The City of Hibiscus is another name for the city of Chengdu in China.it is the provincial capital of Sichuan Province. Located in the western Sichuan Basin, the eastern part of the Chengdu Plain. An average of about 500 meters above sea level, is a beautiful scenery, climate of the city, but also one with more than two thousand years of history and cultural city.[Read more]

Sichuan teahouses have a long history and are found throughout the cities and around the countryside. Elegant and yet comfortable bamboo armchairs and exquisite tea sets reflect the rich local culture. Many tea houses are set alongside flowing ,creams or ancient bridges, offering shade for a weary traveler. They also offer a glimpse of the famed Sichuan characteristics of humor, openness, and hospitality.[Read more]

It is a Chinese custom to treat guests with tea. However, people in east Guangdong and south Fujian have a special way of preparing tea, called gongfu tea.[Read more]

Owing to their wisdom, diligence and creativity, from ancient time to present, Chengdu people have been creating uncountable First in the fields of economy, science and technology, and on human culture, which include First in Sichuan, First in China and First in the world. [Read more]

With its long history of over 2,300 years, Chengdu was proclaimed one of the 24 cultural and historical cities by the State Council at the first batch. [Read more]

Dunhuang painted sculpture is an important part of Dunhuang grotto art. It is the painted sculpture with Chinese characteristics that was founded on the hundreds of years of the sculpture art of China plus the absorption and integration of the essence of foreign art.[Read more]

Refers to the existence of the murals of Dunhuang Grottoes in Dunhuang mural paintings. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang murals, including the West Thousand-Buddha Grottoes, Anxi Yulin Grottoes total of 552 caves, ancient frescoes have more than 50,000 square meters, is the worlds largest grotto murals group, the content is very rich.[Read more]

A bevy of young girls dance to a featuring show at the ongoing Cultural and Art Festival of King Bamboo of the Yelang State, a traditional folk festival among indigenous ethnic Miao people who claim themselves as offspring of the ancient King of the Yelang State dated back to over 2,000 years, at Zhenning County, southwest Chinas Guizhou Province.[Read more]

Chefs make Rouyan, a folk snack of Fuzhou, in front of visitors in a folk snack fair and exposition held in east Chinas Shanghai, March 7, 2009. Some 108 types of folk snacks from all over China were brought here to promote the Chinese traditional culture.[Read more]

Embroidery belongs to one of Chinas exquisite traditional craftworks and enjoys a history of more than 2000 years. Embroidery made in the Pearl River Delta around Guangzhou in south China is called Guang (Guangdong) embroidery, which could date back to 805 of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).[Read more]