The Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is one of the most important Buddhist classics, while hand-copying Heart Surra is a popular practice among…
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)
A Chinese Drone Flying in Near-Space
In the middle of 2017, Chinese engineers completed a near-space flight test for a drone that reached 20,100 km above…
Classic Chinese Porcelains
A 4,500-year-old ultra-thin "egg-shell" black ceramic wine cup was unearthed from Rizhao, Shandong province.
Encyclopedia on Classic Chinese Technology
The Exploitation of the Works of Nature (天工开物) is an encyclopedia on ancient Chinese technology, compiled by Song Yingxing (宋应星),…
A Giant Quantum Leap
Chinese scientists have established a quantum entanglement between particles 1200 kilometres apart, smashing the previous world record of 143 kilometres.…
The World’s Longest Manmade River: Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
The Grand Canal was constructed during the Sui Dynasty by connecting numerous ancient waterways between the Kaifeng in Henan and…
Beijing Opera: Scattering Celestial Flowers on Earth
Boasting enlightenment while merely knowing what will be the true reality is still an existence in a fantasy
Ancient Chinese Terrace Pavilions
Looming on the shore of Lake Dongting in Hunan province, Yeyang Terrace (岳阳楼) is one of the three most celebrated…
Fan Zhongyan – A Great Chinese Statesman and Poet
Fan Zhongyan (范仲淹, 989-1052), a Suzhou native, was a great statesman, philosopher, writer, educator, military strategist of the Song Dynasty.…
Ancient Chinese Gold Artefacts
This gold creature contains 99% of gold and was unearthed from a bomb dating back at least 2,000 years ago.…
Mysterious Prehistoric Signs on Rocks in a Mountain in Henan
More than 3,000 mysterious signs discovered in Mt Juci (具茨山), of Henan Province, China, are believed to be carved in…
Suzhou, a 2,500-Year-Old City Built along Waterways
A row of waterfront houses in Suzhou with some balustrades formed by curved back support of a bench for casual…
The Secrets for Forbidden City to Surviving Earthquakes
What are the secrets for Forbidden City to surviving so many earthquakes in 600 years? To find the answer, specialist…
The World’s Oldest & Tallest Surviving Wooden Pagoda
Ying County Buddhist Pagoda, situated in Shanxi Province in northern China’s Yellow Plateau, is the oldest surviving timber-frame pagoda in…
A Paddy Field on the Rooftop
Rooftop gardens are sort of in fashion today, but a Chinese man in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, has created a rice…