The Tianqiao area in Old Beijing was a place famous for spotlighting Beijing's folk customs, with theaters specializing in different...
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The glamour of Old Beijing comes not only from the magnificent city gate towers, but also from those narrow alleys,...
Gardens in the south are mostly small in size. To evoke a sense of space, the use of "borrowing a distant...
House amid bamboo groves Rock formations play an important role in the construction of a Chinese-style garden. Without them,a garden...
The Chinese attach great importance to the qualities of being reserved and subtle，and the construction of gardens dotting the hazy...
In October 1996，a cave was accidentally discovered at a construction site in Qingzhou of Shandong Province.Archeologists found more than 400...
As one of the four famous grottoes in China, the Maijishan(Haystack Mountain) Grottoes are appreciated for the quality and quantity...
The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang are considered the foremost representative of grotto arts. Dunhuang, once a town of strategic importance...
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...
No one can visit the Forbidden City without marveling at its unique application of color.Yellow and vermilion are the thematic...
The Ming capital was built along an eight-kilometer-long axis running south to north. Buildings and landscapes were laid out on...
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...
The geographic structure and climatic patterns of China has led to the development of two distinct cultures from ancient times....
The Great Wall is unparalleled in the world in its scale and span of construction, as well as for the...
No discussion about Chinese culture is complete without mention of the Great Wall. Through more than 2,000 years from the...
The 2008 Olympics Games has adopted a set of symbols to represent the beauty of Chinese calligraphy.By combining certain features...
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 1420,...