Chinese Culture & History

    Liuyedao of China

    Some Liu Ye Dao had angular, squared hilts and pommel fittings. The round ones became more popular in the later Qing. During the Ming andQing dynasties(清朝Qīngcháo) of China, the willow leaf sabre was used for the cavalry, and then also Continue Reading

    Make sense of the universe

    According to Daphne Li, manager of Chuan Spa at The Langham,Xintiandi,Shanghai hotel, more guests answers correlate with the “metal” category in autumn,which indicates need to nourish the lungs. After big holidays when there is lots of eating,customers answers generally Continue Reading

    The Maternity Practices in East vs the West

    Would the advice from American mothers be significantly different? Does culture have a major impact on the way children are raised? How are traditions regarding pregnancy and childbirth different in the East compared with the West? How different are Continue Reading

    Talk about Beauty

    Try a day spa – some professional Yoga clubs offer meditation techniques, hypnotherapy and guided visualization to help relieve stress, create deep relaxation and focus your mind toward attracting wealth, love, creativity, motivation, and inner peace. Face Continue Reading

    Royal Beauty Secrets in China

    These techniques are beauty clues and are widely used today. SPA is the acronym(a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name) for the Greek phrase Solus Par Aqua meaning ‘water of health’. The word ‘spa’ may Continue Reading

    Chinese Festival

    Developed from remote antiquity, the splendid and colorful living context of that time is vividly presented in these unique and interesting customs of circulated festivals. Most traditional Chinese festivals took shape during Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) and Continue Reading

    Chinese Pandas

    With particularly favorable natural conditions, Chengdu of Sichuan Province has been being home of pandas. Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, which is equipped with world-class facilities for pandas, is so far the biggest and most renowned panda Continue Reading

    Chinese Tea

    Used as medicine at the very beginning and then cooked with other food as diet, tea was not made by soaking tea-leaves with hot water until Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), which is the most common way of making tea in Continue Reading

    Bottoms Up

    Drinking games are a popular pastime(a pastime is something that you do in your spare time because you enjoy it or are interested in it), have a long tradition in China. The following are some examples of thejiuling(酒令jiǔlìng). Finger guessing: Continue Reading

    Drinking with a single draught

    The fact that drinking is so deeply rooted in Chinese culture worries doctors who specialize in alcohol abuse, and some are calling for changes in drinking practises. A law that forbids the sale of beverages with an alcohol(drinks that Continue Reading