A Jasmine Revelation
Chinese dance A Jasmine Flower based on a Chinese folk song Jasmine, oh so fair! Jasmine, oh so fair! Budding…
Mt Huashan, a Daoist Mountain in China
Mt. Hua is formed with rocky hills, so the most Daoist temples are built either on the cliff faces or…
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 the classical Chinese novel Water Margin, was an accomplished kung fu…
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…
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…
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…
Classical Chinese Dance
This is the Chinese character “舞”, meaning DANCE. The origin of Chinese dance has its root in the ancient rituals…
Chinese Cakes
Chinese Rice & Flour Cakes Sticky-rice cakes coloured with vegetable juice and filled with red bean paste, traditional southern-style cake…
Tu Youyou – First Chinese Woman Won Nobel Prize
84-year old Chinese scientist Tu Youyou received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm on December 10, 2015. She…
Eight Daoist Immortals
Eight Daoist immortals – ink painting by a contemporary Chinese artist Historically, the Eight Immortals could refer to 8 different…
Wu Song Beats the Tiger – Chinese Ink Painting
The Colour ink paintings are selected from the picture book Wu Song Beats the Tiger, which is a story in…
The Climate Is Changing
Woman: The climate changes so fast. Man: Yep. Woman: We must reduce our meat intake! Man: Glad you eventually think…
Pandas Not In Black & White
China found a white panda in Sichuan Province in April 2019. The first panda donning another coloured coat, instead of…
2,200-Year-Old Chinese Cast Iron Troughs
In 1986, an ancient bridge site, with 112 timber bridge piles covering a field over 300m long, was unearthed in…