Manchu women have long had a reputation for being tall and slender. This may be because in former times they wore platform-soled shoes, tall hair styles and close-fitting cheongsams. There is a legend Read more »
Baiyangdian Lake is located in the Anxin town in Hebei Province. It is the largest fresh water lake in North China Plain. There are 146 lakes in large or small sizes, divided by 36 villages and 12,0 Read more »
昨天下午，位于大儒巷的昭庆寺内举办了一场特别的摄影展。来自南非的Dewald Botha用主题为“Ring Road”的一组摄影作品来展示自己眼中的苏州。令慕名前来观展的市民意外的是，他的镜头对准的不是园林古镇，而是环城高架下被遗忘的一些角落。 Dewald Botha的中文名叫小光，因着迷苏州的古建筑，而选择在昭庆寺里举办首次个人摄影展。展出的作品只有寥寥十数张，高架下的茵茵绿草、宁静水池 Read more »
Porcelains Reveal Five Ways to Color History
The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was an era of ceaseless war. Both official and private kilns were unused until the middle of the rule of Kangxi (1654-1722). The stabilization of society led to socioecono Read more »
Her Mighty Needle Sets Her Apart
Yang Xiaoting, 34, is recognized as a rising star of Han embroidery in Wuhan. With many award-winning works already in her repertoire, the young woman is creating waves, and controversy, unsettling Read more »
The communities of Baoji are forever linked with China's ancient metallurgy. Wang Kaihao reports on the pride and the preservation. For residents in Baoji, Shaanxi province, also known as "the hometo Read more »
“Old MacDonald had a farm，EE I EE I Oh”。童真无邪的歌声从教室中朗朗传来。日前，记者在沈阳市残联看到了这个特殊的英文班，老师是来自美国的义工，学生是身体残疾的中国儿童，他们将聚在一起，共同度过一个快乐、充实的夏天。 据介绍，该班由沈阳市残疾人联合会与美国亚洲医疗服务交流中心合办，为残疾儿童、残疾人子女提供免费英文教学。授课教师由美国义工担任，辅助教 Read more »
Pixiu (also called Tianlu or Bixie) is one of the five auspicious animals of traditional Chinese culture (the other four are the dragon, phoenix, turtle and kylin). The Chinese people call it “fortune Read more »
The Taipei Zoo is the largest city zoo in Asia. Upon entering the grounds, you will find an extremely popular panda facility on your left. If you can't find the cute pandas, don't worry; they're pro Read more »
It's a general consensus that abstract painting is a style commonly considered as Western, first practiced by twentieth-century artists such as Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, also antithetical to t Read more »
Bonsai is miniature landscape in pots of different materials, sizes and shapes featuring certain arrangement of flowers, trees and mountainous rocks. It is a comprehensive plastic art combining gard Read more »
According to Chinese legend, the mighty Pangu, above, broke through the chaos with his strength and axe to create the world as we know it. It may seem that every culture has its own tale about the cr Read more »
The Mythic Elements in Chinese Architecture
Concepts from feng shui geomancy and mythic elements of daoism are usually present in the construction and layout of Chinese architecture, from common residences to imperial and religious structures. Read more »
Guard against stomach problems in the cold
Warm foods are recommended in winter, and spleen-benefiting herbs are advised to add to soups. Jessie Chen will never forget having to stick a nuan bao bao (bandage that emits heat under the clothes Read more »
Cuju is to kick a ball with feet. Cu means kicking with feet, while Ju refers to a kind of leather ball stuffed with feathers. So combined together, Cuju means to play the ball with feet. As a kind of Read more »
Auspicious melody from the Tianshan Mountain
The most celebrated music in Xinjiang today is Uygur folk music, which has inherited the fine traditions of the ancient music of Qiuci, Gaochang (Karahoja),Yizhou, Shule and Yutian. Due to the parti Read more »
Unraveling the myths and charms of snakes
Every part of a snake is useful. Using snakes as medicine has a long history in China and is recorded in detail in many ancient classics of Chinese traditional medicine, including Compendium of Materi Read more »
Lhasa, literally means “"place of the gods", and has a history stretching back more than 1,300 years. Before the 7th Century, the place was called “Womatang” and was only a grazing land administrate Read more »
In Chinese culture, certain numbers are believed by some to be auspicious (吉利) or inauspicious (不利) based on the Chinese word that the number name sounds similar to. However some Chinese people rega Read more »
近日，包河区25名小学英语教师聚集在英孚培训学校，参加为期十天的包河区小学英语教师外教口语培训。 英孚培训学校教务长Fred担任此次培训教师。每天上午Fred和老师们讨论有关教学的专业话题，下午则带领老师们做相关教学活动。培训内容同时兼顾日常生活，文化背景以及英语教学方法的介绍和指导。 十天的培训让老师们受益匪浅，感慨良多。在此次口语培训中，老师们不仅收获了英语教学理论与实践知识和很多西方文化 Read more »
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