“I have loved folk culture ... ancient Chinese belief systems such as Confucianism and Taoism, that have been used to mark festivals and celebrate local deities for hundreds of years. But these ...

A well equipped send-off is just the beginning: ritual feasting - holding banquets with and for the ancestors - has been for centuries a part of Chinese life. "The primary and most ancient ...

The city’s history stretches far beyond its most well-known landmarks, offering a fascinating glimpse into the early development of Chinese culture, politics, and art. Xi’an is most famous for ...

And there’s plenty of history to unpack ... The use of dragons in Chinese art goes back as far as the Chinese civilization itself. Depictions of this creature can be found in practically ...

A unique Chinese ritual called Fan Cichuang, which literally means “rolling across thorny beds,” sees half-naked participants rolling across beds made of thorny branches, has captured ...

China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed the use of silk in sacrificial rituals ... of the ancient Shu civilization in ...

"Contemporary art, including animation ... by the Majiayao culture, an ancient Chinese civilization dating back more than 5,000 years, as well as ritual vessels from the Shang Dynasty.