The five-character poems are the dominant form of ancient Chinese poetry and serve as the connecting link of the four-character...
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The odes of Chu originated in the state of Chu and prevailed as a new lyric in southern China around...
Book of Odes is China's first collection of songs and poems as well as the first Chinese folk literature. It...
The pre-Qin literature was at the starting point of literary history, set in the pre-Qin China where literature sprouted and...
The earthen buildings are castle-style architecture built by Hakka.The so-called Hakka means"in strange places".The Hakka people are people of Han...
The cave dwellings are developed according to the unique geographic location and features.About 20 million years ago，the northwestern monsoon in...
The pile dwellings，a kind of residence form built on stilts as the lower part，are mainly distributed in the areas of...
The South of the Yangtze River refers to the region in the lower valley of the Yangtze River, southern Jiangsu...
Although there are different styles of Chinese traditional folk houses，the most important and widespread of all is the courtyard dwellings，which...
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month，usually in October in Gregorian calendar. The festival...
The Dragon Boat Festival，the 5th day of the 5th lunar month，has had a history of more than 2 000 years.It...
The Qingming（Pure Brightness）Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China，falling on April 4-6 each year.After the festival，the...
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month，usually in February or March in the Gregorian...
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together，just...
Chinese Lunar Calendar Background and Concept The Chines animal signs are a 12-year cycle used for dating the years.They represent...
Pagodas refer to a kind of high-story steeple-tipped architecture in which relics, Buddha statues, Buddhist sutras and relics of monks...
Just like people all over the world，people in China traditionally associate luck with various things and numbers. As a rule...
Chinese characters usually have one or more meanings and some of them are particularly loved by Chinese people.Here is the...
Bamboo grows in the south of China and is characteristic for its green in summer and in winter.Although it is...
In the Republic period, the government, on the basis of the actual situation, drew up a new dress system. The...