The Chinese zodiac is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. Each year corresponds to one zodiac sign. The order of the Chinese zodiac is rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon,…
Impression Liu Sanjie, the Landscape Live Performance
Impression Liu Sanjie is the first "landscape live performance" in China. Impression of Liu Sanjie premiered on March 20, 2004 at the song festival of Liu Sanjie, a mile from…
Du Fu, Du Shaoling, Zimei, One of the Greatest Poets in China
Du Fu was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, honored as “Poet Sage”. Although Du Fu is best known for his poetry, his pursuits were not purely literary. In…
Li Bai, Li Bo, Taibai, Qinglian Jushi, One of the Greatest Poets in China
Libai was a Chinese poet. He was part of the group of Chinese scholars called the “Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup” in a poem by fellow poet Du Fu.…
Beijing Opera, Jinghuang, Daxi, Pingju, Jingxi
Beijing Opera is extolled as 'Oriental Opera'. Having a history of 160 years, it has created many 'firsts' in Chinese dramas: the abundance of repertoires, the number of artists, opera…
The Book of Songs, the Earliest General Collection of Chinese Poems
The Book of Songs, formerly called Poetry, is the earliest general collection of ancient Chinese poems.It is also called Three Hundred Poems, for it includes 305 poems in total. Since…
The Art of War, Sun Tzu, Sun Wu
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu ,a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and it was believed to have been compiled during…
The Analects of Confucius, Thoughts of Confucius
The Analects of Confucius is famed as the collection of the words and deeds of Confucius and has greatly influenced the culture of China and neighboring nations as the most…
The Water Margin in Chinese Literature
Outlaws of the marsh is a novel in chapter and Hui style written by Shi Naian at the end of yuan dynasty and the beginning of Ming dynasty. Encyclopedia by…
The Journey to the West in Chinese Literature
Journey to the west is the first romantic novel in ancient China. None of the 100 copies of journey to the west published in Ming dynasty has an author's signature.…