Chinese furniture: Benches
Benches are made 1 chi 6 cun high. The seat panels are 1 cun 3 fen thick and 3 chi 8 cun 5 fen long, with ends protruding [beyond the legs] 3 cun 8 ½ fen. The legs are…
Consummate Skill of Sichuan Opera – Face Changing 川剧绝活——变脸
变脸，原指戏曲中的情绪化妆，后来指一种瞬间多次变换脸部妆容的表演特技。这种表演许多剧种都有，以川剧最为著名。 Face Changing refers to the special performance skill of changing facial masks several times in the blink of an eye. The performance is used in a wide variety…
The Personality of People who give birth to Dragon
People born in the year of the dragon are full of vitality and strength. To them, life is a colorful leaping flame. Though assuming airs of self-importance, being prejudiced,…
What do Chinese use when cooking
There are quite a few traditional utensils that have been used in cooking for thousands of years in China. Some of them are still seen in most of families,…
Chinese First Nobel Prize-winning Author: Mo Yan
On 11 October 2012, the Swedish Academy announced that Mo Yan had received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his perform “with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and…
