Written by Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644),The Peony Paviliontells the story of the romance between Du Liniang, a daughter of a wealthy official, and Liu Mengmei, a talented but poor young scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). With its fervent r...
TeaoriginatedinChinaovertwothousandyearsago.Today,thecountryownsover2,000varietiesoftea,differingintaste,sweetandpurpose.Someteas,suchasHuangShan,refreshthesenseoftastewiththeirspecialflavor,whileothers,suchasspicychai,areaddedwithspices(香料).ChinafirststartedexportingteaduringtheMingdynasty(1368—1644),andthedri...
Guangdong has also taken up an important position in China's modern history. Many important historic events took place in Guangdong, such as the Opium Wars (1840s), Taiping Rebellion, the 100-Day Reform Movement (1898), the Xinhai (1911) Revolution, the Northern Expedition, Neo-Nationalist Mo...
the Chinese name for hotpot.was mentioned by Yuan Mei, poet and foodie in the Qing Dynasty (1644~1911). in a book about all kinds of food. At that time.hotpot was very popular. People put all kinds of meat and vegetables into pots made of different materials, such as copper(铜) and...
Keyuan Garden is known as one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Small in size, the museum features a series of ancient classical buildings, such as pavilions, pools, halls, and bridges. Location: No. 32, Keyuan Road, Guancheng District, Dongguan ...
Koxinga was not a modern Chinese Nationalist, protesting against the rule of the Communists in China; he was a defender of the claims of the native Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) against the rule of the Manchu Ch’ing Dynasty (1644-1911). The time was not 1949, but almost three hundre...
As Chinese rulers 'behind the screens', the Dowager Empress Ci Xi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and the present 'Supreme Helmsman', Deng Xiaoping, seem to be poles apart. Ci Xi has gone down in Chinese history as a notorious conservative, while Deng retains a certain reputation for ...
英译汉:The Forbidden City in the heart of Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial palace .It built in 1406 and was completed 14 years later,having a history so far of some 580 years.Twenty-four emperors from the Ming and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties lived and ruled China from ...
In 1644, the Puritans outlawed Maypoles in England, with the Long Parliament’s ordinance damning them as ‘a Heathenish vanity, generally abused tosuperstitionand wickedness’. Ecstasy ‘Ecstasy’ [ex stasis] literally means ‘to be or stand outside oneself’. It is a trance-like state in...
In 1644, Oliver Cromwell banned pies, declaring them an evil source of pleasure. Pumpkins weren’t always a thing Pumpkin pies only became a thing after 1623, when they were introduced at the pilgrim’s second Thanksgiving. The crust had a deadly name In the 12th century, crusts of the ...