The lonely Chang’e in the Moon Palace missed the human world. She walked out of the moon and peered at the earth. The moral is that human beings think the life in heaven is better,...
Liu Rushi was a poet in the late Ming Dynasty, who is considered one of the four gifted female scholars of ancient China. Liu Rushi (AD 1618-1664) was a talented woman of the Mi...
Ci refers to the poetry, which originated in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) but was more fully developed in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). This type of poetry is written to certain melod...
A lute is a stringed instrument, which is plucked on a fretted fingerboard. This painting portrays the beautiful Ying Niang playing the lute on the ancient Silk Road. This is taken...
Tang wan was poor in childhood and famous for her poems. She and her cousin Lu You, the famous poet in Tang Dynasty, were innocent childhood friends. After their marriage they live...