Li Shizhen（1518-1593）of Chaizhou in Hubei province，is considered to have been China's greatest naturalist.He was very interested in the proper classification...
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Shen Kuo（1031-1091）was a Chinese scientist，polymath，general，diplomat，and financial officer who was the inventor of compasses for navigation. In the book Meng Xi...
Born 429，Jiankang（modern Nanjing，Jiangsu Province），died 500，Zu Chongzhis was Chinese astronomer，mathematician，and engineer who created the Daming calendar and found several close approximations...
Hua Tuo is a famous physician of the Han Dynasty who is so widely respected thathis name and image adorn...
Zhang Heng（78-139），also spelled as Chang Heng，was an astronomy，mathematics，inventor，artist and literary scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty of Born in what...
Cai Lun（Wade-Giles:Ts'ai Lun）（c.50-121），courtesy name Jingzhong，was a Chinese eunuch，who is conventionally regarded as the inventor of paper，in forms recognizable in modern...
Father of the Nation Sun Yat-sen（November 12，1866-March 12，1925）was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader who is often referred to as...
Lin Zexu（1785-1850）was a Chinese scholar and official during the Qing dynasty.He is most famous for his active fight against opium...
Koxinga and His Childhood Koxinga is the popular name of Zheng Chenggong（Wade-Giles）Cheng Ch'eng-kung；Cheng Kung）（1624-1662），who was a List of famous military commanders...
Shi Kefa（1601-1650）was a Ming general，who in the last days of the Ming dynasty gave his life resisting the advancing Qing...
Early Life Qi Jiguang（1528-1588）was a Chinese military general and national hero during the Ming Dynasty.He was best remembered for his...
Wen Tianxiang（Wade-Giles:Wen Tien-hsiang，1236-1283），also Man Tin Cheung，Duke of Xingguo，“The Song Dynasty's Top Ranking Scholar and Prime Minister，the West River's Filial Son...
Every year on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month is held the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the ancient...
The Dragon Boat Festival or Duanwu Festival commemorates Qu Yuan，a patriotic poet from the State of Chu during the Warring...
The Fifteenth day of the first lunar month is an important traditional festival in China.Members of a family get together...
During the Spring Festival，each household pastes a big or small Chinese character“fu” on its entrance door or on walls inside...
Setting off firecrackers is a practice handed down from the remote past.It is related with burning bamboo stems.Bamboo stems have...
Since ancient times，Chinese people have adopted over a hundred kinds of calendars.The most widely observed are the yang li and...
After a xiangqin date，both the two families became involved in the preparation for the marriage engagement.A traditional engagement required a...
Xiangqin refers to a blind date where the couple involved has not met each other before.In ancient times，the xiangqin date...