Sichuan Opera is the major form of local opera in Southwestern China，popular in Sichuan，Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.It appeared around the...
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Beijing Opera commands the largest following in China and is also the best-known form of Chinese opera abroad.During the mid-Qing...
Traditional Chinese opera commonly has a music band of string and percussion instruments.Some foreigners do not readily appreciate this art，for...
When you are watching an opera，what impresses on you the most may be the “painted face.”Facial patterns date far back...
Character roles in traditional opera are generally divided into four main typesaccording to the sex，age，social status and profession of the...
Opera is the most ancient form of theater that still flourishes in China today.It combines acting，singing，poetry，dialogue and acrobatics.The origins of...
Yi，the hero who shot down the nine of the suns，went to Mt.Kunlun where he got some elixir from the Queen...
A long time ago，Gong Gong，God of Water，and Zhu Rong ，God of Fire，had a battle.Zhu Rong won，and Gong Gong，in anger，struck his...
There existed ten suns that appeared in turn in the sky during the period of Emperor Yao，a legendary ruler in...
What is the feature of ancient Chinese mythology？ The ancient mythology has strong Chinese characteristics and is imbued with a...
In Chinese literature，the Tang Dynasty is considered the golden age of Chinesepoetry.The Collection of 300 Tang Poems was compiled by...
Journey to the West is also known as Record of a Journey to the West.It was written by Wu Cheng-en（about...
This novel is thought to have been compiled by Luo Guanzhong between the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the...
Sima Qian（145year）wrote Historial Records.He began to write it at the age of 42，completing it 11 years later.The records cover a...
Sun Zi Bing Fa is a book of military strategy and tactics written by Sun Wu ，the great military strategist...
Si Shu Wu Jing means The Four Books and The Five Classics.In the Confucian tradition，The Four Books and The Five...
The ancient Chinese used brushes to write characters or copy books on silk fabrics.This is called boshu which means“an ancient...
Western bibliophiles know of the clay tablets of the Sumerians，the papyrus scrolls of the Egyptians，and the parchment texts of the...
Food therapy in China employs a combination of foods and herbs to make medicinal concoctions for the treatment of illness...
A patient receives small packages at a pharmacy of traditional medicine in accordance with the prescription of his or her...