Chinese Culture & History

    What do Chinese do in Great Heat/Major heat?大暑做什么?

    White Water Rafting 漂流In the hot summer months, Gulong Mountain is a good resort to go to. It’s a world filled with beautiful scenes and mystical canyons. There are also waterfalls, underground rivers, karst caves, indigenous vegetations, cliffs, brooks and Continue Reading

    Paper-Cutting 剪纸

    Paper-cuts for window decoration in Shandong Province are mostly strips suitable for local mullioned windows; and those in northwestern China divide the complete paper-cut into four parts with “cross-shaped” character. In order to avoid any impact on interior lighting, Continue Reading

    Chinese models:Lv Yan 吕燕

    Touted “half angel and half devil”, Lv always captivates audiences with her unique face and ever-changing enchanting performance. Lv has appeared on the covers of top fashion magazines including Elle and Cosmopolitan. She is also the face of various Continue Reading

    Lantern Show 灯会

    As is put in the “Record Outside of Yaoshan Hall” of Jiang Yikui of the Ming Dynasty, during the Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty, some craftsman made colored glaze bottle with glutinous extract to produce festival lantern, which Continue Reading

    Chinese models:Liu Wen 刘雯

    Liu was the first and only Chinese model to walk the Victoria’s Secret fashion show for two years running between 2009 and 2010. In 2010, Liu became the first Asian face for cosmetic powerhouse Estee Lauder’s campaign. The girl, Continue Reading

    Chinese models:Du Juan 杜鹃

    Du Juan was born in Shanghai and is an internationally-renowned Chinese model. Du, a former ballet dancer, was crowned at the 2002 New Silk Road Model Look China. Du gained prominence in European fashion circles in 2006, when she Continue Reading

    Prose Romance 唐代传奇小说

    “Prose romances” of the Tang Dynasty surpassed the fiction created by predecessors not only in its subject matter and ideas but also in artistic achievement. Many “prose romances” described a period or the whole life experience of a character Continue Reading

    A newborn baby has been allegedly burned to death

    A newborn baby has been allegedly burned to death after reportedly left in a faulty incubator in a Chinese hospital. Graphic pictures of the scorched 12-day old infant have been made public after being released on Weibo, China’s equivalent Continue Reading

    Three Periods in Chinese Summer

    The first and second periods of the hot season of a year cover the Major Heat period, while the third period comes after autumn begins. One thing they have in common is that the weather is extremely hot. Continue Reading

    Great Heat /Major Heat大暑

    Great Heat/Major Heat Introduction The “Great Heat” represents the hottest days in the year. It arrives on July 23 or 24when the sun reaches the celdaestial longitude of 120 degrees. It’s a season with the highest temperature, where the Continue Reading