Beijing Your Way

Construction of the Beijing Time Museum near began late last week, at the crossroads of Gulou Dongdajie and Di’anmenwai Dajie, about 20 meters southeast of the Drum Tower, finally announcing the previously proposed plan for a massive redevelopment of the ancient Gulou Drum Tower area-“Time Cultural City” to an end.   Spokesman of the Beijing [...]

On Nov, 16th, the Peking opera, along with acupuncture, was included on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) list.   The Peking opera is a national treasure with 200-year history.   Now the Peking opera exhibition show is ongoing until Jan 20, 2011, which is started from Dec 2.   There will be 45 selected Peking operas, [...]

Shi Tiesheng (史铁生) (1951- ) is a Chinese novelist, known for his story which was the basis of the film Life on a String. The first thing anyone says about Shi Tiesheng is that he is disabled — he lost the use of his legs following an accident at 21, now has kidney disease and [...]

Confucius is a famous person who was a great educationalist, ideologist and the founder of Confucianism and private schools in China. In recent years, his thought is renowned in China and his great ideas have been accepted by many people all over the world.  Living in the State of Lu (Qufu City in Shandong Province) [...]

Lvda Gun, also known as bean flour cake. According to Beijing old customs, every Lunar New Year in February, with a total buy-point Lvda Gun taste. Lvda Gun, there are two, one is steamed yellow rice (or glutinous rice) stained with fried dough, roll into the soy surface film, roll on the bean pie cut [...]

The diabolo which is also called the Chinese yo-yo in China,is one of the traditional sports. Chinese yo-yos have a long thin axle, with disc-shaped wheels, and it also comes in different colors, sizes, and weights. The play of the diabolo is especially popular in Beijing and you can find some people playing it every [...]

Maybe on hearing the name “Honglou or the Red Building ”, you will think of the famous novel The Dream of the Red Chamber, but the Honglou I mentioned here has little to do with the novel. It is about two famous revolutionaries who were famous to all the Chinese.  Honglou, the former site of [...]

Beijing was the capital city for the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Except for the Ming Dynasty, all the rulers of these dynasties were from northern nomadic tribes. As a big city with a long and rich history, Beijing has a variety of methods to make food. There is something special for Beijingers [...]

Ivory carving is the carving of ivory, that is to say animal tooth or tusk, by using sharp cutting tools, either mechanically or manually. The ancient craft has now virtually ceased, as since cites it is illegal under most circumstances all over the world. It was said that ivory objects dated back to 3,000 years [...]

Beijing is a city with a long history. People cannot discribe its history with just thousands of words, especially for those who want to study its history. But we can just get a glimpse of Beijing’s history for knowing a bit more about it. Some half a million years ago, Peking man lived in Zhoukoudian, [...]