The Love Story of a White Snake
According to Stories to Caution the World (警世通言) by Ming dynasty writer Feng Menglong (1574 - 1646), it was at Broken…
Money God in Chinese New Year’s Painting
Chinese New Year’s Paintings are typically used to decorate the internal walls at the beginning of each new lunar year. The…
Return of the Monkey King after Journey to the West
Journey to the West is one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature written by Wu Cheng’en (1501 –…
Top 10 Chinese Musical Instruments
In December 1987, a unique solo flute concert was taken place at a news conference hosted by the Culture Department…
Chinese Villagers’ Water Shortage Solutions
At the southwest of Hubei Province, there is Badong County; in Badong, there is Gauze Cap Mountain; and on the…
How to Address a Chinese
How to address a Chinese is a complicated matter, even for a Chinese, let alone when you are a foreigner…
8 Chinese Mushroom Soup Recipes
Mushrooms, whether fresh or dried, are regarded by both Taoists and Chinese herbalists as magic food and featured prominently in…
Tips on Good Health
Here are some handy tips on good health compiled from the Traditional Chinese Medicine point of view. Qi and Health Qi in…
8 Taoist Vegetable Dishes
These simple vegetable recipes are selected from 100 Taoist vegetable dishes recommended by the vice president of China Taoist Association. Asparagus Stir Fry…
Modern Chinese Hermits
When a Chinese elderly celebrates his or her birthday, the most common congratulatory messages would often be a couplet “福如东海长流水，寿比南山不老松”,…
A Red Panda’s Rescue Mission
In a 2014 earthquake in Yunnan, a red panda named Cycle was hit by a falling tree. For a day or…
8 Spicy Taoist Tofu Dishes
These spicy tofu recipes are selected from 100 Taoist vegetable dishes recommended by the vice president of the China Taoist…
Zheng He’s World Tour in Early 15th Century
Zheng He was the greatest Chinese navigator and admiral of the 14th century, and his fleets travelled half of the…
Chinese Business Tradition
For thousands of years, China had been a peasant society with commercial activities consciously suppressed, which shaped China’s business traditions. But…
China’s Confucius Merchants
In the Chinese business world, there is a word that used to be very popular and now starts to regain…
Two Ancient Chinese Villages in a Deep Mountain
When they finally arrived at the village, they all knew for sure why they came. It was a place frozen in…
Chinese New Year Traditions
Chinese New Year traditions and customs vary in different parts of China. Here just introduce some common practices adopted by…
8 Bizarre Chinese to English Translation
Over the years, there are heaps of jokes spreading online regarding some weird Chinese to English translation found in China. Many of them…