In 1978.15.000 articles were excavated from the Zenghouyi(Marquis Yi of Zeng State) Tomb in Suizhou,Hubei Province,including bronze ritual vessels and weapons,horses...
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Zun is an important variety of bronze wine vessels.The representative masterpiece,the square zun carved with four sheep heads unearthed from...
The lotus and Crane Rectangular Hu is large.On its cover decorated with lwo layers of openwork lotus petals stands a...
In 1939 a bronze Tripod-an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs-was unearthed in Anyang,Henan...
Xiangsheng.sometimes translated as crosstalk,is a traditional Chinese comedic pertormance in the form of a dialogue between two performers,or.,much less often.a...
Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed string instruments,flutes,and various...
Chinese Paper Cutting or Jianzhi is the first type of papercutting design,since paper was invented by Cai Lun in Eastern...
Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world.The earliest paintings were not representational but ornamental;they...
Few nations in the world have calligraphy as a form of art.In China,calligraphy has a long history,and is popular among...
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)is a label that covers a broad range of traditional medicine practices sproad throughout Asia,including various forms...
Chinese martial arts,also referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term wushu and popularly as kung fu,are a number of fighting...
Several thousand years ago,when the silk trade first reached Europe via the Silk Road, it brought with it not only...
Beijing opera or Peking opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines: music.vocal performance,mime,dance and acrobatics.It arose in...
Chinese ceramic ware shows a continuous development since the pre-dynastic periods, and is one of the most significant forms of...
Mianzi(Face) The idea of shame,usually expressed as"face"could be loosely defined as the"status"or "self-respect"in Chinese and by no means alien to...
In general.gifts are given at Chinese New Year,weddings,births and more recently. birthdays. It's traditional to bring a gift when invited...
The Taboo about Numbers: Ta Chinese culture,certain numbers are believed by some to be auspicious or inauspicious baret on the...
Chinese culture has many fine-grained terms for different types of family relationshirs.An "uncle"in English can refer to a brother or...
Red is central to the wedding theme of China.It signifies love,joy and prosperity and is used in a variety of...
The Shengxiao,better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac signs,is a scheme that The Shengxiao,better known in En relates each...