To Chinese people, going to the theater to enjoy Peking Opera or other artistic performances is known as"seeing plays. What...
The Impression of China
Many foreign friends first learn about Chinese culture through the numerous Chinese restaurants found all over the world. and soon...
The Ming and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties witnessed further development in ink-and-wash painting, in opposition to the traditions of the Song...
When people talk about Chinese landscape painting, they never fail to mention the landscape paintings of the Song and Yuan...
Ancient Chinese artists did not abide by the principle of perspective, and sometimes even tried to purposefully avoid the issue....
Apparently, the emergence and development of ink-and-wash painting is closely related to technology, materials and artistic traditions. Ink and wash...
Ink and wash is a unique genre of traditional Chinese painting. It uses little or no color but applies black...
During the period of the Six Dynasties, wars occurred frequently in the north but the south was comparatively stable. The...
The period of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty was a period to establish and consolidate a centralized feudal...
Starting from the Xia, the Shang and the Western Zhou, China began the replacement of dynasties one after another. Both...
In the Hall for Cultivation of Mind of the Palace Museum，there is a Three-treasure Study，which derives its name for the...
Calligraphy is the art of lines, or strokes. Lin Huaimin (b.1947),a famous dancer from China's Taiwan Island and director of...
Today，anyone who knows a little bit about Chinese culture usually knows about Chinese calligraphy. This unique art is related to...
In October 1996,a cave was accidentally discovered at a construction site in Qingzhou of Shandong Province. Archeologists found more than...
One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning a seven-stringed musical instrument, the Chinese zither, which represented the zenith of cultivated...
Cast during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), Galloping Horse Overtaking a Flying Swallow stands out as an immortal work of...
A pair of square bronze kettles from the late Spring and Autumn Period are two outstandingartifacts from China's Bronze Age....
The Bronze Age refers to the period when bronze tools and weapons were commonly used. The Bronze Age in China...
The tradition of Chinese music dates back to remote antiquity. Governing the country and nourishing the mind through music are...
From the 15th century on, humans had accelerated their pace in combing the oceans. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) came upon the...