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Ancient Trade Root: How the Sweet Potato got to China
Imagine for a moment what life might be like if 16th-century sailors and explorers hadn’t introduced potatoes to Europe. How different would your din…
3 years, 6 months ago
Spring Excursion: Unrolling the Epic Journey of a Chinese Treasure
To this day, there are altogether 195 designated historical artifacts on the list of the National Cultural Heritage Administration that can never lea…
3 years, 6 months ago
Shaolin Warrior Monks: Larger than Life
Four decades ago, a retired national martial arts champion debuted in a movie about how Shaolin monks saved a Tang emperor from a warlord. The movie,…
3 years, 7 months ago
Jade Dragon: The Origin of a Chinese Totem
In 1971, Zhang Fengxiang, a farmer in the Ongniud Banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region happened to dig out an “iron hook” while planting tr…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ancient Tea-Horse Road: Heroic Chapter
For more than 13-hundred years, this treacherous and winding path that meanders through the mountains and valleys of southwest China has been trod by…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ancient Tea-Horse Road: Road Warriors
For more than 13-hundred years, this treacherous and winding path that meanders through the mountains and valleys of southwest China has been trod by…
3 years, 7 months ago
Small Seal, Grand History
Today, we’re going to talk about how a small seal from the Western Jin Dynasty has born witness to the ups and downs of the Qiang people and the grad…
3 years, 7 months ago
Tea Contest: Steep Competition
The 40-episode costume drama series A Dream of Splendor, starring A-list actress Liu Yifei, has gathered hundreds of millions of views since it began…
3 years, 7 months ago
Tea Culture: From the Same Seeds
China is home to a long-established and flourishing tea culture. In many ways, Japanese culture is fundamentally influenced by China. In its earliest…
3 years, 7 months ago
Jataka of the Deer King: A Buddhist Tale Told the Chinese Way
Few would have imagined that visitors would throng to a museum to partake of the beauty of a mural, despite it being a replica, at an exhibition on C…
3 years, 7 months ago