http://www.articleheaven.com en-us editorial@articleheaven.com Zhang,Wang,Li,Zhao,Qian,Sun…Everyone has its surname.Well,what’s the origin of surname? Nowadays,most of the Chinese surnames came from thousands of years ago.After researching their history,we know the surnames we have today came from about 12 cat... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_647903_21.html 24th September 2008 Peach blossom is beautiful,the most I have seen are pink.They are so little but quite clean.In the past,every in Spring Festival,lots of peach blossom would be seen.Those beautiful flowers enriched happy atmosphere in festival. When I was very young,I ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_632422_13.html 09th September 2008 In Chinese culture,many people love poetry quite much,so do I.I like Tang poetry quite much.When I read them quietly,I will think a lot of things.It seems that they make me be in a relaxed artistic conception.Experiencing every detail of Tang poetry with ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_628480_13.html 08th September 2008 Shadow puppet play is an antique and traditional art in China.The old Beijing called it Donkey Shadow Puppet.During thousands of years,it gave our ancestors a great amount of happiness.It belongs to puppet play not only,also a kind of genuine craft.Shadow... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_612801_21.html 01st September 2008 As to me,a girl who like interesting little things very much.I have watched a TV play about clay figurine.It is about a man in Guangzhou who are good at making clay figurines with colourful clay.He has lots of works,which include cute animals,beautiful fl... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_610720_13.html 28th August 2008 Early in the 13th century,windmill was invented by a dutchman whose name was Abu•Rola.Holland has the name of King of Windmill.It is the only country whose terrain is lower than sea level.Since it is in lower district,water often accumulate in lots of p... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_608151_13.html 23rd August 2008 Phoenix is a magical bird in Chinese legends.Then it became the spirit of Chinese nation with dragon.However its existence is always a mystery for us.In recent years people found pictures about phoenix in a white earthenware which dug in Gaomiao cultural ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_607124_21.html 22nd August 2008 We can’t get accurate time of the origin for magic.It is said that there was magic since human appeared.Its origin belonged to religion and belief.Ancient people believed Natrue and deities.So sorcerers took advantage of people’s superstition,they mad... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_600220_21.html 15th August 2008 Characters are the marrow of Chinese people.From the legend about Cangjie creating characters to the founding of inscriptions on bones one hundred years ago,experts devoted themselves to the study of Chinese characters. According to antique books,there... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_599173_13.html 14th August 2008 Umbrella can be seen most often in our daily life.It enjoys a history of more than 4000 years.It is said that umbrella was invented by Lu Ban’s wife,whose surname was Yun.Lu Ban,a famous craftsman in Warring state period Lu Country,people called him... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_597709_34.html 13th August 2008 In human thousands of years development,shoes play an important role.They have a long history as other ancient civilizations.According to some records,the earliest shoes in the world appeared in Loulan,ruins of an antique country in West China. Shoes ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_596593_21.html 13th August 2008 New year cake is a common food in the Spring Festival.It has a long history of over 2000 years.Here,there is a story about new year cake. It is said that in 484 AD,Yue Country in the south was more and more powerful.It became an threat for Wu Country.W... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_595319_21.html 12th August 2008 Chinese fan has profound culture details,it is part of our national culture.Also it is close to culture of bamboo and Buddhism.China is always called King of Fans.And do you know the materials in making fan?Wow,they include bamboo,wood,paper,fan,ivory,haw... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_594337_21.html 12th August 2008 Kongming lantern also called Prayer lantern or Wen lantern.It was invented by Kongming (that is Zhuge Liang) in Three Kingdoms Period.It has a long history of more than 1700 years so far.Somebody says as it looks like Kongming’s hat,so it calls Kongming... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_582177_21.html 21st July 2008 Have you ever seen or heard of luminous winecup,do you know its history and where is its production area?Today,I will tell you something about luminous winecup in Jiuquan,Gansu Province. The production area of luminous winecup is Jiuquan.And Jiuquan ... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_575334_29.html 14th July 2008 Ansai County is a well-known home of paper-cut,farmer painting,folk song and waist drum.Simple,unsophisticated and vivid folk paper-cut,modern folk painting which has bright colors, gallant waist drum and comfortable Ansai folk song,they are the soul of o... http://www.articleheaven.com/article_573509_13.html 10th July 2008