Chinese Culture & History

    The Double Ninth Festival 重阳节

    Additionally, double ninth cake is a traditional food to eat during the Double Ninth Festival. Made of flour, the double ninth cake can be sweet if jujube, ginkgo, pine nuts and apricot kernel are added, or salty if meat is Continue Reading

    Chinese Knot 中国结

    中国结发源于远古时期,又称盘长结,每一个结都是从头到尾用一根红绳编织而成。当时还没有文字,人们为了记住某些事情,在一根绳上盘上不同的结以示记忆,这就是“结绳记事”。当时,人们用这种方法除了记住生产和生活中的重要事情之外,还是年轻人用于表达爱情的物品。 The Chinese knot was originated from the ancient times。It is also known as “woven knot” with each knot woven with one single red rope. There were no Chinese characters. To remember something, people make different knots on a Continue Reading

    Mei Lanfang 梅兰芳

    Mei Lanfang had non-profit performance abroad many times, aiming to promoting Chinese culture arts overseas. Thanks to his persistent efforts, the international art circle gradually recognized colorful Chinese operas with extensive and profound meanings and treated Chinese operas with Continue Reading

    Qian Xuesen 钱学森

    Qian Xuesen was honored as “father of China’s spaceflight program,” “father of China’s missile” and “king of rocket.” He became the most outstanding scientist in international spaceflight area in the 1940s. He published Engineering Cybernetics, indicating that he had Continue Reading

    Maned Figure Maker Bai 鬃人白

    Over the past 50 years, he has kept on the path of “exclusive production”. “北京鬃人”始创于清朝末年,距今已有一百多年的历史,是受皮影戏和京剧影响而产生的,这一独特的绝活结合了京剧文化、物理学和力学的概念。 “Beijing Maned Figure” was originated at the end of Qing Dynasty and now has a history of over 100 years. It came into Continue Reading

    Peking Opera 京剧

    Chinese Opera was originally performed against only a backdrop with the other three sides open. The set is extremely simple; It includes a table, which might stand in for a desk, an official’s table, or even a hill or Continue Reading

    Chinese brands Top 10: Tsingtao Brewery 青岛啤酒

    Although the average Chinese citizen drinks one-third the beer a German drinks, the sheer size of the Chinese population makes China the largest beer market in the world. Tsingtao was founded in 1903 by Anglo-German settlers with a strict Continue Reading

    Chinese brands Top 10: Tencent 腾讯

    Tencent QQ is a highly popular social network and micro-blog service in China which functions as the Chinese answer to Twitter. As of September 30, 2011 the Shenzhen-based company had over 711.7 million active QQ user accounts and membership Continue Reading

    Qingming, One of the 24 Solar Terms 二十四节气之清明

    Customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and commemorating deceased relatives are still popular today. 清明是我国的二十四节气之一。比较客观地反映了一年四季气温、降雨、物候等方面的变化,古代劳动人民用它安排农事活动。 Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms of China.Objectively reflect the variations in temperature, rainfall and phenology of a year, the working Continue Reading

    Clay Sculpture 泥塑

    Clay sculpture art is a kind of Chinese folk art. The folk artisans use natural or cheap materials but can make small and exquisite artifacts, gaining popularity with common people. Though clay sculptures are not technologically involved, they bring Continue Reading