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Known for his deep engagement with Chinese literature, German sinologist Martin Woesler recently made his first visit to the ...
Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new ...
The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...
One ancient mural, "Two Bodhisattvas Burning Ritual Incense," originally adorned a wall of Cisheng Temple in Wenxian county, central China's Henan Province. Stolen and trafficked abroad during the ...
The parts of the manuscript returning to China are Wuxing Ling and Gongshou Zhan, known by scholars as Volumes II and III.
In 2018, construction work on a road in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China, led to an unexpected ...
To start with Chinese knotting, you need a few basic tools: cords made of silk or nylon, a pair of scissors, and sometimes ...
Other protective rituals include placing bundles of mugwort and calamus above doorways. Mugwort and calamus serve both ...
During a recently-held event featuring martial arts, Zhang Daojin, the seventh-generation inheritor of the Six-harmony Mantis Boxing, left audience in awe with the charm of eastern martial arts at the ...
In 'Resurrection,' Chinese director Bi Gan creates a phantasmagoric head-trip that follows a dreamer through five stories ...
Wuxing Ling consists of lunar month illustrations paired with explanatory texts, recording seasonal taboos and auspicious practices throughout the year.