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 traditional techniques of China.The goldbeating industry of Continue Reading

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 isYuan Xuefen(袁雪芬 Yuán Xuěfēn) who had reformed Continue Reading

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 still irrigating vast stretches of fertile Continue Reading

With a center criterion, each in different areas has developed to a style of its own with distinctive local features. Famous operas includePeking 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 yùjù),Cantonese Opera(粤剧 yuèjù),Shanghai Opera(沪剧 hùjù),Sichuan Opera(川剧 Continue Reading

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 eight dragon heads, facing the eight Continue Reading

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 gnomon casts on a calibrated dial Continue Reading

This is the Chinese Zhongyuan Festival. Today I will introduce thezhongyuan Festival(中元节 zhōngyuán jié). Zhongyuan Festival, also calledGhost Festival(鬼节 guǐ jié), is specified at the date of July 15th in Chinese lunar calendar, though it is celebrated on Continue Reading

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, steamship, and airscrew-propelled vessel to modern Continue Reading

  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 the autumn, usually happens between the Continue Reading

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, which are usually connected together. There Continue Reading