The Customs of White Dews
In Tancheng County, Shandong Province, children all play with swallow cars (sharpened wooden cars in the shape of a swallow) on the first day of White Dew. People of every household can make this kind of wooden toy, which…
Chinese furniture:Rose Chair
Because of their low height and straight backs, this chair was also well suited for arrangement against a wall and under window openings. While pleasant to look at, the…
Medicine of Minority in China : Dong中国少数民族医学：侗族
The Dong medicine has made undeniable contributions to the subsistence and growth of the Dong Nationality in the history. The practitioners speak the same language with the local people and know…
Chinese Game :Chui wan (Golf) 中国游戏：捶丸
In a painting from the Song Dynasty there were two children palying chui wan. In Yuan Dynasty, Wan Jing (Classic of Chui Wan) was published. The book says Emperor Huizong…
Chinese furniture:Lamphanger Chair
The traditional term ‘lamphanger chair’ (deng’gua yi) appears in Yongzheng period (1722-1735) texts, and is still in common use amongst Chinese. The term corresponds to the small chair-like oil-lamp…
