Monthly Archives: March 2009
Hangzhou and Xihu
As an old Chinese saying says: "While there is heaven up above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou down here." It is not difficulty to image how beautiful Hangzhou is when compared to heaven. As the capital city of Zhejiang province, Hangzhou is not only a city of over 2200 years old since being set up [...]
Fengshui
Fengshui (Feng means wind and shui , wanter) is an ancient art relating to the law and the order of the universe , and the power of nature. It was first developed some 6000 years ago. It’s a system based on the elements of astronomy, astrology, geology, physics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology and intuition. What Fengshui [...]
Artist Chang Da-chien
Chang Da-chien (1899-1983), original name Chang Zheng-quan, was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. He was born into a family of artists in Sichuan, China. In his age of eighteen, he studied painting and textile dyeing techniques in Kyoto, Japan with his elder brother. After returning, he suffered [...]
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