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21. "Set Cloud-white Sails and Cross the Surging Seas"
THE image of a magnificent fleet setting sail on a voyage of good will is as heart-stirring now as it was 600 years ago.It was in the year 1405 that more than 200 ships got into formation, white
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2005 Issue 7 PDF HTML
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22. The Rise and Rise of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain
CHINESE blue and white porcelain stole the show at the 2003 Doyle New York auction. Lot 74, a Yuan Dynasty cloud and dragon design "pilgrim" flask, 37.7 cm-tall, mended at the mouth and cracked on
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2005 Issue 8 PDF HTML
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23. Rise and Fall of the Grand Canal
SERIOUS water shortages in Beijing, Tianjin and northern China generally are the impetus behind the ambitious South-to-North Water Diversion Project, whose aim is to divert water from the Yangtze
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2005 Issue 10 PDF HTML
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24. Heroic, Historic, Operatic Yang Generals
THE patriotic deeds of valor by the Yang family of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) are recorded in China's history, distilled in its folklore and refined in Peking Opera.Having been celebrated
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2006 Issue 2 PDF HTML
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25. Chinese Sword Culture
THE sword first appeared in China during the early age of cold weaponry, but its use in close-quarters combat was relatively short. By the early third century it had departed the battlefield and
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2006 Issue 6 PDF HTML
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26. Laozi and His Legacy
THE Hangu Pass, 15 kilometers north of Lingbao City in Henan Province, was one of China's earliest military fortifications. It guarded the sole path, through deep gorges flanked by steep mountains,
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2006 Issue 10 PDF HTML
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27. Tales from the Yin Ruins
THE Yin Ruins mark what was once the magnificent capital of the ancient Shang Dynasty (14th-11th centuries B.C.) that changed its name after moving to Yin. The city, along with the history of the
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2006 Issue 11 PDF HTML
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28. Supreme Mount Tai
MOUNTAINS have been a prominent motif in the progress of Chinese civilization. They traditionally represent divinity and are believe to exist - both in the spiritual and physical sense - on Earth, in
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2007 Issue 4 PDF HTML
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29. The Emperor and the Concubine
TANG women were the most fortunate of all in China's feudal history. They lived in a period of unprecedented economic prosperity, cultural and artistic diversity and, most significantly, gender
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2007 Issue 5 PDF HTML
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30. Yungang Grottoes and Buddhist Restoration
IT was in the year 453 that the monk Tan Yao hurried to Pingcheng (present-day Datong in Shanxi Province) through the barren Loess Plateau of northern Shanxi. He had been summoned by the newly
Author: HUO JIANYING Year 2007 Issue 6 PDF HTML