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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...

Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Liangzhu Jade: Dawn of Civilization

More than 100 priceless relics were displayed at the exhibition “The Making of Zhongguo – Origins, Developments and Achievements of Chinese Civilizati...

Monday, July 11, 2022 Tea Trade: A Thief’s Fortune

Demand for trade gave rise to the great geographical exploration and the first wave of globalization. However, disputes and conflicts in cross-border ...

Friday, July 8, 2022 The Ten-Thousand-Mile Tea Road: A Brewing Trade War

Today we continue to discuss the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tea Road by looking at the competition between Russian and British tea merchants as they vied for s...

Thursday, July 7, 2022 The Ten-Thousand-Mile Tea Road: Taking a Leaf from the History Books

It was a humble leaf that helped connect the Eurasian continent and opened the door to commercial trade and cultural exchanges between civilizations. ...

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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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