Generally speaking, the chronicle style is the more natural method to record historical events, and therefore, the veritable records (shilu 实录), the court annals, were written in this style. Quite contrary to that, the official dynastic histories (zhengshi 正史) are Continue Reading

Chinese tradional culturecomes froma very long history.It includes quite a lot of details, so that it’s not so easy to understand all.Theabovethree tips can only help you to mainly understand the Chinese tradional culture taboos.That’s only a superficial knowledge. Continue Reading

清朝 qīngcháo：the first dynasty of Imperial China. Confucian Templeis agorgeous place which has a great reputation. And it is the place where Chinese officials in ancient times offered sacrifices to Confucius, the great ideologue, politician and educator. There Continue Reading

The Introduction to Laba Festival In China, December of the lunar calendar is calledthe La month（腊月là yuè）, so the date of December 8th is alsothe Laba Festival（腊八节là bā jié）. It is a traditional festival of China that Continue Reading

The days of the year when frost appears vary a lot across China. There is no frost at all in some places, such as Hainan province and Taiwan, while there is frost even in summer in some places on Continue Reading

“三月三”这个节日，是一个十分古老的节日。这个节日，不但在汉族地区流行，也还在许多少数民族地区盛传不衰。有人认为它就是古代上的上巳节。古时以夏历三月的第一个巳日为“上巳”。有人说起于周公曲水之宴，有人说起于周时的水滨祓禊。 The Double-Third Festival is an old festival. It is popular for both the Han people and many other ethnic groups. As for its orgin，one story says that the Double-Third Festival was exactly the ancient Shangsi Festival，which was on Continue Reading

Wearing Cornel Twigs (Dogwood) The cornel (dogwood) is a species of evergreen arbor; it is heavy-scented plant whose fruit is edible and stock and leaves can be medicinal materials. They can expel insects, get rid of the humidity, help Continue Reading

While the Hani ethinic group inhabiting in Mount Ailao on the southern bank of the Red River referred to this day as the Day of Worshipping Dragons，with a moving folktale of two brave young men slaughtering a demon. Continue Reading

It seemed that Cai Junmo was touched by the poem and withdrew the order. Though it is difficult to prove what really happened at that time, this significantly mirrors the fact that customs were formed when people followed the Continue Reading

‘Love Love Love Love’ was written by Golden Melody Award-winning producer 常石磊 Chang Shilei and sung by 21-year-old singer 吴莫愁 Wu Mochou aka Momo Wu, the runner-up of the first season of the popular reality talent show. This song Continue Reading