In the aspect of the worship of color, Chinese Han people have the customs of worshiping the red (called Chi in ancient China) and yellow. According to the record in the Book of Rites, people in Zhou Dynasty worshiped the red color. In ancient times, such customs had many expressions such as regarding the red […]
In each dynasty of ancient Chinese, many memorial temples were constructed for the function of sacrificing the ancestors or the scholars of the past. After so many years development, the memorial temple has become an important part of Chinese culture that the overseas students need to know about. As a matter of fact, the ancestral […]
If the foreign students who are interested in Chinese culture, especially the ancient Chinese literature, they must have heard of the two books name Stories of Wu Song and Stories of Yue Fei. The full-length novel Stories of Wu Song is one of the representative works of Gao Yuanjun, the famous quick-patter rap artist. The […]
The Book of History is a collection of historical documents in ancient China and it is also known as the Book. The Chinese spelling of the book’s name is Shang Shu. Shang means the ancient time of China. Shu means the history which is carved on the surface of bamboo. Thus, Shang Shu means the […]
The Fifth Directors refer to the young directors who graduated from Beijing Film Academy in the 1980s. The works of theirs are subjective, symbolic and referential and they have made great impact on the China film circle. The outstanding representatives of the directors during that period of time are Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Wu Ziniu, […]
In the last years of Qing Dynasty, Xinhai Revolution broke out in 1911. On the first day of January in year 1912, Sun Yat-sen founded the provisional government of National Republic of China in Nanjing. The period from January 1st, 1912 to year 1949 was the governing period of the National Republic of China. During […]
With the development of the film in China, the First Generation Directors came into being. The First Generation Directors referred to the directors who were in the silent films period during early period of 20th century to the end of 20th century. They were often regarded as the pioneers of the Chinese film-making. They created […]
The court verse refers to the poems which was popular in the late period of South Dynasty. The name of the court verse came from the comments of Xiao Gang. According to the description of some ancient records, the court verse was created a kind of poems by Xu Li. This kind of poem was […]
Yixing Bamboo Forest is located in Yixing city in Jiangsu Province. It is the 4A-level tourism spot in China and one of the famous national level scenic spots. It is listed one of the top ten scenic spot in Yixing. The scenic spot is in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces and the wide range of bamboos […]
Abbreviation: Jin 晋 Capital: Taiyuan Area: More than 150,000 square kilometers Population: 32.45 million Location: In north China and the west flank of the North China Plain Shanxi Province has a history of about 3,000 years. Its main industries include coal, metallury, machinery, and chemicals. Transportation is very convinent and it is easy access […]