Dunhuang, known as Shazhou in ancient times, is one of China’s famous historical and cultural cities and lies at the western end of the Hexi Corridor in Northwest China’s Gansu Province, connecting it with Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With the Qilian Mountains, the Taklimakan Desert, and the Beisai (north area beyond [...]
The West’s first knowledge of China came from the silk exported via the Silk Road. During the Tang Dynasty, innovations in weaving and decorative techniques propelled China’s silk industry to new heights. The Ming Dynasty continued the Tang tradition of producing a wide range of luxurious silk items. Chinese silk was highly prized around the [...]
The Silk Road winds its way through numerous lands and deserts, colorfully stretching its way through the civilizations of Asia, Europe and Africa. It was through the Silk Road that the four great ancient Chinese inventions of papermaking, gunpowder, the compass and printing were diffused across the world. Likewise, breathtakingly splendid silk production, Chinese tea [...]
The maritime Silk Road, like its overland counterpart, had its origins during the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD). Although vast seas separate the four corners of the Earth, with advances in shipbuilding and navigational technologies, maritime transport came to provide unprecedented access to the most distant destinations.
It is known that the bulk of the raw [...]
The maritime Silk Road, like its overland counterpart, had its origins during the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD). Although vast seas separate the four corners of the Earth, with advances in shipbuilding and navigational technologies, maritime transport came to provide unprecedented access to the most distant destinations.
It is known that the bulk of the raw [...]
Longshan Culture was typical of the late Neolithic Age (2900 BC to 2100 BC). Discovered in 1928 when the remains of the Chengziya site at Longshan, Zhangqiu County near Jinan, Shandong Province were being excavated, Longshan Culture dates from 2400 BC to 1900 BC. As far as Shandong Province is concerned, Dawenkou Culture (4300 BC–2400 [...]
Nothing is more exciting in archaeological circles than the discovery of a lost civilization that could possibly rewrite history. Sanxingdui, in Guanghan, 40 km from Chengdu in SW China’s Sichuan Province, is one such discovery. The excavations from Sanxingdui bring us face to face with ancient civilizations in Sichuan, long lost and only scantily recorded [...]
Scientist Francis Bacon once gave a high opinion, when he appraised China’s four big inventions’ contribution to the world, saying, “They completely changed the world’s appearance…there was no other country, religion, or person who had displayed as big an influence on human progress than them.” There were many great inventions in ancient China. Traditional Chinese [...]
China’s sudden ascendance as a global economic power has been greeted with a curious mixture of both admiration and doubt. The country’s bright economic future has prompted investors to gobble up shares of Chinese firms with little understanding of how this predominance gradually comes into being.
Among all that has facilitated the present Chinese growth miracle, [...]
Wushu, with its mysterious Oriental flavor, is regarded as the quintessence of physical culture. Often referred to as “arts of fighting with eighteen kinds of weapons,” it is distinguished by three salient features: usefulness for combat, benefits to health, and fascinating movements.
Wushu dates back to primitive society where people used clubs and other primitive tools [...]
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