Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Niuheliang: The Ancient Discovery That Pushed China’s Civilization Back 1,000 Years
Niuheliang: The Ancient Discovery That Pushed China’s Civilization Back 1,000 Years
Today, we’ll talk about Niuheliang, an ancient remote landscape no…
14 hours ago
Climate Pressure, Bronze Innovation: The Story of the Lotus and Crane Vessel
Today, we’ll talk about a magnificent bronze artifact from ancient China whose elegant design and innovative casting techniques reveal how craftsmen …
1 week ago
Crossing the Impossible River: Mao Yisheng and China’s First Modern Bridge
Today, we’ll talk about Mao Yisheng, China’s pioneering bridge engineer, who devoted his life to building bridges that carried a nation toward modern…
2 weeks ago
Wuwangdun: Rising from Ruin
Today, we’ll talk about artifacts from a Warring States-era royal tomb that reframe the story of a kingdom in decline to one of a magnificent and res…
3 weeks ago
Painted on Stone, Scattered Abroad: The Fate of China’s Ancient Cave Murals
Today, we’ll talk about how China’s ancient cave murals were cut from desert walls, scattered across the world, and painstakingly reunited through sc…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Sacred Walls, Common Hands: The Art of Pilu Temple
Today, we’ll talk about the little-known murals of Pilu Temple, painted by folk artists in northern China during the Ming dynasty. These murals bring…
1 month ago
Painted for Eternity: The Murals That Survived Six Centuries
Today, we’ll talk about how the hidden murals of Beijing’s Fahai Temple, created by Ming Dynasty court painters nearly 600 years ago, combine extraor…
1 month ago
A Hydraulic Engineer’s Warning: Power and Accountability in Two Horses
Today, we’ll talk about a Yuan dynasty handscroll depicting two contrasting horses that uses artful realism and moral allegory to rebuke corruption a…
1 month, 1 week ago
A Palace of Paint and Faith: How Yongle’s Murals Defied Time
Today, we’ll talk about how the monumental Daoist murals of Yongle Palace, which were created amid war, transformed Chinese religious art, and later …
1 month, 1 week ago
Yuegang: Crescent of Silver and Silk
Today, we’ll talk about an important Ming Dynasty port that became a cradle of globalization. Yuegang, in Fujian Province, started as a smuggling hub…
1 month, 2 weeks ago