Dragon and Tiger in folk art
The tiger is a popular theme in chinese folk art. One may encounter numerous images of tigers in almost all forms of folk art: paper-cuts, embroidery sculptre, new year prints and others. The earliest image of the tiger was…
About the Capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty
2500 to 3000 years ago, Zhou(周朝Zhōucháo) people lived a poetic life as described in Zhouli (Ritual of Zhou Dynasty) and Shijing (The Book of Songs, China’s first ancient poems collections).…
Find your Chinese Zodiac 找出你的生肖
The Chinese Zodiac or Shengxiao(生肖 shēngxiào) in Pinyin(拼音 pīnyīn), is a scheme, a systematic strategy of potential action, relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, based on a 12-year mathematical…
24 Solar Term: Cold Dew 寒露
“Cold Dews（寒露, Hánlù）” is the 17 solar term of the 24 solar terms and falls on October 8 or October 9 each year. It means that it’s colder…
The Duanwu Festival 端午节
Duanwu Festival(端午节 Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Festival. It also known as Dragon Boat Festival or Double Fifth Festival is quite popular among the Chinese people, every year people celebrate this…
