Shenzhen Museum #2 – Folk Culture 深圳民俗文化
Every place has its own folk culture and customs. No difference in Shenzhen. Over the course of history when differentContinue Reading
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Shenzhen Museum #1 – Ancient Shenzhen 古代深圳 (221 BC – 1839 AD)
Today’s Deng Xiaoping 邓小平‘s birthday (22 Aug 1904). To commemorate this great person, I have compiled a 4-parts series ofContinue Reading
Mount Emei 峨眉山
When you mention Mount Emei to any Wuxia aficionado, images of Emei Sect and its high skilled female pugilists andContinue Reading
Yantai Hokkien Huaykuan 福建会馆
The Chinese Diaspora around the world built clan associations 宗亲会 and guildhall 会馆 to help with their clansmen that hadContinue Reading
Du Fu – The Man and His Works
One of the greatest poet in the history of mankind, Du Fu 杜甫’s fame is up there with the likesContinue Reading
Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage #4 : The Flower Path 花径
From the South Entrance of Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum 成都杜甫草堂博物馆 (“The Cottage”), there are series of exhibition halls andContinue Reading
Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage #3 : Tang Ruins Museum 唐代遗址
In the first blogpost of the series, we visited a replica of the thatched cottage. Today we examine a realContinue Reading
Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage #2 : The Main Entrance 正门中轴线
Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum 成都杜甫草堂博物馆 is the official name of the park that included the former site ofContinue Reading
Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage #1 : The Cottage 杜甫草堂
If you have studied Chinese literature in school, you would have memorised poems by Du Fu 杜甫. Even though heContinue Reading
Chengdu Dujiangyan : How it works
Dujiangyan, or Dujiang Weir, refers to an ancient irrigation and flood-control system in Dujiangyan City in Sichuan Province, which isContinue Reading
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