Tag: Zhou Dynasty
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...
The Lantern Festival in Chinese History: Ritual Origins, Imperial Celebrations, and Folk Traditions from
The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This year it lands on March...
China’s Classic of Poetry : An Ancient Work Advocating Virtue and Morality
The Classic of Poetry (詩經 Shijing) is China's first collection of poems. Initially called "Poetry" or...
‘Men Respectful, Women Humble’: The Truth About a Traditional Chinese Idiom
A much-maligned ancient Chinese saying, nan zun nü bei (男尊女卑), is often taken to mean “male superior,...