Travel China

The Chinese culture forms a world apart from strong isolation. Only in prehistoric times, especially the Neolithic, can we point to any contact between such distant worlds. The pottery with painted spirals of the Chinese Yang-Chao culture, in the 3rd millennium, resembles that of Southern Russia and the Danube at the same time. It has been brought from the West,…

China is a country of walls. Not only the cities were enclosed by walls, but also the quarters, within them again the quarters and each individual residential yard. To the outside, the courtyards had no windows, all life was concentrated inside, everything outside, foreign was, and is, usually seen as a threat. The Chinese characters for the city and for…

Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar, celebrated in other East Asian countries, such as Singapore and South Korea. It is also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. This celebration has important cultural connotations as a tradition, not only as a remembrance of ancestors in a strict family union, but also as a…

Chuiwan: ancient golf In ancient China there was another sport, in which a stick was used to hit a ball. At first there were two ways to play: on horseback or on foot. The first resembles polo, a sport as popular as cuju in the Tang Dynasty. The second is like field hockey today, a highly competitive contest calculated by…

The Chinese Traditional Orchestra is the traditional Chinese music orchestra at the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater (CNODDT), the oldest and largest state-owned theater in China. The orchestra was founded more than 50 years ago and has produced a number of popular Chinese operas and dance plays. In the West, the revolutionary opera "The White-Haired Girl" is probably…

Chinese culture is one of the oldest in the world. That is why the country has many ancient cities, which are well preserved and have become places really worth seeing. Since time immemorial, China has been considered a "Celestial Empire" where divine and mortal beings live together. And Chinese culture is the only culture in the world that has a…

1. Chinese Sculpture Chinese sculpture is an art form that has been closely linked to Chinese funerary rites since ancient times. Throughout history, the symbolic protection of important tombs or imperial pantheons by means of life-size or large statues can be seen. In addition, small sculptures of objects, characters and productive activities were also buried in the tombs to accompany…

Chinese cuisine is considered one of the best in the world. Like Mexican cuisine, Chinese cuisine is not really one cuisine, but several. Each region of this country, the most populated in the world, has very specific ways of cooking and flavors that predominate in its dishes. In general, salty, spicy, sour, sweet, and bitter flavors are the most representative…

Almost certainly on Instagram, or elsewhere on the Internet. And yes, I also like to be inspired to travel on the net - and inspire others with this blog itself. Nevertheless, and perhaps because of that, I think it's great when I can just let myself be surprised by a place, without prior knowledge and images in my head and…

Ceramics symbolizes the beginning of the Neolithic Age. The Chinese pottery of the Neolithic Age, the firing of ceramic objects was the other great success of mankind after the discovery of fire. With the help of fire, clay objects and figures could be fired, a process that led to the production of porcelain, which, with different methods, gradually became the…

When we talk about Chinese art, we refer to all the art produced during millennia by the Chinese civilization, which throughout the centuries remained isolated from the rest of the cultures. Because of this isolation, its style, its way of understanding art, underwent very few changes from antiquity to the 20th century. From the beginning of Chinese history, the main…

Historians of science have overlooked China in their research. Thus, China's contribution to science and technology, evidenced in a number of technical solutions, has gone unnoticed. Ancient China was a world scientific and technological center before the 16th century. In China, iron and steel metallurgy, paper, the mechanical watch, the transmission belt, the conversion of rotary motion into rectilinear motion,…

China is an ancient multinational country, with a long history and brilliant culture. For thousands of years, many abundant forms of traditional performing arts have been formed under the wisdom and industriousness of workers. Each art form has various styles and schools, including opera, puppetry, Chinese shadow, acrobatics, and quyi. Chinese traditional performing arts are important representatives of the national…

The Chinese have used the same architectural model for their imperial and religious buildings for more than two thousand years. It consists of three elements: a platform, a framework of pillars and beams, and non-load-bearing walls. The buildings usually incorporate the main gate, rectangular enclosures or courtyards, and a series of pavilions arranged in a line and facing north. Almost…

The term Kung Fu is a colloquialism from southern China that does not designate the Martial Arts themselves but is a word that indicates any work brought to its highest degree of perfection, thanks to an intense and prolonged effort. Therefore, the term Kung Fu is intended to designate the realization, planning, and mastery of the Art. However, calling the…

History of Chinese Religion China has been a multi-regional country since ancient times. In many parts of the world, people always associate the Chinese territory with Confucius. This sage is almost representative of Chinese culture. In fact, Confucianism is a philosophy that was never intended to be a religion, although, eventually, that is how it spread and had a great…

Chinese calligraphy (书法), is one of the oldest art forms in human history. The mastery of movement and quality of line work has a history of thousands of years, in which the style and technique have always evolved. Artists like Ouyang Xun, Wang Xizhi, or Ngan Siu-Mui gave calligraphy its graceful character. While for some, the art of strokes is seen…

Chinese martial arts in the West are mistakenly called Shaolin Kung Fu, Chinese Kung Fu generic name for kung fu or Gong fu means skill and can refer to the skill of a calligrapher or pianist as well as that of a martial arts expert. Although it is unknown when they were introduced into the country, China has the largest…

Ancient China was one of the largest and most influential empires in Asia, with more than 5000 years of existence, the Chinese built monumental dams and walls that still remain today. With the unparalleled creativity and ambition of their rulers, they managed through great battles to unify China into a powerful empire, even stronger than the great empires of ancient…

Do you want to learn mandarin quickly at home? Then the most important advice I can give to learn the Chinese language is to find the right method. When you finish reading this article you will probably find the best way to study one hour a day for the next one year. 1. Set a goal Learning a foreign language…

There are many ways to get around the major Chinese cities - taxis, buses, bicycles, on foot or by subway. However, one of the most convenient is China's metro, which is present in most of the leading Chinese cities - more than 40 cities offer a metro system, including Hong Kong and Macao, and there are many construction projects in…