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A Grain in the Sea: Liu Haisu and the Birth of Modern Art in China
Today, we’ll talk about Liu Haisu, whose life and work over nearly a century helped to pioneer modern art education in China and forge a bold new pat…
4 months, 1 week ago
A Bronze Beast’s Journey: The Dowry That Traveled a Thousand Miles
Today, we’ll talk about a mysterious 3,000-year-old bronze vessel from China that once traveled as part of a noblewoman’s dowry, revealing how marria…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Hall of Mental Cultivation: The Restored Heart of China’s Last Empire
Today, we’ll talk about the Hall of Mental Cultivation, a modest courtyard in Beijing’s Forbidden City that served for nearly two centuries as the li…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Luoyang Museum: Amplifying An Empire’s Eternal Echo
Today, we’ll talk about a newly opened museum that rose from the very earth containing evidence of a complex interplay between military conquest, eth…
5 months ago
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…
5 months, 1 week 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 …
5 months, 2 weeks 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…
5 months, 3 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…
5 months, 4 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…
6 months 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…
6 months, 1 week ago