Tea for tranquillity in China
Tea ceremony, orcha dao(茶道chádào), is a ritualized(make or evolve into a ritual) way of making tea that combines art with brewing, and every step from preparation to serving is part of a performance. Etiquette and the proper tea pot, cups Continue Reading
People’s Republic of China 中华人民共和国
At the First Plenary Session of the Sixteenth Central Committee of Communist Party of China in November of 2002, Hu Jintao was selected as the new the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Continue Reading
Badaling Great Wall
The Badaling Great Wall stands at the first position by its significant location,well-knonw reputation and magnificent sceneries. The Badaling Great Wall has beautiful sceneries during all quatre saisons. TheBadaling Great Wall(八达岭长城Bādálĭng Chángchéng) is located in Yanqing County, about Continue Reading
New-democratic Revolution Period 新民主主义革命时期
China had undergone the Northern Expedition (1924-1927), the Agrarian Revolutionary War (1927-1937), the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the War of Liberation (Civil War, 1945-1949) in the course of New-democratic Revolution. In the time of Anti-Japanese War, Kuomintang and Communist Continue Reading
Famous Guge Kingdom
Guge Kingdom has attracted many explorers, tourists, photographers and artists from all over the world. Englishman Michael Young was the first person who investigated the ruins. In 1912, he traveled along Xiangquanhe River from India and reached the place. Continue Reading
Semi-colonial and Semi-feudal Era半殖民地半封建时期
The Chinese Revolution led by Sun Yat-sen in 1911 overturned the rule of the Qing Dynasty as well as the feudal social system that had lasted over 2000 years in China, and the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) was founded Continue Reading
The First Fire Tower of the Great Wall
This frustum was built in the 18th year of the Jiajing Period of the Ming Dynasty (1539). With a flat top, it is a square pyramid, with a length, width, and height of each 14 meters. As the result Continue Reading
Song,Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties 宋朝、元朝、明朝和清朝
At the late Ming Dynasty, the Manchu tribe living the northeastern China rose rapidly and defeated the Ming and some other ramose powers. In 1644, the Manchu entered the Central Plains and formally decided “Qing” as the national, with Continue Reading
Jiayuguan Fort
The pass was a key waypoint of the ancient Silk Road. Jiayuguan has a somewhat fearsome reputation because Chinese people who were banished were ordered to leave through Jiayuguan for the west, never to return. Around Jiayuguan there are Continue Reading
Tang Dynasty 唐朝
After the unified two Han dynasty, China underwent the warring and scattered Three Kingdom Period, Western Jin Dynasty, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern and Northern Dynasties and Sui Dynasty successively for about 400 years. In 618 AD, Li Yuan (Emperor Continue Reading
