Learn about Chinese culture
Chinese culture is a rich collection of traditions from its history. Here we share stories about these cultural traditions to build bridges to people of other cultures.
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Chinese Festivals
(中国的节日) Reading Time: 6 minutes Festivals, deeply embedded in Chinese history and traditions, are key parts of Chinese culture. They are not only markers of the
Chinese—a Living Language
(活生生的中文字) Reading Time: 6 minutes Chinese is spoken by over a billion people, primarily in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and diaspora communities
Enlightenment from the Dao
(“道” 的启示) Reading Time: 5 minutes Daoism (道家), together with Confucianism (儒家), is one of the two main indigenous philosophical traditions of China. The focus of
Dunhuang—the Crown Jewel of Buddhist Art
(佛教艺术的宝库—敦煌) Reading Time: 6 minutes From the 4th to 14th centuries CE, the city of Dunhuang (敦煌), in northwest China, was a key intersection in the
Flavors of the Chinese Silk Road
(丝路上的美食) Reading Time: 5 minutes The ancient Silk Road—a network of routes that connected China to the Central Asia and finally Europe—started from Chang’an (长安), the
Following the Footsteps of Xuanzang
(玄奘的足迹) Reading Time: 4 minutes Buddhism had taken root in China since its introduction to the country from India in the first century CE. In 629,