Legend has it the phoenix, the queen of birds, led birds as they flew to paradise, so they could live happy lives. Like the lucky bird, Ren Li, an entrepreneur from Huangdian (a town in Heze, a city in East China's...
Daoguxiang (Rice Fragrance , a powerhouse in the local catering trade in Anshun, Guizhou Province, does nearly 10 million yuan annually for founder Yuan Ye, despite being located in a small city-with less than 500,000...
The phoenix coronet was worn by the empress or imperial concubines on ceremonies of formal occasions such as conferring titles, worshiping at temples and going to court. Throughout the ancient history of China there w...
The table is one of the oldest kinds of furniture in China.Most, however, haven’t survived as they were made ofbamboo or wood, The discovery of this bronze table gives usa chance to see a real object from the Warring...
The elegant ceramic style of blue-and-white porcelain (with colored drawings under glaze) emerged in the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279), came to maturity in the Yuan Dynasty, and became popular in the Ming and Qin...
The Hezhen nationality, with a population of 4,245, mainly settles in the counties of Tongjiang, Fuyuan and Raohe in Heilongjiang Province near the Heilongjiang, Songhuajiang and Wusulijiang rivers.The Hezhen is the o...
THIS cup, unearthed at the site of an aristocrat’s tomb (No. 2 Baoshan Tomb) of the Chu State, was a vessel used during weddings in ancient times. According to the earliest account of the vessel, found in the book Li...
Jade was considered an elegant stone in ancient China. People began wearing jade ornaments as decorations as early as the Neolithic Period. This grey jade ornament, two centimeters long, was made during the third cult...