A Letter from Mao Zedong’s Son
A letter by Chairman Mao’s son Mao Anying which gives a glimpse of how a new China shapes people’s mentality and relationships.
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Chinese Treasures In The West
Currently, there are about 1.64 million pieces of Chinese antiques scattered in museums and art galleries of 47 countries; as for those held in overseas private collections, the figure is ten times higher.
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For thousands of years, Chinese people speak in hundreds of different dialects but use only one script, Han Characters, which makes the written communication and culture inheritance possible.
» Read moreQibao – A Thousand-Year-Old Town In Shanghai
It is said that if you want to know how Shanghai looks in the recent decades, you should go to Pudong; if you want to know how Shanghai looked a hundred years ago, you should go to The Bund; and if you want to know how Shanghai looked a thousand years ago, you should go to Qibao.
» Read moreChina’s Classic Literature – Xiwen
Odes of the Warrior States era, rhymed essays of the Han Dynasty, couplet-style essays of the Wei-Jin age, poems of the Tang Dynasty, verses of the Song Dynasty, lyrics of the Yuan time, and novels of the Ming Dynasty represent the highest literary achievements of the corresponding period respectively.
» Read moreAmazing Trees in China
An Ancient Statue in an Aging Tree This over a thousand-year-old Camphor tree in a Fujian village has a hole in the middle of its trunk, looking like a belly button in a human body. From the belly buttonhole, you can see the face of an ancient statue. Nobody knows since when the statue was there and how the statue was […]
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