Water Margin Illustration by Ming Artist
Water Margin (水浒传), also known as Outlaws of the Marsh and All Men Are Brothers in English translation, is one…
Traditional Chinese Wedding
A traditional Chinese wedding process all started with the man’s family sending a matchmaker to the girl’s household for a…
The Death Of A Chinese Diplomat
Mr Tan Jinyong (谭锦镛) was a proud Chinese man because he was a kung-fu master and he was a diplomat.…
Liu Changchun, China’s First Olympian
This is not China’s 110 meter hurdler Liu Xiang (刘翔), an Olympic gold medalist and World Champion, but Liu Changchun…
2,200-Year-Old Documents Hidden in a Well
In the spring of 2002, Chinese local authorities in a remote park in Hunan province decided to build a 3…
Liangzhu Culture 5,000 Years Ago
The radiocarbon dating of the relics determined the Culture existed in the period between 3300 B.C. and 2300 B.C, which…
A Brief History of Chinese Soccer
Soccer, one of the most popular sports games in the world, has a contemporary history that spans more than 100…
A Brief Introduction to Ancient Chinese Military Weapons
There were hundreds of different types of cold weapons in ancient Chinese battlefields, with the most commonly used including bow…
Battle of Red Cliffs, An Ancient Chinese Warfare
During the 3rd century, the once strong empire Han Dynast was crumbling and torn apart. The Battle in Red Cliffs…
A Brief Introduction to Chinese Chess
The earliest form of Chinese Chess can be traced back to the Warring States era when military strategists used small…
Advanced drainage System in the Ancient Beijing
In July 2012, a super storm lashed Beijing that saw part of the Chinese capital inundation with dozens of casualties…
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.…
China’s Confucius Merchants
In the Chinese business world, there is a word that used to be very popular and now starts to regain…