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Chinese Painting: history and Four treasures of the study

Chinese traditional painting dates back to the Neolithic Age about 6,000 years ago. The excavated colored pottery with painted human faces, fish, deer and frogs indicates that the Chinese began painting as far back as the Neolithic Age. Over the centuries, the growth of Chinese painting inevitably reflected the change of time and social conditions. From Primitive to Modern. A painted pottery basin In its earliest stage, Chinese prehistoric paintings were closely related to other...

What is China Tai Chi Chuan (Taiji quan)

ABOUT TAI CHI? The Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan can be translated as the 'Supreme Ultimate Force'. The notion of 'supreme ultimate' is often associated with the Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can see a dynamic duality (male/female, active/passive, dark/light, forceful/yielding, etc.) in all things. 'Force' (or, more literally, 'fist') can be thought of here as the means or way of achieving this ying-yang, or 'supreme-ultimate' discipline. Tai Chi, as it is...

Introduction to the Forbidden City Palace Museum (Gugong)

The Palace Museum (gugong) in the center of Beijing is historically and artistically one of the most comprehensive museums in China, and uses as its foundation the Forbidden City, a palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1840), and their collection of treasures. Designated by the State Council (China's Cabinet) as one of the country's foremost protected monuments in 1961, the Palace Museum was also made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. The Forbidden City was the imperial...

Guilin Travel Guide: the most beautiful place in China

Just as Xian is a must when you travel to China, so is Guilin. The stunning landscape in which the city is situated has a kind of magic that is all its own. The strangely shaped hills, or karsts, with the verdant vegetation ranging from bamboo to conifers together with wonderful caves make Guilin such an attraction for tourists. Located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin is considered to be the pearl of China's thriving tourist industry on account of the natural...

Huangshan Mountain: Cultural Heritage and Natural Heritage

Located in the south of Anhui Province, straddling Shexian, Yixian, Taiping and Xiuning counties. It was called Yishan Mountain in the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC), and got its current name in 747 during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).       The scenic area covers 154 square kilometers, and is celebrated for its peaks, rocks, pines, clouds and springs. The renowned Four Wonders of Huangshan Mountain are the spectacular rocks, oddly shaped pines, hot springs and sea of clouds. Huangshan Mountain...

Travel Hangzhou: Ten Views of the West Lake

Come to China hangzhou, the west lake is the most popular place. Malting Snow at Broken Bridge The snow scene of the west lake is enjoyed very high praise by people, especially the view of “malting snow at broken bridge”. Why it is called as “malting snow on the broken bridge”, there are different sayings. One of them is that it snows almost every winter in Hangzhou and when the sun comes out after snowfall, the snow on the sunny side of the bridge melts first, while the snow on...