The World’s Tallest Outdoor Elevator in Hunan – Bailong Elevator in Zhangjiajie Geopark took 3 years to complete from 1999 to 2002. The total height of the elevator measures 326 metres, and it takes 2 minutes to travel from the bottom to the top. COMMENTS FROM GOOGLE PLUS Toán Nguyễn: For the purpose of travel, the construction of such an […]
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Majiabang Culture (马家浜文化) existed during the so-called Neolithic Age at the mouth of the Yangtze River, primarily around Lake Tai, in the area between Changzhou in southern Jiangsu and Hangzhou in northern Zhejiang, centred with Jiaxing, 100 km from Shanghai. Its existence was previously unknown until 1959 during a government-organised archaeological study at village Majiabang in Jiaxing. The unearthed items from […]
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Stone Bridges Made by Nature A naturally formed rock arch bridge in Mt. Taihang in Hebei Province. Karst landscapes are typically seen in China’s southernmost provinces Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan. It is rather unusual to find this special landform in a region as north as Hebei. Another naturally formed stone bridge in Mt. Taihang that situats in China’s northern inland […]
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Lunar December (la) 8 (ba) in Chinese calendar is China’s traditional La Ba festival. However, traditionally in China there is only one way to observe this special day, that is to eat La Ba congee – a multi-material rice soup cooked in one-step process, either sweet or salt. Labazhou Festival was initially set to commemorate Shakyamuni Buddha’s regaining of physical […]
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China’s First One-Step Modeling 3D Printed Bridge The bridge made with polymer materials was printed on a 3D printer in one step process and installed in a Shanghai park on Friday, January 11, 2018. It took 35 days to get the entire bridged printed out and is expected to last for 30 years. One-step multi-material 3D printed designs have no […]
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In China’s Sichuan Province there are two rocky hills hosting a temple accommodating both Daoist and Buddhist faiths. In this multi-faith temple, built in 874 during Tang Dynasty (618 – 907), there are two groups of buildings. Those in the west following the way of Daoism and the ones in the east pursue Buddhist path. The main hall in a […]
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There are two kinds of travellers: One knows where to go and one doesn’t. The one who knows his destination and knows the path to reach there will sooner or later get there. The one who knows little about his destination and the path to get there might just go nowhere. By the same token. There are two kinds of […]
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The Hemudu culture flourished in China’s east seaboard around today’s Ningbo near Hangzhou in a period between 5,000 BC and 3,000 BC. The archaeological site was discovered in 1973. The excavation of the ancient farming tool suggests China entered an agricultural age as early as during the so-called Neolithic Period. The discovery of a large quantity of black ceramic artefacts […]
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The Founder of China’s Scholarly Culture Confucius lived in the era when Lao Tzu described how the universe works and Shakyamuni explained how to manager your universe. As China’s most respected teacher, in a pre-internet age 2,500 years ago, Confucius gained over 3,000 followers China wide. Ancient Chinese State-Run University This life-scale replica of the scene resembles a typical lecture […]
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Celestial Dog and Sun Eclipse – In Chinese mythology, solar eclipse is caused by a vicious and hungry celestial dog who swallows the sun. Below is a description about celestial dog and its eating habit in The Classic of Mountains and Oceans (山海经), an encyclopedia of ancient Chinese mythology about natural landscape compiled during Warring States Era 2,500 years ago: […]
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Stone Relief Chinese music band 1,000 years ago – Stone relief unearthed in 1994 from a late Tang Dynasty tomb in Quyang County, Hebei Province. The musical instruments featured in the wall sculpture include harp, zither, pipa, clapper, block drum, various reed pipes and flutes. Clay Statues A group of coloured terracotta government officials was unearthed from the tomb of […]
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A 400-Year-Old Jade Cup A exquisitely carved jade cup was produced in the late Ming Dynasty. An 800-Year-Old Banana Leaf-Shaped Plate The highly transparent jade plate measuring 18.7cm long with gilt edge is made out of a single piece of crystal quartz and was unearthed in 2008 from an underground storage at a North Sound Buddhist temple in Nanjing. COMMENTS […]
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