Nirvana in Fire (8): A Military Coup
While the emperor, Prince Jing and Royal Guards Commander Meng Zhi went for a spring hunting excursion, back in the…
Nirvana in Fire (7): A Hunting Excursion
While Mei Changsu was forced fed with a poisonous drug by Xia Jiang at Royal Discipline Committee, Lady Xia, Xia…
A Brief Introduction to Chinese Chess
In the ancient city Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, 30 bronze Chinese chess pieces were recently unearthed from a tomb…
Nirvana in Fire (6): A Rescue Operation
A plan to rescue former Red Flame Army general Wei Zheng was quickly drawn by Mei Changsu. Observing how the pale-faced…
Nirvana in Fire (5): A Plot
As Marquis Xie, the chief of the kingdom’s military force and the top ally of the crown prince, was prosecuted and eventually sent…
Nirvana in Fire (4): A Birthday Party
Following China’s scholarly garden tradition, Mei Changsu redesigned his residential garden. After the completion of the project, he invited his…
Nirvana in Fire (3): A Chinese New Year Festival
Chinese New Year was approaching and cargo business was booming. The wharfies complained to the headman that the two boatloads of…
Nirvana in Fire (2): A Wanted Man
A traditional Chinese balcony, fully integrated with the indoor space Mei Changsu’s initial misjudgement over Princess Nihuang incident rose Prince…
Nirvana in Fire (1): A Popular Genius
For its faithful depiction of a traditional China in both spiritual and physical aspects, highly acclaimed Chinese TV drama Nirvana…
The Love Story of a White Snake
Broken Bridge is in fact never broken, but when both the bridge and the lake are covered by snow, the…
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…