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Fun With Chinese Characters: IV

Have fun learning Chinese with our new activity worksheets.Prepared especially for...

Series: Fun With Chinese Characters

Have fun learning Chinese with our new activity worksheets.

Prepared especially...

The Cold Cave: A Tale of Devotion

The ultimate tale of a young woman's perseverance and endurance...

The Good, the Bad, and the “Crazy”

In China’s long history, one official stands out for his wickedness. Meet...

A Contemporary Tale of Faith and No Regret

This story, from Shen Yun’s 2011 No Regret, is based not on the tale of a...

Hu or Court Tablet

What are those stick-like objects that court officials sometimes hold in Shen...

An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Culture

In traditional Chinese culture, the connection to the divine was understood in every...

Misconception 3: Not Seeing Beyond the Superficial

As an example of needing to see past the superficial aspects of Chinese culture, when...

Misconception 4: Ancient China was Backwards and Oppressive

Even though ancient Chinese society never formed a constitution, Confucian ideology...

Misconception 5: Traditional Culture Made China’s Science Lag

Looking from the 21st century back at ancient China, it may seem that society was...

The Great General Yue Fei

Yue Fei is one of China’s most celebrated generals. Born at the end of the...

Mulan

Hua Mulan is the heroine of a popular Chinese legend in which a woman disguises herself...

The Great General Han Xin

Han Xin was one of China’s most outstanding military strategists, famous for...

A Vanished Dream

This legend from the early Tang dynasty tells of a young scholar named Lu Sheng who...

Shen Yun Song Texts

Shen Yun Lyrics

Bearing

Bearing is the translation of a specific Chinese term that can best be described as a...

Form

Form refers to the techniques and methods expressed externally, including the hundreds...

Technical Skill

Technical skill in classical Chinese dance refers to a series of highly difficult...