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Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai The music of Liang Zhu (liáng zhù 梁祝), or "Butterfly Lovers," is undoubtedly the

25．replac The Beams With Rotten Timbers replac the enemy's strength with weakness. One way of making for the e

Sword of King Goujian of YueSword of King Goujian of Yue (yuè wáng gōu jiàn jiàn 越王勾践剑) is a delicately made b

Meng Jiangnu TempleThis story happened during the Qin Dynasty (qīng cháo 清朝, 221BC-206BC). There was once an o

The Spring Festival (chūn jiē 春节) is the most important and the biggest traditional festival in China, the gra

谷雨是二十四节气之一。谷雨源自古人“雨生百谷”之说。“清明断雪，谷雨断霜”，气象专家表示，谷雨是春季最后一个节气，谷雨节气的到来意味着寒潮天气基本结束，气温回升加快。 Grain Rain is one of the 2

中国自古有"礼仪之邦"的美誉,尽管现在中国社会生活变化很大,但很多礼仪习惯还是延续下来.要避免不必要的尴尬和不愉快, 了解生活中有哪些禁忌还是有必要的. China is known as "a nation of co

What are the people in the pictures doing? Dancing? Boxing? Or practicing gymnastics? It looks like none of th

Chinese Paper Cutting or Jianzhi (剪纸 jiǎn zhǐ) is the first type of papercutting design, since paper was inven

Chinese monk Shi Liliang from the south Shaolin Temple in Quanzhou city, Fujian Province, successfully broke h

Today I will introduce the Shaoxing Opera. Shaoxing Opera, also called Yue Ju (越剧 yuèjù), is one of the Five O

The Pipa(琵琶pí pá), like the Chinese Guqin, is one of the most representative classical Chinese instruments of