One thing that the foreigners should know when they come to learn Chinese in China is that China is the earliest country of paper invention and manufacture. According to the historical records, paper was invented by Cai Lun in Eastern Han Dynasty. However, the paper made up of hemp fiber was found in ancient tomb […]
When foreign learners come to learn Chinese in China, they should know that Canons of Difficult Issues is the classic of traditional Chinese medical science. The whole name is Huang Emperor‘s Eighty-one Canon of Difficult Issues, which was written by the famous doctor Bian Que. Nowadays, many scholars believe that the age of finishing this […]
Weiliao Zi is a book published in the late Warring States, discussing the military affairs and politics. When you study Chinese in China, you may be told there are five chapters and totally 24 articles. The Seven Military Classics in the southern Song period was the earliest. In 1972, some bamboo books were unearthed in […]
The Spring Oriole’s Song was a famous soft dance originated in Tang Dynasty. When you come to study Chinese in China, you may be told that it originated from the Gao Emperor of Tang period who heard the oriole was singing in the morning, forming beautiful rhythm. Then the emperor ordered musician Bai Mingda to […]
Just as the foreign students who come to study abroad in China, China is not only rich in natural resources, but also rich in cultural heritages possession. According to the result of the third survey of cultural relics, there were totally 770 thousand pieces of immovable cultural relics, excluding those in the regions of Hong […]
On the day of March 25th, the vice minister of the Ministry of Culture Zhao Shaohua attended to the closing ceremony of the exhibition with the theme of Arts of Enlightenment held in National Museum of China. Besides, Zhao held meeting with Pieper, the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany who came […]
On the date of April 3rd, the China Yunnan Education Exchange and Cooperation Promotion was held in Dayu Hotel of Hahoi. The foreign students who come to learn Chinese language in China should know it is an important supporting program to promote the education exchange and cooperation of Yunnan with Vietnam in 2012. On the […]
Most foreigners may know something about Chinese drama when they come to learn Mandarin in China. However, they may not know that the Anti-Japanese War had great influence to the development of drama. When the war broke out, Chinese drama stepped into the state of big popularity, great development and prosperity. The most important influence […]
In modern times, with the appearance a variety of foods produced by the high technology, more and more people pay much attention to the health promotion. According to the record of the historical book named Taiping Yulan, the experts of health promotion in ancient China often said that people are fat but not longevous if […]
There are many intangible heritages in China, two of the representative works are Yueju Opera and grand song of the Dong ethnic group, which will be introduced in the following parts. Applied and declared by the Cultural Department of Guangdong Province, Yueju Opera was approved and listed into the human intangible cultural heritage list of […]