The city of Yixing in Jiangsu province has been famous in China for its teawares since ancient time. Located on...
Culture
There is an interesting tale concerning the origin of zisha-ware: It is said that once upon a time, one day...
Zisha clay is rich in hematite, and reveals graceful colours such as copper purple, begonia red and vermillion yellow after...
The tri-colour pottery industry declined after the Tang dynasty. Although the Song, Liao and Jin dynasties all produced their own...
In modern times, Chinese wine has many varieties, roughly including white spirit, yellow wine, fruit wine, beer, medicated wine and...
Artworks usually reflect the craftsmanship and aesthetic taste of their time, whereas Tang tri-colour pottery manifests the strength and self-confidence...
Unpractical Lead Glazed Pottery Tang tri-colour pottery is a type of low-temperature lead glazed pottery. It is so named because...
The lavish burial customof Han waned in the following Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern dynasties. However, the fashion of using...
The Yuan dynasty was the first regime established by an ethnic minority. Different from previous dynasties' rulers, the rulers of...
The Han rulers carried on the systems of Qin. However, at the first few decades of the dynasty, due to...
Famous wines are those ranked as first class，which are recognized by people and history as representative products of wine culture.China...
After the unification of China, Qinshihuang (first emperor of the Qin Dynasty)gathered all resources of the nation to build his...
As culture can be classified as vulgar and elegant，the same applies when it comes to drinking games.Originated from a particular...
Drinking game is one of the essences in Chinese wine culture.Meanwhile，as a particular Chinese cultural phenomenon，drinking game generally contains contents...
Drinking patterns are divided based on sample survey and comprehensive analysis of certain area in terms of drinking mentality and...
Great Chinese thinkers of ancient times believed that everything on earth has its rules of life and death.The changes of...
Wine virtues are also the essence of Chinese traditional wine culture. Throughout the ages, in addition to wine etiquette, it...
As a part of Chinese culture，wine culture has been closely connected with the traditions and customs since its formation.It reflects...
In addition, there were other wine vessels made of gold, silver, jade, crystal, agate and ivory which served as a...
China is the first producer of porcelain. In around 16th century B.C., the mid-Shang dynasty already had primitive porcelains, which...