Selected Classic Chinese Quotations
The words one speaks going forth contrary to his claimed ethics will come back to catch up with him sooner…
Terrace of Lion – A Kung Fu Man and A Treacherous Woman
Wu Song, one of the 36 major characters in classical Chinese novel Water Margin, was an accomplished kung fu man…
Poems on Crabs from Dream in the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber narrates how a grand household with a large population and a high GDP figure decayed and collapsed. During its…
China’s Lunchtime Nap Culture
Taking a short nap after lunch is a distinctive Chinese way of living, which is believed to generate positive health…
The Ghost Month in Chinese Mythology
Ghost Month Ghost parade – ink painting by Gong Kai, a 13th-century artist. August 1, 2019, is the first day…
A Warmonger Monkey
This is not a fairytale but a real incident occurred in a zoo in Guangdong Province. A tiger and a…
People Who Communicate with Hidden Forces
In the mountainous west Hunan Province in China’s southern inland region, there are many remote villages where the mysterious practice to…
Zhong Kui, A Chinese Ghostbuster
August 1 is the first day of lunar July in 2019 and lunar July is viewed as the ghost month…