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Friday, August 19, 2022 Jade Dragon: The Origin of a Chinese Totem

In 1971, Zhang Fengxiang, a farmer in the Ongniud Banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region happened to dig out an “iron hook” while planting tre...

Monday, August 15, 2022 Ancient Tea-Horse Road: Heroic Chapter

For more than 13-hundred years, this treacherous and winding path that meanders through the mountains and valleys of southwest China has been trod by ...

Thursday, August 11, 2022 Ancient Tea-Horse Road: Road Warriors

For more than 13-hundred years, this treacherous and winding path that meanders through the mountains and valleys of southwest China has been trod by ...

Monday, August 8, 2022 Small Seal, Grand History

Today, we’re going to talk about how a small seal from the Western Jin Dynasty has born witness to the ups and downs of the Qiang people and the gradu...

Thursday, August 4, 2022 Tea Contest: Steep Competition

The 40-episode costume drama series A Dream of Splendor, starring A-list actress Liu Yifei, has gathered hundreds of millions of views since it began ...

Monday, August 1, 2022 Tea Culture: From the Same Seeds

China is home to a long-established and flourishing tea culture. In many ways, Japanese culture is fundamentally influenced by China. In its earliest ...

Friday, July 29, 2022 Jataka of the Deer King: A Buddhist Tale Told the Chinese Way

Few would have imagined that visitors would throng to a museum to partake of the beauty of a mural, despite it being a replica, at an exhibition on Ch...

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Ten Ceremonial Utensils: Gaining Legitimacy

After the Qing Dynasty established its rule over the heartland of China, the region known as Zhongyuan in the lower and middle reaches of the Yellow R...

Monday, July 25, 2022 Ten Ceremonial Utensils: Cultural Continuity

In the recent cultural relics exhibition titled “The Making of Zhongguo – Origins, Developments and Achievements of Chinese Civilization” at China’s P...

Thursday, July 21, 2022 Luodian Bronze Mirror: Witness to the Belt and Road

Luodian bronze mirrors represent the pinnacle of the art of Chinese bronze mirrors. This is largely because of Emperor Taizong’s (599-649 CE) “histori...

Monday, July 18, 2022 Luodian Bronze Mirror: A Reflection of History

Famed Chinese Emperor Taizong, second emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) who laid the foundations of the dynasty, has a meaningful statement about ...

Friday, July 15, 2022 Liangzhu Culture: Rewriting History

In the Stone Age, jade represented wealth because of its scarcity and the advanced techniques required to shape it. Among various kinds of recovered j...

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on 7/18/2024

Thanks for bringing the ancient story of the famous poet. Love such kinds of lyrical poets' life history and tales. It's Short, sweet, and to the point while being an entertaining and informative less...

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on 6/3/2024

She was an Incredible lady. I’ve learned enough about the China’s first female general. This is the only episode that made my mind to listen to more than three times. Undoubtedly Listen-friendly conte...

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