The Hair Dressing The“Hair Dressing”Ritual At dawn on her wedding day（or the night before），the bride bathed in water inftused with...
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Installing the Bridal Bed Preparation on the part of the groom involved the instalation of the bridal bed on the...
Selecting an Auspicious Wedding Date Auspicious days are subject to interpretation by fortune tellers that perform the analysis based on...
“Grand Gilts"is a set of elaborate gifts to be presented to the bride's family by the groom's family.All gifts should...
The Proposal The process began with an elaborate marriage proposal and acceptance.This process was placed in the hands of a...
Traditional Divorce Marriage in a Confucian Context In Confucian thought，marriage is of grave significance both to families and to society.Traditionally...
What is“the Silk Road”？ The Silk Road was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from...
As early as in the 6th century，Japan had already known of Chinese garden landscaping through Marco Polo，who visited many Song...
Ancient Chinese gardens were created in the same way as a combination of landscape and paintings together with poems-this was...
Ancient Gardens History of Chinese Gardens Two main garden traditions in China evolved over time:the vast imperial gardens，emblematic of the...
Penglai Pavilion，seated on the cliff of Danya Mountain close to the seain the north of Penglai City，is a famous coastal...
The Tengwang Pavilion , located on the east bank of the Ganjiang River, northwest of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, is...
Bordering on the Yangtze River and crouching on the top of the Snake Hill, the Yellow Crane Tower enjoys the...
Yueyang Tower，Yellow Crane Tower，Tengwang Pavilion and Penglai Pavilion are the four famous towers in China，whose unique architectural styles are of...
In addition to these four great inventions and what have been mentioned in the first paragraph, China, in the past...
Paper Making Paper making stemmed from the necessity of cultural development and exchange.Priorto its invention，the Europeans wrote on sheep skin（and...
China-A Nation of Discoveries and Inventions In more than a millennium from the Qin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty，Chinese science...
The Four Famous Embroideries of China refer to the Su embroidery in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, Xiang embroidery in central...
Kites were invented by the Chinese people over 2,000 years ago. In the 12th century, Chinese kite spread to the...
Development of Chinese Knot Chinese people have known how to tie knots with cords ever since they began to learn...