Last time we introduced Hiking by Du Mu who articulated his love for autumn through the livelihood in the maple forest. This time we will introduce Autumn Words by Liu Yuxi. Like Du, Liu’s autumn is full

DU Mu wrote this poem to reflect his love of the maple forest when he went hiking on one autumn day. Often poems about spring and autumn are quite sad, but the different elements described in this poem

The Background 創作背景 Wang was a scholar in the Tang dynasty and passed the Imperial exams at a very young age. He went on to become an official for the Emperor, but then lost his job when he was set up

Hi everyone! September has arrived. With students returning back to school, that signals the end of the summer, and life has returned back to normal for everyone. For the Chinese, September has a special

Hi everyone! September has arrived. With students returning back to school, that signals the end of the summer, and life has returned back to normal for everyone. For the Chinese, September has a special

Last week was the 7th day of the 7th month on the lunar calendar and this is the Chinese Valentine's Day. How did everyone spend this day? Did you spend it with your loved one, having a romantic dinner,

Hello everyone! A few weeks ago we reviewed a few of our early Tang poems in case you missed them when we first started our project. This week, we will review the next three poems.

Within the many Tang poems, there is a handful that will always stand the test of time, the foremost one being Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai. If we were to choose the second one, that would probably be

Time flies! We can’t believe it’s been 3 months since we started CCP (Chinese Culture Project). During these 3 months we’ve introduced 13 Tang poems, written and performed 13 songs, and made 13 drawings

Have you ever come across villains in life before? A member of our CCP team was very unfortunate and was even scammed quite a large sum of money. You can always rely on kind hearted peoole in life, but

Hi everyone, did you all enjoy the World Cup this past month, and how did your favourite team do? France lifted the trophy with a thrilling 4-1 win in the end so a massive congratulations to them. Before

If you’ve been following us since we started, have you noticed out of all the Tang poems we’ve introduced, what’s often featured? The answer is landscape. The poets from the old days were all an emotional

Hi there everyone!! As part of the World Cup games, you may have noticed that we've introduced two Tang poems about football recently. If you've missed them, don't worry, you can check it out below:

In the northern hemisphere we’re in the middle of summer right now. In summer we often get a lot of rain, , followed by the sounds of cicadas singing. It doesn’t matter whether the sun is high in the sky,

Hi there! We’re more than half way through the group stages of the World Cup already, how did your team do? Were there any surprises for you? For me, I was surprised by the outcome of a few of the matches.

It’s been a week since the World Cup started, how are you doing with the predictions? I’ve haven’t done well at all, so went for a walk in the garden as they say beautiful flowers can make you happier.

Hey everyone! After a long four year wait, it’s kick off time at last!! Don’t know what we’re talking about? The World Cup of course!!! As an avid football supporter, apart from knowing the teams we should

Hi everyone, CCP are back again. How did you like the poem we introduced last week? Did that make you sad or bring back any unhappy memories? This week we're still staying on the river, but a different

Hi everyone! We’re back again! If you’re a nomad writing on Steemit, do you think about home and past memories often? When you’re alone in front of your laptop, beer in hand, does the loneliness sometimes

The famous Chinese kung fu fantasy author GU Lung once said “There are some in this world who live in their memories. This may not be ideal but is forgivable because their past is so deeply embedded in