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Something that can’t be missed – the exhibition of the lifestyles of the Han Nobility

By chance I visited the art exhibition of the lifestyles of the Han Nobility in Hong Kong. The delicate objects on display made me hold
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Colorful Lifestyle of Miao

Miao is an ancient and populate tribe. They call themselves “Mu", “Mongolia”, “Da Wu”, and “Da Jie”. At times they are called differently by others ...
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Chinese myth of creation

Where do our ancestor come from exactly? In the beginning there was nothing in the universe except a formless chaos: no light and sound. At ...
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Dowry in Song Dynasty: paper-cut

Paper-cuts were popular as a matrimonial custom in Song Dynasty....
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Story of Zang Liang in Han dynasty

Zhang Liang was a minister during the early Han Dynasty. He served the reigning emperor, Liu Bang. Liu Bang expressed a great admiration for Zhang ...
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China's first wealthy man - Mao Zedong

Royalties earned by a politician in the West come mostly from published works when they are no longer in power. In an extreme dictatorship such ...
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Good fortune comes from virtue, not luck

During the Ming Dynasty a man named Zhang Weiyan from Jiangyin of Jiangsu Province was a skilled writer. He was quite well known. In the ...
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The story of Shao Yong’s fortune telling

One day in spring, Shao Yong, the author of a Plum Blossom poem and a great master of fortune telling during the Northern Song Dynasty, ...
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Story of Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty

During the Northern Song Dynasty, when young Fan Zhongyan (a very famous scholar and also a government official in the Song Dynasty) was still studying ...
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Ancient salt well plant still working in Shichuan.

Zigong county in Sichuan has a history of producing salt from deep wells for over a thousand years. One of the most prosperious periods for ...
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