Peking opera originated about two centuries ago in Beijing, which was then the capital of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). It derives its name from the city, and its development was centered there. The Chinese characters 京 ("jing"), signifying a capital or a shorthand name for Beijing, and 剧...

Yueju opera is a cultural symbol for Cantonese speakers in China and abroad. In Southeast Asia, America, Oceania, Europe and Africa, it can often be heard in places where Cantonese-speaking overseas Chinese congregate. They are proud of its global popularity and influence, and see it as an important...

Both acupuncture and moxibustion are believed to have originated during the New Stone Age, with metallic pins starting to be used in acupuncture in the 8th century B.C. Archaeological findings from tombs dating to the 3rd century B.C., such as gold pins and other medical devices, prove that acupunct...

The Chinese characters 皮 ("pi"), meaning skin or leather, 影 ("ying"), referring to shadow or trace, and 戏 ("xi"), which means play or drama, are keywords for China's shadow puppetry.Chinese shadow puppetry traces its roots back more than 2,000 years to the Wester...

In response, local authorities in southeast China's Fujian province, in collaboration with concerned communities, arts groups and puppetry inheritors, formulated the "2008-2020 Strategy for the Training of Coming Generations of Fujian Puppetry Practitioners." After years of persistent...

The Chinese characters 珠 ("zhu"), meaning bead, and 算 ("suan"), denoting to calculate, are the keywords for Chinese Zhusuan.Over 1,800 years ago, long before calculators and computers, ancient Chinese invented Zhusuan to do calculations on an abacus, now recognized as the world...