Culture
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Qiu Fen is a golden harvest time for farmers. Qiu Fen: Autumnal Equinox Qiu Fen arrives on Sept. 22 or Sept. 23 each year when the sun reach…[详细]03-13-2015
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The culture of leisure that formed in the Song Dynasty originated among noblemen and later spread to common people. Economic progress fostered unpre…[详细]03-16-2015
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Chu Shu indicates that the hot summer is coming to an end although it is not cool yet. Chu Shu: Limit of Heat Chu Shu happens on Aug. 23 eac…[详细]03-05-2015
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Children reciteThe Analects, a classic Confucian text, at Songyang Academy in Dengfeng, Henan Province. Chinese civilization has a long histor…[详细]03-02-2015
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Li Qiu is a big solar term for farmers. It is time to gather crops in southern China. Da Shu: Major Heat Da Shu begins when the sun reaches …[详细]02-27-2015
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In Xiao Shu, lotus is growing stronger, which shows the most beautiful view in summer. When the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 105 deg…[详细]02-12-2015
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Mang Zhong is the busiest season of planting crops such as millet. Mang Zhong: Grain in Ear Mang Zhong begins when the sun reaches the celes…[详细]02-04-2015
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Shenguai fiction (the fictions of god and demons) in ancient China has a long history and is large in quantity. [详细]02-09-2015
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In Xiao Man, summer grains grow fuller day by day but are not totally ripe yet. Qing Ming: Pure Brightness Qing Ming comes around April 5, …[详细]01-28-2015
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Chinese plum blossom trees come into bloom in North China during Li Chun, which marks the beginning of spring. The 24 solar terms were determi…[详细]01-22-2015
- In 221 BCE, the Qin wars of conquest brought an end to the Warring States Period, a tumultuous era marked by…MORE
- The tradition of painting coffins is deeply rooted in Han culture, and the origin of the lian-bi patterns ca…MORE
- China’s Great Wall dates back as early as to the Spring and Autumn period.MORE
- The Miaodigou culture was viewed as the heyday of painted pottery.MORE
- Xu Zhimo was known for his efforts to set Chinese poetry free from the constraints of its traditional forms,…MORE
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For me, the three things that everyone should learn, especially in the college and university, but also in h…[详细]