Kunqu Opera —Romance of the West Chamber昆曲—西厢记
However, word of Yingying’s beauty soon reaches Sun the Flying Tiger, a local bandit. He dispatches ruffians to surround the monastery, in the hopes of taking her as his consort. Yingying’s mother agrees that whoever drives the bandits away…
Shaoxing Opera绍兴剧
Shaoxing opera or Yue opera is a relatively new local Chinese opera popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River. It originated in Shengxian County (present Shengzhou City),…
Types of Chinese tea 中国茶的种类
Brick tea. Brick tea belongs to pressed tea. It is made by pressing steamed raw tea such as green tea, scented tea and old green tea in brick-shaped moulds.…
Tea Culture in China: Tea Brings Tao 中华茶文化：以茶可行道
Mr. Liu Hanjie, a scholar in Taiwan propose, “Tea ceremony is a method and artistic conception of drinking tea.” As a matter of fact, to define tea ceremony is…
The mysterious culture——Dongba Painting 东巴画
Dongba painting, the oldest and most representative religious painting of the ancient Naxi people, is also the people’s most special and characteristic artistic legacy. Dongba painting…
