Culture

  • This picture shows part of the Portrait of a Flower-wearing Maid by Zhou Fang in Tang Dynasty (618-907), where the maids are playing with dogs. …[详细]
    02-08-2018
  • Mu (trees or wood) in Chinese language refers to all kinds of trees. Sharing the same component “木,” scores of Chinese characters mea…[详细]
    02-01-2018
  • Modern woodcarving gradually becomes independent works of art, transforming its affiliated role in architecture and religious activities. Mu…[详细]
    02-01-2018
  • A woodcarving of a local residence at Wuyuan County in ancient Huizhou area portrays the he (cranes) and he (lotus), both of which are homophones …[详细]
    02-01-2018
  • Yu (jade) is seen in Chinese culture as the embodiment of virtue. Sharing the same component “王”, a variation of “玉”, sc…[详细]
    01-25-2018
  • The jade cong unearthed in Jinsha site demonstrates the cosmic idea of the sky as an orb and the earth as a rectangle in ancient China. Yu (…[详细]
    01-25-2018
  • Ancient Chinese hung jade pedants on their clothes because jade is the embodiment of virtues in China. Yu (jade) is seen in Chinese culture…[详细]
    01-25-2018
  • Guan means “pass” in Chinese. The concept Guanzhong, literally “among the passes,” refers to the area of central Shaanxi P…[详细]
    01-18-2018
  • The Guangzhong Academy at Hengqu Village in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province (LU HANG/CSST) Guan means “pass” in Chinese. The concep…[详细]
    01-18-2018
  • Zhang is also known as Zhang Hengqu because he gave lectures in this village and is considered the founder of the Guan School of neo-Confucianism. [详细]
    01-18-2018