Mythical ancient China. Born from some magic stones that fell to Earth a long time ago when Goddess Nüwa mended the sky, Sun Wukong, aka Monkey King, lives on Flower-Fruit Mountain, where he leads a ...

Rowena Hawkins is a Malaysian-based writer born in Singapore to a Ceylonese family linked to exiled sultans of the Dutch East Indies. Her memoir My Father is Police, Lah! recounts her childhood in ...

The Leshan Giant Buddha (樂山大佛T, 乐山大佛S), also known as the Lingyun Giant Buddha, whose full name is the Great Stone Statue of Maitreya of Lingyun Temple in Jiazhou, is the largest stone Buddha statue ...

Architecture scholar Nancy Steinhardt discusses her research on Chinese architectural evolution, examining building transformations across provinces since 1840. Nancy S. Steinhardt is an American ...

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Traditional Chinese music, with its origins tracing back to the Neolithic age, represents a fundamental aspect of Chinese culture. Unlike Western music which often focuses on harmony and counterpoint, ...

The Hidden Depths of Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum: A Story of Preservation and Mystery. The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of a unified China, represents one of the most fascinating and ...

Yuqing Liu, a renowned olfactory interaction artist and sensory immersion designer, is known for her revolutionary research into human olfaction and memory. Using advanced multisensory technologies, ...

The Pompeii Lakshmi, an artifact of Indian art, discovered in 1938 amidst the ruins of Pompeii, which had been preserved since its destruction in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Interestingly ...

Niujinqin: A Fusion of Art and History in Zhejiang’s Musical Instrument Making. The Niujinqin (牛筋琴), also known as Changci Qin, is revered as one of the finest zithers in China. It holds a special ...

The Art of Zhonghu: The Instrument That Enriches Chinese Orchestras. Zhonghu (中胡), commonly referred to as the “Chinese viola,” is a traditional Chinese string instrument derived from the Erhu (二胡).

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the xiqin underwent a significant transition from being a plucked to a bowed string instrument. This period marks its evolution in playing techniques and structural ...