Chinese Culture

China has a long history. That we know China has a long history largely owes to the fact that China was abundant in historians. There were spare-time historians like Confucius, who was the editor of … [more >>]

Owing to the adjacent geographic position and the frequent cultural communications between ancient China and Korea, the Koreans have no less understanding of traditional Chinese culture than the Chinese. In history, Korea used to call … [more >>]

UEFA Euro 2008 is going to open. Exciting time! By the way, I support the Germans.
As FIFA has acknowledged that the earliest form of football originated in China, let’s see what football in ancient China … [more >>]

China has a vast land with various climatic and geographical conditions. It is inevitable that natural calamities occur from time to time in Chinese history. But the natural calamities are not the worst thing–man-made disasters … [more >>]

In the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) of China, earthquakes took place quite frequently. According to historical records, there were 26 large earthquakes between the year 92 and 125. In order to better … [more >>]

Though Zhao State managed to keep He’s Yu (the historically famous piece of jade) for a while, it could not stop Qin’s trend of becoming stronger and stronger. Qin finally defeated all the other states … [more >>]

After the discovery of He’s Yu (a precious jade as commonly translated), it had been untracked in history for several centuries until its sudden reappearance in the Zhao State during the Warring States Period (475 BC - … [more >>]

Sega, one of the top internationally recognized gaming brand, has begun the testing in China mainland its new online game about Chinese history, entitled “Saga of the Three Kingdoms”.

Sega and other Japanese gaming companies, such … [more >>]

Knowing that “jade” is a mistranslation of Yu in Chinese, let us hear the story of the most famous piece of Yu in Chinese history.
In the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC), … [more >>]

This is a heavy subject. China has a long history of more than four thousand years. It survives till today, not like other ancient civilizations that have been extinct, such as the ancient Egypt and … [more >>]