THERE is a saying among Chinese virtuosos that Longquan is the best porcelain in the south

WITH the increasing spread of the electronic age into all spheres of our lives, it comes as no surprise that print media

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THE ninth day of the ninth month on the Chinese lunar calendar is the Double Ninth Festival

PLAIN white porcelain ware is widely loved in China for its minimalistic elegance.

The term means to understand how we should conduct ourselves

ON May 11, Gao Ping, a famous Chinese pianist and composer, held a concert titled Harmonie du Soir

THE 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

THE Song Dynasty (960-1279) indisputably represented a golden age for Chinese ceramics, remembered for a number

FOR centuries, Tibetans have been devoted to protecting their unique traditional culture.

BLUE calico, a kind of home-made fabric colored by plant dyes, is commonly seen in Chinese people’s daily life, in particular in South China. Clothes, bedspreads, quilt covers, scarves, handkerchiefs, door curtains, or even wrappers, made of the plain and elegant blue-and-white fabric, can be seen almost everywhere.

This literary term is used in poetry to comment on a ruler’s moral character, policies, decrees, and performance, either in praise or criticism.

CHENGDU is the capital of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, boasting a history of over 2,300 years. With rich natural resources and developed agriculture, it was the main source of grain and revenues of the central regime in ancient times.

THE Jian kiln has an important role in the history of Chinese porcelain, and although not among the top five porcelain producers in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), one of its products – the Jian tea bowl – was given as a tribute to the Song royal family and therefore highly coveted.