China is famous for its food culture. From fine cuisine like Dongpo pork to grassroots hotpot and from table manners to tableware production, there are many stories waiting for us to find out about.Hotpot Chinese people had hotpot as early as the Shang Dynasty (c.16th century–11th century ...
Cheung Po Tsai Cave is believed to be the place where a famous 19th-century pirate (Cheung Po Tsai) stored the loot that he and his men had plundered. Legend has it that Cheung Po Tsai had about 2,000 men and 600 junks under his command. From this location, you'll have an excellent...
Until the 19th century this city acted as a major trade exchange center for salt, rice and silk. The Mings (1368-1644) are largely responsible for building the city as it now stands and surrounding it with 9 km of walls.6. It was the capital of the Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang ...
* (soap opera) Popularized in the 1950s, when soap operas were often billed as "continuing stories", the term "story" to describe a soap opera fell into disuse by the 21st century and is now used chiefly among older people and in rural areas. Other English-speaking countries used the te...
It was called Hancheng during the Warring States Period.Until the 19th century this city acted as a major trade exchange center for salt, rice and silk. The Mings (1368-1644) are largely responsible for building the city as it now stands and surrounding it with 9 km of walls.6. It was...
During the 20th century accordion spread abroad and replaced traditional instruments at home. It was not only used for "easy dance music" but also during the revolutions in 1848 and in 1871 (Germany). Beside its use in popular music it has been very dominant in polka, folk and country. Th...
Continuing this trend at the turn of the century, Jane Bentinck, countess of Portland, was maid of honour to Mary II and later married Bentinck, earl of Portland, drawing her deeper into court circles that facilitated her appointment as royal governess to George I’s three eldest grand-...
Whilst it is widely regarded that the genesis of what ultimately became tai chi chuan originated in Wudang Mountains, the first, original style of tai chi chuan originated in Chenjiagou Village, in Henan Province, in the 17thcentury by Chen Wangting. ...
The Dutch Golden Age was a period of enormous prosperity experienced in the Dutch Republic. It was characterized by the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie that spurred the rise of the major cities and ports by increasing trade in the 17th century....
A 7.8 Million square foot city, the Forbidden City – home to 24 emperors was built by the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century. Building such a massive palace and city calls for many different ideas to build such city. This may consist of the symmetry of the city, as well as the strategi...