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Traditional Chinese art and its connection with the divine
Introduction For centuries China has been known as the strongest and most powerful region in East Asia. Not only in terms of its military might but also as a source of culture, technology, trade, and of course art. China is a land where the divine and the mortal coexisted during its history. ...
Tang Dynasty: The Golden Years of Traditional China
Thirteen dynasties forged the foundations of traditional Chinese culture between 2070 BC and 1912 AD. Each of them had its unique imprint and contributed with greater or lesser intensity in various areas to shape the greatness of China's traditional civilization. In ancient times, when the concept of "nation" was unknown, the ...
The 13 dynasties that forged the foundations of traditional Chinese culture
With more than 5,000 years of history, the Chinese civilization is the oldest in the world and is still alive and well even though, in the last 70 years, there has been an enormous effort to hide it and leave it in oblivion. The narrative of China's traditional history revolves around ...
Peasant rebellions drive Dynastic changes: The CCP’s great lie about China’s history
China has had a glorious 5000 years of civilization. However, not all Chinese today are aware of the historical truth of their country. Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), history education in the Mainland is a set of Marxist theories on its views, leading the Chinese to ...
The Great Wall: The symbol of greatness in traditional Chinese culture
The Great Wall of China is not just a simple wall that divides a border. In addition to being ranked as one of the most important engineering works in history, the mega structure carries enormous symbolic power over what traditional Chinese culture was all about. The construction of the enormous wall ...
Classical Chinese wood carving art threatened by the Chinese regime
The outstanding artistic expressions in all cultures throughout the ages have left a footprint that characterizes them as classical, the highest level to which the evident exquisiteness with which the artist endowed them raises them and turns them into models worthy of being emulated and preserved. China, in particular, has harbored ...
Spiritual Persecution in Communist China: Tibetan Buddhism withstands more than 70 years of harassment
Since ancient times, the Chinese believed that humanity must harmonize and merge with heaven. They emphasized that the Universe and the Earth march according to rules that follow divine laws imposed by the gods. Many moral-spiritual beliefs have arisen in China, and various religions have developed, with different nuances that always ...
Beyond Shaolin Kung-fu shows, what is authentic traditional Chinese culture?
Nowadays, the words "made in China" have become a stigma of cheap goods, inferior manufacturing, and even defective technology. In ancient times, by contrast, China was the homeland of fine silk, porcelain, jade, and the inventor of paper, printing, and the compass. China's 5,000 years of civilization have produced one ...
French museum cancels art exhibitions in China due to Beijing-Moscow relationship
The Nord administration – the owner of The Matisse Museum in Le Cateau-Cambresis, northern France – announced on Feb. 25 2022 to suspend the exhibitions of paintings by French artist Henry Matisse in Beijing and Shanghai. The decision came “in the context of the geopolitical crisis triggered by Russia's declaration ...
Huge 555-carat black diamond believed to have come from outer space auctioned off
A unique diamond that is valued at around $7 million and which they suggest may have been generated in space is going up for sale next month, Live Science reported. The 555-carat one-of-a-kind black diamond called "Enigma" was unveiled Tuesday by Sotheby's Dubai and will be auctioned on Feb. 3 in ...
‘It’s just sick’: Franklin Graham lashes out at transgender Jesus in play shown in Germany
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association president Franklin Graham lashed out at a play presented by the Bibelhaus Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, that depicts Jesus as a man who identifies as a woman. "Any suggestion that Jesus Christ is transgender is not only false, it’s just sick," declared preacher Graham, son of the ...
A pair of 2,200-year-old golden bronze Buddha statues discovered in China
The recently found pair of 2,200-year-old gold bronze Buddha statues is the oldest of their kind to be discovered in China. The miniature figurines were discovered among a cache of relics found in an ancient tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty. One statue, Buddha Shakyamuni, shows Buddha standing on a platform while ...
Russian geologist analyse 12 million-year-old tracks and suggests vehicles were used before modern humans
Left in the Phrygian Valley of central Turkey were imprinted earth trails that age analysis dictated could have been there from 12 to 14 million years ago. Dr. Alexander Koltypin, a Russian academic, suggested they could have been petrified footprints from ancient vehicles of a long-lost civilization before modern humans. Koltypin is ...
Australian expert tries to solve mystery of ‘lost flight’ in Bermuda Triangle after 75 years
After 75 years, an Australian expert tries to unravel the "lost flight" riddle in the Bermuda Triangle. Researcher Shane Satterley has provided new insight on the mystery of five planes and their whole crew disappearing above the fabled Bermuda Triangle on Dec. 5, 1945. Five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers known as Flight ...
Curiosity leads a British man to discover an 800-square-foot Roman mosaic on his father’s farm
In the summer of 2020, Jim Irvine strolled with his wife and daughters across his father's farm in the county of Rutland in the United Kingdom, leading to the discovery of a sprawling Roman villa complex and a stunning mosaic beneath the soil. "I noticed these bits of pottery, oyster shells, ...
With just a sheet of paper, Japanese artist brings an octopus to ‘real life’
We sometimes can be tricked by our own eyes. This delicate octopus artwork is one among the cases when we may initially mistake it as a drawing before realizing it as a masterpiece of hand-crafted paper artwork. "Wearing" the white outfits, appearing on a black background, the viewers find it hard ...
