Power of Perception
If you think the ball on the left side is real and the one on the right is a delusion,…
Laughing Buddha
About a thousand years ago, there was an itinerant Buddhist monk named Qici (契此) wandering around in the area on…
100,000-Year-Old Xuchang Men
On 17 December 2007 at Lingjin (灵井) of Xuchang (许昌) in central China’s Henan Provence (河南), Chinese archaeologists unearthed sixteen…
Three I Chings
I Ching (Yi Jing 易经) is the very foundation of Daoism and Chinese culture. But I Ching that we normally…
Top Ten Anti-Aging Natural Remedies Recommended by Chinese Medicine
Of 365 remedies listed in Divine Farmer’s Herbal Medicine (神农本草经), about one third are categorised as having possessed the first-grade…
China’s Backbones
Normally when Chinese mention China’s natural landscape, they often refer to it as “Three Eminent Hills and Five Great Mountains”,…
Yellow Emperor’s Classical Medicine
There are four classical works in Chinese medicine: Yellow Emperor’s Classical Medicine, Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Synopsis of Golden Chamber…
Winter Solstice 2020
The 24 solar terms in the Chinese calendar are determined by, not a human ruler's will, but the pulse of…
The Code of the Universe on an Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirror
In ancient China, mirrors, which are normally made of bronze, were often viewed as more than just instruments for reflection;…
Trams In Shanghai
A tram in Shanghai during the 1920s. Early Days Of Shanghai Tram Once upon a time, there was a popular…
Bronze Men of Acupuncture
Acupuncture was first invented by Chinese thousands of years ago, and whoever studies acupuncture must have learned the legend about…