The earliest ice skates in ancient China were primarily crafted from horse shinbones. Over time, wooden ice skates emerged, ...

Gu Kaizhi, who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries, is recognized as a consummate figure in art and literature, setting high standards for narrative painting... Ancient Chinese genre painting as a ...

Latte art has got nothing on the ancient Chinese ... quickly and [has been] passed down since the time of the Song dynasty. "Chinese tea drinking culture has focused more on brewing from loose ...

Produced by the China Oriental Performing Arts Group, the performance took place at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York during six shows from Jan 10 to 12, after stops in Los ...

The imperial tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), the Song Mausoleums, are in western Gongxian County, Henan Province. Except for Emperor Hui Zong, named Zhao Ji (1082-1135), and Qin ...

Meanwhile the Song Dynasty reunified China in 960, fifty years after the collapse of the Tang Dynasty ... Third, although Buddhism inspired some of their art works (which were often produced by ...

The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an international society committed to the encouragement of the study of Chinese—as well as Jürchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol—history, ...