Tea drinking began in Japan during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618–807). Tea arrived in Europe around 1610, the same time that coffee found its way from Africa. During the 17th Century, coffee found mo Read more »
In ancient times, Wuyuan was governed by Anhui. Merchants from this area spread throughout China around 500 years ago, forging trade relations with dealers from Qingdao to Qinghai. Such were the Read more »
Special Introduction of Shanghai Snacks
Shanghai snacks could be traced back to as early as the Southern Song Dynasty and became more exquisite in cooking when Shanghai grew into an important city in early Ming Dynasty. After Shan Read more »
Penha Hill is the third highest among the hills in Macau. Penha Hill is 62.7 meters above sea plane. Known as the Bishop´s Hill in the annals of colonial history, this leader amongst the popula Read more »
Shrimp dumplings, or har gow in Cantonese, have a thin and translucent wrapping made of wheat starch, tapioca starch, oil and a small amount of salt, added with boiling water. Traditionally, the wrap Read more »
The Chinese are particular about the color, smell, flavor and shape of food and the "harmony of five flavors". In order to acquire richer gustatory experience, they have invented many flavor treating Read more »
History of the Xi'an Incident and it's Influence
The Xi'an Incident of December 1936 is an important episode of Chinese modern history, taking place in the city of Xi'an during the Chinese Civil War between the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and the rebel Read more »
Chinese Traditional Wushu Introduction
Wudang Wushu is one of the key schools of Chinese martial arts. It originated in Wudang Mountain in Junxian County of Hubei Province during the Ming Dynasty. Wudang Mountain is one of the fou Read more »
As a famous breed of green tea in North China, Laoshan tea is produced in Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Being the only mountain over one thousand meters in altitude along China’s co Read more »
Nanjing Road (Chinese: 南京路; pinyin: Nánjīng Lù) is the main shopping street of Shanghai, China, and is one of the world's busiest shopping streets.Today's Nanjing Road comprises two sections, Read more »
A 4,000-year-old Chinese folk art rarely practiced today, dough figurine is also known as mianhua or miansu in Chinese. The man who may have created the craft, Zhuge Liang, was military st Read more »
Taiji Quan (Shadow Boxing), which can be used to self-defense and improve the corporeity and prevent and cure the illness, is a kind of traditional Chinese boxing with gentle and slow actions. Read more »
Tunlu is the abbreviation of Green Tea of Tunxi, growing mainly in Xiuning, She county, Jingde, Jixi, Tunxi, Ningguo. The tea is named Tunlu for they were processed mainly in Tunxi in history. Read more »
Jiangnan is as moist as Sichuan, but Jiangnan people have a sweet tooth. The amount of pepper a typical Sichuan family consumes a day can last a month in my hometown. We prefer green tea, especially H Read more »
Located in the northwest plateau of Yunnan Province with an altitude of 2,400m, Lijiang Ancient City was built in the Southern Song Dynasty, dated back to more than eight hundred years ago. It Read more »
Paper-cut, also called as Flower-cut, Paper-cut for window decoration and Paper is a folk with a long history for the Chinese people, and it has been recorded in Historical Records by Sima Qian in the Read more »
Pctographic Chracter ---"Chuang"
Chuang” (“窗”) was originally a pictographic character written like this in ancient Chinese books. The form is pretty much like a round window. In the small seal script, the character is changed to Read more »
Hubei cuisine consists of dishes from Wuhan, Jinnan, Xiangyun and Southeast Hubei. Wuhan cuisine originated in an area where there is a major-scale inland fishery. Fish is the main ingredient Read more »
Che” is a pictographic word. In oracle bone inscriptions, the character looks like a two-wheeled vehicle. It was until the Chinese character had evolved to the seal script stage that the word was wr Read more »
Gua Sha Treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Gua Sha is a folk physiotherapy based on traditional Chinese medicine theories. According to the TCM theory of “the twelve channels and eight extra meridians”, Gua Sha is performed on certain parts Read more »
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