"Conquest of Six States by the First Emperor of China"Viewed from Terracotta Warriors and Horses The First Emperor of Qin...
Beautiful Scenic Sites
The place the sun first shines upon is Jiantang in the east, and the most beautiful place in the human...
The Longmen Grottoes, located in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, Henan Province, have a history of more than 1,500 years....
As one of the four famous grottoes in China, the Maijishan(Haystack Mountain) Grottoes are appreciated for the quality and quantity...
Buddhism found its way to China around the first century and has since exerted a significant, far-reaching influence on Chinese...
The terracotta warriors and horses caused a sensation upon their discovery，not only because of the impressive size of the army，but...
Renowned as one of the"Eight Wonders of the World,"the Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of Qin(r.246-210 BC) is not...
In addition to this，the East and West Chang An Streets were broadened and prolonged and so became a major horizontal...
The Tian-an Men，which stands above the square，expresses the full talent and intelligence of China's working people in the art of...
No one can visit the Forbidden City without marveling at its unique application of color. Yellow and vermilion are the...
The Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, is where 24 emperors of the Ming(1368-1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties...
The wonder of the Great Wall lies in its magnificent and varied structure. As a defense work, the Great Wall...
The hardships involved in building the Great Wall are beyond imagination.Numerous people had to leave their homes and families to...
The geographic structure and climatic patterns of China has led to the development of two distinct cultures from ancient times....
No discussion about Chinese culture is complete without mention of the Great Wall. Through more than 2,000 years from the...
Ancient Chinese believed that people could communicate with Heaven, and the Temple of Heaven was built to enable this. The...
The architecture of the buildings in the Temple of Heaven ingeniously embodies the concept of holding nature in awe. While...
The Temple of Heaven was constructed during the reign of Emperor Yongle (r.1403-1424) of the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644), and completed in...
Then we went through the screen wall which served to keep out pryingeyes, and we entered one of the most...
After a long lunch in the Peking Duck, with new things for my palate, asweet soup made from lily bulbs,...