On January 22, 2012, a performance on the stage of Spring Festival Gala went viral across China and even aroused attention overseas. It was the song called the “New Drunken Beauty” by Li Yugang. Li is a singer and stage opera performer. He is now also known for being a disseminator of traditional...

Characterized by red walls and golden roofs, the ancient architectural complex situated in Beijing and Shenyang functioned as the palaces for the Chinese royalty back in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The palace in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, was successively ruled by 14 emperors of the...

Rafe de Crespigny is Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University. He is considered to be one of the most important historians on early medieval China, focusing on the late second and third centuries, when the Han Dynasty collapsed and was replaced by the Three Kingdoms. Professor de Cre...

The giant panda, regarded as one of China’s National Treasures, was on the verge of extinction.Today there are fewer than 1,000 giant pandas living in the world. The giant panda is the symbol of eco-environmental conservation. Visitors to China can see this reclusive animal in Sichuan Provinc...

In 1932, British real estate tycoon Victor Sassoon, one of the earliest foreign explorers of Shanghai, built an “Eden Garden” on today’s Hongqiao Road. This red-brick villa with semi-exposed wooden framework and a spire has an obvious rural British flavor. The lush grove nearby becomes its natura...

For many people, their introduction to Chinese culture starts with Confucius. Better known as Kong Zi – “Master Kong” in China, Confucius was an ancient philosopher, poet, and political theorist of the Spring and Autumn period who is largely seen as the most famous and influential figure througho...