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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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years, 1 month 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…
4 years, 1 month 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…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ten Ceremonial Utensils: Gaining Legitimacy
After the Qing Dynasty established its rule over the heartland of China, the region known as Zhongyuan in the lower and middle reaches of the Yellow …
4 years, 1 month ago
Ten Ceremonial Utensils: Cultural Continuity
In the recent cultural relics exhibition titled “The Making of Zhongguo – Origins, Developments and Achievements of Chinese Civilization” at China’s …
4 years, 1 month ago
Luodian Bronze Mirror: Witness to the Belt and Road
Luodian bronze mirrors represent the pinnacle of the art of Chinese bronze mirrors. This is largely because of Emperor Taizong’s (599-649 CE) “histor…
4 years, 1 month ago
Luodian Bronze Mirror: A Reflection of History
Famed Chinese Emperor Taizong, second emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) who laid the foundations of the dynasty, has a meaningful statement about…
4 years, 1 month ago
Liangzhu Culture: Rewriting History
In the Stone Age, jade represented wealth because of its scarcity and the advanced techniques required to shape it. Among various kinds of recovered …
4 years, 1 month ago