The names of Chinese dishes are diverse. but behind each of the famous dishes is an interesting story explaining why...
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Chinese cuisine is a brilliant facet of Chinese culture, which is proven by the fact that Chinese restaurants are found...
Stage costumes are an important part of traditional Chinese clothing. They have developed from ordinary clothes and embodied many characteristics...
About 2,000 years ago, wax printing appeared in China, with batiks being found among the goods traded along the Silk...
The cheongsam(known in China as qipao), which enjoyed initial popularity in the 1920s, was first designed by Shanghai people, combining...
China boasts a brilliant history of clothing, some dating it to 4,000 years ago, when Chinese people invented silk. Around...
Shikumen is a type of residential architecture that came into being with the urbanization of Shanghai Over the years, these...
Old Shanghai people were keen on fashion, a typical cosmopolitan perception of the city. This perception reflects not only the...
As an open, international city, Old Shanghai was the earliest and quickest to draw ideas from the modern West. Someone...
Old shanghai was the most internationalized metropolis in the modern history of China. All about Shanghai, an English book published...
The leisure lives of people in Old Beijing were refined, balanced and carefree brimming with the charm of the ancient...
Temple fairs in Old Beijing were regularly held around large and well-known temples, which had their particular flavors and styles....
The Tianqiao area in Old Beijing was a place famous for spotlighting Beijings folk customs, with theaters specializing in different...
The glamour of Old Beijing comes not only from the magnificent city gate towers, but also from those narrow alleys,...
Mention Old Beijing and people may instantly envision caravans of camels at the foot of the Front Gate, the crowded...
Urban civilization was already developed in the Tang Dynasty（618-907），with Chang an，the capital（todays Xian，Shaanxi Province），as the largest city in the world...
A Riverside scene at Qingming Festival is a horizontal scroll more than five meters long. When it is unrolled from...
A Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival was a painting created by the court artist Zhang Zeduan(birth and death dates unknown),...
The clothing, food, housing, transportation, as well as the folk customs of the chinese people, all reflect their inner peace...
In the latter half of the 18th century, a form of drama arose in France called French light and Shadow...