Tanya Harrison

Many Chinese will be visiting the tombs of their ancestors on April 5 to pay their respects, as ...

There are many talented and famous people among those born in the Year of the Monkey.

Chinese New Year 2016 falls on Feb. 8, marking the auspicious beginning of the Year of the Monkey.

Xun Shuang wrote about traditional values and etiquette during the Han Dynasty, quoting the classics in hopes of ...

In regard to Chinese New Year decorations, one of the most important is the antithetical couplet posted in ...

This year, Feb. 19 marks the beginning of the Year of the Goat, from which we will enter ...

A long time ago, there was a chess master named Yi Qiu (弈秋). He was famous for being ...

During the Warring States period (475–221 B.C.), there was a weapons merchant in the state of Chu who ...

By the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (A.D. 317–420), most affairs of state were entrusted to eunuchs ...

On a recent visit to the Shenandoah Valley, I took the opportunity to visit the Joshua Wilton House ...

Sima Qian (司馬遷) was born around 145 B.C. during the Han Dynasty (漢朝) (206 B.C.–A.D. 220). He is ...

The Chinese idiom 舉棋不定 (jǔ qí bù dìng) translates as "lift up a chess piece and hesitate about ...

 During the Eastern Han period (A.D. 25–220), Xun Shu served as a local governor of the state of ...

When Wen was young, he was especially fond of painting bamboo.

Mid-Autumn day has always been a time for Chinese poets to express their deeper feeling and thoughts, as ...

Zhongqiu Jie (中秋節), also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is an important occasion for family members to get ...

Along with Li Bai, Du Fu (712–770 A.D.) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty.

On Sept. 8, Chinese people around the world will celebrate the Zhongqiu Jie (中秋節), also known as the ...

Around 1766 B.C., the last ruler of the Xia Dynasty was extremely tyrannical and dissolute. This created great ...

The Qi Xi Festival (七夕節, qī xī jié) is an important traditional festival in China. Literal to the ...

April 20 is UN Chinese Language Day. Here's a look at the fantastic tale of the language's origins ...

The Qīngmíng Festival (清明), also referred to as Pure Bright Day or Tomb-Sweeping Day, is another important traditional ...

The Lantern Festival is one of the most important of five traditional festivals in China. Always on the ...

I attempted my first Ba Bao Fan (八寶飯), or Eight-Treasure Rice Pudding, many years ago. I made it ...

In Chinese culture, 馬 (mǎ), or horse, is an auspicious and beloved animal associated with many positive things. ...

Stories about the Three Kingdoms period are so popular that, for hundreds of years, the characters and their ...

Guan Zhong was a great prime minister in Chinese history, producing the first book on legalism.