Tag: Chinese folklore
Why Do Guangdong People Bury Their Dragon Boats After the Dragon Boat Festival?
The river-filled regions of Guangdong have maintained the tradition of Dragon Boat Festival races for...
What Does ‘Duanwu’ Mean? The Ancient Traditions Behind the Dragon Boat Festival
China has three major traditional festivals. Do you know which three they are? They are the Duanwu Festival...
The Daylily’s 2,500-Year Journey: How China Turned a Poet’s Flower into a Kitchen Staple
The Chinese idiom "huánghuācài dōu liáng le," literally "even the daylily dish has gone cold," is a northern...
China’s Five Sacred Creatures and What They Actually Meant
The dragon: lord of transformation, emblem of imperial power The Shuowen Jiezi, the Han dynasty's...
Fan Li: The Statesman Who Saved a Kingdom
By Xiaofan Jia Across the five centuries of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, China...
A Divine Dream and a Doomed Official: The Prophecy of Li Ruoshui Before the Fall of the Northern Song
Li Ruoshui, originally named Ruobing and courtesy name Qingqing, was a high-ranking official during the...
Beijing’s Dark Ritual? Predictions of Unrest in December Raise Fears of Major Turmoil
Fresh allegations surrounding the mysterious death of actor Yu Menglong continue to circulate online...