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Facts About Chinese History That Make it the Craziest Civilization

Ancient Chinese Wedding Rituals the Modern World Left Behind

Walk into almost any Chinese wedding today and you will see white gowns, Western style vows, and a bouquet toss, customs that now feel ordinary even though they were once entirely...

History of chilli peppers in China: first used as ornamental plants, later as ‘poor man’s spice’

It is not an exaggeration to say that chilli peppers and spicy food are available on pretty much every street in China. The pungent, heat-infused foodstuff is so ubiquitous people...

Chinese Culture Festival 2026 Returns With 55 Events And Legends Theme Across Hong Kong

Chinese Culture Festival 2026 will return from June to September across Hong Kong, with 55 events spanning performances and cultural activities built around Chinese legends and fol...

Food, folklore, tradition: Chinese culture takes center stage in Canfield

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society is shining a spotlight on the cultures that helped shape the community.

Why Japan’s Culture of Cleanliness Traces Back to China’s Tang Dynasty

From Buddhist temples to Shinto shrines to modern school cleaning duties, the philosophy that sweeping is spiritual practice traveled from 7th-century China to Japan to Taiwan

A Trip Through China (1917) | Blair University Archives

Step into a vanished world. A Trip Through China is a rare surviving fragment of Benjamin Brodsky’s ambitious ten-reel travelogue, filmed across China in the mid-1910s and original...

The Way of Tea: How It Became More Than Just a Drink in Ancient China and Japan

From the tea banquets of ancient China to the minimalist ceremonies of Japan, the 'Way of Tea' has evolved into far more than a cultural tradition

What’s Driving Anti-Qing Sentiment in Contemporary China?

A patriotic film backfired because a growing number of Han Chinese don’t see the Manchu-origin Qing dynasty as a part of their history.

Ancient China laws punished men for crying; people with messy handwriting forced to drink ink

Ancient China’s legal system was never only about crime and punishment. It was also a mechanism of imperial control, used to protect the throne, discipline officials and regulate s...

Food, folklore, tradition: Chinese culture takes center stage in Canfield

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society is shining a spotlight on the cultures that helped shape the community.

Eat idol’s poems: inside the wild, ancient history of Chinese fan culture

China’s fandom culture predates today’s pop idols and live-streaming celebrities by millennia. In ancient times, fame was cultivated in the streets, restaurants, and poetry circles...

The Rise of “New Chinese–Style” Theme Parks: From Cultural Roots to a New Narrative in China’s Cultural Tourism

China’s new Chinese-style theme parks are transforming the tourism industry by turning cultural heritage and film IP into immersive, participatory experiences that redefine how vis...

Hanfu Photo Tourism: The Viral Formula Powering China’s Cultural Travel Boom

In China’s ancient capitals, dressing up in traditional Hanfu for photos isn’t just a trend—it’s boosting local economies and bringing cultures together.

Ancient China elites used water fans, ice to cool down in summer; folks had bamboo pillows

In ancient China, summer heat could be deadly long before the advent of air conditioning. To survive it, people resorted to remedies ranging from imperial ice sculptures and water-...

Women sumo wrestling was popular pastime in ancient China until rise of Confucian ethics

In ancient China, women’s sumo was a popular form of entertainment in which participants wore minimal clothing that exposed their arms, backs, navels and lower abdomens, drawing si...

How tofu evolved from an accidental discovery to one of China’s most prized culinary symbols

In China, few foods are as modest yet culturally resonant as tofu. Its origins are most often traced to Liu An, the King of Huainan during the Western Han dynasty (206 BC – AD 9),...

The Christian Church in mainland China since 1949

The history of the Christian Church in mainland China since 1949 is a story characterised by times of dramatic upheaval, near destruction and martyrdom, and unexpected revival.

A Tang spring that survived an emperor’s flight

A visitor standing before The Court Lady Guoguo’s Spring Outing does not first see history. They see movement. There is no palace. No riverbank. No flowering tree. No painted sprin...

7,000-year history of China stilted houses celebrates human ingenuity, offers insights

With sturdy wooden columns supporting a wide walkway that leads into a living space, stilted houses – known as ganlan in Chinese – represent a quintessential element of East Asian...

From Confucius to Tsinghua: Trump invokes history to anchor China-US future

Against the backdrop of ceremonial grandeur at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday, US President Donald Trump leaned on centuries of shared history to set the stage for the fu...

How China Became the First Airtight Empire

Beijing rewrote two slogans before it sealed the country – once to rewrite history, once to prewrite the future.

Centuries ahead of Wall Street: how China’s Song dynasty pioneered global fiat currency

At least gold glitters. Long before the first paper banknotes fluttered through the financial houses of Europe, the bustling markets of 11th century China birthed an unprecedented...

2 notable women in ancient China broke barriers, made major contributions to medicine, science

In ancient China, women were largely denied formal education and confined to the roles of dutiful wives and mothers. Against this restrictive social order, two women pushed beyond...