Details from “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” by Zhang Zeduan, now preserved in the Palace Museum in Beijing &…[详细]

This character refers to the Tang Dynasty, which is regularly cited as a great imperial dynasty in ancient Chinese history. It was a golden age of…[详细]

“Meeting Foreign Guests” (Left) is a mural from the Tang Dynasty, depicting officers of the Honglu Temple receiving guests from foreig…[详细]

This character has two tones, yān and yàn. When it is pronounced as yān, it is the name of an ancient kingdom or a surname. When pronounc…[详细]

Wuling Congtai (Pavilions of King Wuling) was built by King Wuling of Zhao to inspect troops. Photo: NIPIC Since its teaching by Con…[详细]

This character often refers to a city, especially with regard to its walls and defenses. Originally, the region inside the defensive wall was call…[详细]

A section of the Great Wall located at Jinshanling, about 140 km northeast of Beijing, is the best preserved part and was built in the Ming Dynas…[详细]

This character refers to the sun. In Chinese philosophy, yang is positive, bright, active and masculine. Yin, by contrast, is characterized as pas…[详细]

Details of “Hiking on the day of Chong Yang” by Zhang Daqian (1899–1983) Chong Yang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival, fall…[详细]