It is a blog about ancient Chinese culture, including history, art, myths in ancient China. There are also many pretty pics with Chinese style. Hope you will enjoy it! :)
Recent PostsPenglai, having long been known as a fairyland, is one of the three fairy mountains inhabited by immortals. The other two are Yingzhou and Fangzhang, which were frequently visited for wonder herbs by emperors in ancient times. In Chinese mythology, P...
Han Xiangzi, whose courtesy name is Qingfu, is one of the Eight Immortals. He lived in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and was said to be the nephew of Han Yu, a famous literary figure and statesman of the Tang Dynasty. Legend goes that when he was youn...
In the mythology of ancient China, there were four Dragon Kings who were the divine rulers of the four seas, namely, Eastern Sea, Southern Sea, Western Sea and Northern Sea. Their true forms are dragons, but they also could shapeshift into human for...
Money tree is a kind of legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken. In Chinese culture, it is a symbol of affluence, nobility and auspiciousness. There were many versions about the origin of the money tree. Most people believed that it was originat...
In ancient China, a gentleman referred to a man of great virtue. In the world of flowers, plum blossom, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemum are known as the Four Gentlemen, also called the four Noble Ones or Four Friends. It was believed that their na...
Paper is acknowledged as one of the Four Greatest Inventions in ancient China. It was widely believed that paper was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). Xuan Paper, a particular form of paper of highest value, was regarded as on...
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AlexeyVery nice blog. Thank you for accurate translation to English the titles of tunes. I've heard many times tune "Late night singing in a fishing boat" but with title "Late night song of a fishing boat". It was hard to understand the tune (without normal title) and almost was no emotion. Only with accurate translation I realized what this tune is about. Thanks.
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