The Invisible Great Wall Of China
Legend had it that a county named Eternal Clarity (永清县) located halfway between Beijing and Tianjin was once a bloody…
A Song Dynasty Ashoka Tower
The tallest Ashoka Tower found so far in China from the basement of the ruined Buddhist temple in Nanjing. Collection…
China’s Effort to Transform Deserts into Farmlands
Lop Nur, like a giant ear looking from the air, used to be a salt lake in the middle of…
Traditional Chinese Bridges
A royal wedding procession passes through an arched bridge in Bianliang, the capital city of the North Song Dynasty in…
Traditional Chinese Swords
After being buried underground for over two millenniums, when the Sword of Goujian was unearthed in the 1960s, it was…
Bronze Men of Acupuncture
Acupuncture was first invented by Chinese thousands of years ago, and whoever studies acupuncture must have learned the legend about…
Daxing International Airport – the Biggest Airport in the World
The project employed 65 new technologies, obtained 103 patents and broke over 40 world records. The acceptance criteria have been…
Tu Youyou – First Chinese Woman Won Nobel Prize
84-year old Chinese scientist Tu Youyou received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm on December 10, 2015. She…
2,200-Year-Old Chinese Cast Iron Troughs
In 1986, an ancient bridge site, with 112 timber bridge piles covering a field over 300m long, was unearthed in…
Over 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Silk Fabric and Garment
It is a consensus view that silk fabric was invented by Chinese, but the opinions are divided as to since…
China’s New Development in Rice Farming
Chinese scientists led by Yuan Longping have successfully cultivated hybrid saltwater rice that can grow in deserts, tidal flats, or…
China’s New Bridges
Infrastructure is one of the foundations for the economic development of any nation, while roads and bridges are among the…
Ancient Chinese Bath Culture
Bathrooms and urban water supply system appeared in China as early as the Shang Dynasty. The earliest written reference to…
Ancient Chinese Maps
The use of map features heavily in Chinese mythology and real historical events. The earliest recorded event associated with a…
Dragon Scale – An Ancient Chinese Bookbinding Technology
As the birthplace of paper and printing, ancient China developed the whole range of bookbinding techniques, from Policy Briefing (简策)…
Ancient Chinese Household Inventions
Toothbrushes These are the handles of toothbrushes used by ancient Chinese 1,000 years ago during the Song Dynasty (960 -1279).…
An Underground Mansion
This underground mansion in Horse Village, of Shanxi Province, is a tomb dating back to the Song Dynasty about 800…
Ancient Chinese Bowls
A Chinese bowl produced during the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279)