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Melodies from an ancient flute still strike a chord centuries on

FOR many musicians, instruments are so priceless they are treated as family members. A Neolithic man who was not necessarily a musician was buried in a tomb in Henan Province with his musical “family ...

May 16, 2021, Sunday

Tale of a man with a real heart

Bigan Temple in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, is China’s first structure that combines a tomb and a temple to bury, remember and worship Bigan, a prince, martyr and righteous official more than 3,000 ...

May 9, 2021, Sunday

Peking Man changed thinking on evolution

FOSSILS give us clues about the history of life on Earth. The archeological discovery at the Zhoukoudian site, about 50 kilometers southwest of downtown Beijing, proves that Homo erectus and Homo sapiens ...

May 2, 2021, Sunday

An ancient architectural treasure

BUILT just inside the southern city wall of Datong City in Shanxi Province, the Shanhua (Betterment) Temple is China’s best preserved and largest Buddhist shrine in the architectural styles of the Liao ...

April 25, 2021, Sunday

Mighty war horses and stolen sculptures

LI Shimin (AD 599-649), better known as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), is lauded as the “emperor on horseback” for his courage and military skills. The second ruler of the prosperous ...

April 18, 2021, Sunday

A sacred monument to the past and the art of sculpting with clay

EASY to get and low in cost, clay replaced materials such as stone and metal in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to become a top choice for sculpting in Buddhist temples. The Shuanglin Temple in the southwest ...

April 11, 2021, Sunday

Imperial calligrapher with style

OUYANG Xun (AD 557-641) was a renowned calligrapher, politician and scholar of the early Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). Born in today’s Changsha City in Hunan Province, he was a talented student who read ...

April 4, 2021, Sunday

Ancient relief work calls the tune

A classical dance featuring 14 female musicians dressed in Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) costume went viral on China’s social media platforms after it aired on Henan TV. Entitled “Tang Gong Yan Ye,” or in ...

March 21, 2021, Sunday

Buddhist shrine once a scene of royal secrets, murder, scandal

ZHANGHUA Temple is rife with royal secrets, scandals and murder. It’s said the temple, sitting on the southeastern tip of Shashi City, Hubei Province, was originally built on the site of Zhanghua Palace ...

March 14, 2021, Sunday

Ancient tale earns iconic temple reputation of love and romance

PUJIU Temple in Shanxi Province earns its reputation as a temple of love thanks to the ancient romantic play “Xixiang Ji” (“Romance of the Western Chamber”), written by Wang Shifu during the Yuan Dynasty ...

February 28, 2021, Sunday



 

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