”. Zhonghu Dilou is also called clepsydra or water clock. The time-measuring device consists of several kettles filled with water, Read More