The antique walnut 文玩核桃
If you love Chinese culture, it is a good choice for you. 手揉核桃是一项十分古老却又有趣的运动。 Rotating walnuts in hand is a very old and interesting exercise. 回家路上总是碰到一位老人，悠闲地散着步，手里拿着两个核桃，在五指间来回揉动。核桃被揉得油光锃亮，像工艺品一样好看。 On my way home, I often see an old man who walks in…
Chinese business etiquette and culture04中国商务礼仪文化04
Formal banquets often include a dozen or more dishes. While declining to taste a dish is not considered a cardinal offense, it is polite to try each dish that…
Chinese dynasty history—Han dynasty 汉朝
itself at Nanjing to the south. The transfer of the capital coincided with China’s political fragmentation into a succession of dynasties that was to last from A.D. 304 to…
Chinese dynasty history—Zhou dynasty history of China周朝
In 771 B.C. the Zhou court was sacked, and its king was killed by invading barbarians who were allied with rebel lords. The capital was moved eastward to Luoyang…
Chinese dynasty history–Qin dynasty 秦朝
Much of what came to constitute China Proper was unified for the first time in 221 B.C. In that year the western frontier state of Qin, the most aggressive…
