All about China: culture, traditions, history, geography and language. An indispendible guide to everything Chinese.| www.chinasage.info
Guide to Chinese art symbols and motifs| www.chinasage.info
Symbolism of flowers and fruit in Chinese art with entries for peonies, persimmons, plums, apricots, lotuses and many others| www.chinasage.info
Symbolic meaning of colors in Chinese art| www.chinasage.info
A guide to the symbolic meaning of birds in Chinese artwork including pheasants, peacocks, orioles, cranes and owls| www.chinasage.info
Wide range of miscellaneous objects in Chinese Art Symbolism| www.chinasage.info
Shanxi province set in the mountains on the bend of the Yellow River| www.chinasage.info
Ancient Chinese province of Shaanxi with capital Xi'an - the former capital of all China Chang'an - and the Terracotta Warriors| www.chinasage.info
Hunan province in Central China; famous as the birthplace of Mao Zedong| www.chinasage.info
Development of porcelain and other ceramics in China| www.chinasage.info
History of Chinese music and traditional instruments| www.chinasage.info
Traditional and moden Chinese weights and measures for distance, weight, area and volume. Free converter for all imperial, metric, and Chinese units| www.chinasage.info
The Chinese mythical creatures: Dragon, Phoenix, Qilin, Bixi, Pixiu and Xiezhi| www.chinasage.info
All the Chinese numbers from 0 to 100 million| www.chinasage.info
The origins and history of the Chinese characters| www.chinasage.info
How bamboo is grown and used in China: building, food, baskets, furniture, paper| www.chinasage.info
Thanks to the generous donations from Chinasage's Patreon ➚ sponsors we've just added quality photographs to many of our pages. Although you can get images of all sorts of thing for free you do still have to pay for quality, particularly for specialist subjects. This time we have used 123rf for the new images who claim to have 200 million images to choose from. It takes a long time to make a choice and then they all need editing for usage, tagging and finally putting on the appropriate plac...| China sage Updates
Traditional Chinese painting: development, styles and principal artists| www.chinasage.info
We've re-engineered our popular I-Ching (Yi Jing) online free fortune telling page. It now works much faster with a refreshed user interface. This online implementation is unique in that it uses the Yarrow stick method of divination rather than coin tosses, so is far more authentic. When you make the consultation the choice is dependent on where you click the mouse - it is not random.| China sage Updates
All about China: culture, traditions, history, geography and language. An indispendible guide to everything Chinese.| www.chinasage.info
Survey of Chinese literature including summaries of the top classic novels| www.chinasage.info
The role of the British in 19th century China is normally seen as one of exploitation. In the case of General Gordon this does not seem quite accurate. Gordon worked as a mercenary for the Qing forces against the Taiping rebels and earned a lot of respect from Li Hongzhang and other Chinese leaders. His exploits earned him the name ‘Chinese Gordon’ in Britain long before he became the doomed hero of Khartoum fame. Major Gen. Chas. George Gordon engraved by J.J. Cade, New York. c.1900. Ima...| China sage Updates
Western Zhou dynasty 1100-770BCE| www.chinasage.info
The Dao De Jing (or Tao Te Ching using the old spelling) is a much loved Chinese classic. It is written as a series of short, individual thoughts and contemplations of our place in the world. It follows the Daoist (Taoist) philosophical tradition and although it is over 2,500 years old it still has a message for us today. We have added a brief introduction to this ancient classic as part of our coverage of Chinese culture. A seal by Gian Jinlun (1888-1950) which uses text from the Dao de Jing...| China sage Updates
The conflict between the UK and China in the mid 19th century had its origin in the failed embassies sent by Britain to negotiate trade deals. The Chinese were not interested in British goods and Britain refused to acknowledge China as a superior nation. Unlike all other European nations Macartney refused to perform the full obeisance (kowtow) before the Emperor. The Chinese were affronted and the British were sent packing. It was a clash of civilizations and national pride that led ultimatel...| China sage Updates
Chinese Song Dynasty 960 - 1279; A period of incresaing prosperity and achievement in many spheres. China is eventually invaded from the north by the Mongols| www.chinasage.info
Gods and goddesses in Chinese popular folk tradition, a guide to the pantheon of Chinese deities and legendary heroes| www.chinasage.info
Running a web site like this is a continuous process. Just when you think you've got the content looking good either the technology or the search algorithms change. We try to design the pages to work well with smartphones but these continue to develop with new features. In this latest set of changes we’ve made better use of the new HTML5 tags such as ‘aside’, ‘section’, ‘figcaption’ and ‘footer’. This helps browsers and Google work out what bits of a web page are important a...| China sage Updates
The magnificent Ming tombs of Chinese emperors near Beijing| www.chinasage.info
Jade - the ultimate treasure of China, ancient origin and sculpting| www.chinasage.info
The coronavirus outbreak in Hubei province China in spring 2020. History, symptoms and statistics with daily updates| www.chinasage.info
Animal Symbolism in Chinese art: including lions, dragons, unicorns, bees, rabbits, pigs, toads and turtles| www.chinasage.info