About Boat Tracker
They would bend their body and drag the halter through their back with great effort to move along. Apart from tracking the boat, they also chanted the boatman work song with their hoarse voice. The song features no words…
Sedan Chairs of China
Nowadays, sedan chairs are mostly used in the tourism industry. Bridal sedan chairs are usually placed in tourist attractions to reenact the ancient Chinese wedding ceremony or to be…
Chinese painters: Wu Guanzhong吴冠中
His works reached their peak in 2011, one year after his death when two of his works went for almost one hundred million yuan one after another. However, his…
Chinese painters: Wu Changshuo吴昌硕
However, money did not necessarily follow his works. The honor of highest selling price for one of his works went to “Twelve Folding Screens of Flowers” (137cm × 48cm…
Combinations with Chinese Number(1)
28, 38: As eight means prosperity, twenty eight equates to ‘double prosperity’, though most Chinese people will typically just read this as “easy to have luck”, 38 being one of…
