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Solar terms originated in China, then spread to Korea, Vietnam, and Japan, countries in the East Asian cultural sphere. Although each term was named based on the seasonal changes of climate in North China Plain, peoples living in the different climates still use it with no changes.

As one of the oldest artistic traditions, Chinese painting is still popular and continuous at present not only in China but also in the world. Chinese panting is known as guóhuà (simplified Chinese: 国画), meaning “national” or “native painting”, instead of Western styles of art which came to China in the 20th century.

In the cultural center of Ansai county, there is a bric of the waist drum dance portrait from the Song Dynasty on display, which was unearthed in northern Shanxi. The portrait vividly shows the waist drum performance at that time. As time goes by, the waist drum dance is no longer an activity for military purposes, but a folk dance of the local people for the purposes of worshipping the deity, praying for a good harvest and celebrating the spring festival.

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Pan XiaoFeng is a native Chinese pop singer, born in 1972 and raised in JiLing province of China. Pan XiaoFeng became well-known after his first CD album “Western Dao Lang” was released. His CD album used the same name “Dao Lang” as another Chinese pop singer, which had caused an uproar and lawsuit.

The romantic legend of the white snake originated from the areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Known to every household, it ranks among the four folklores which are most famous in China. The legend of the white snake originated over 1000 years ago in the northern Song Dynasty, telling a love story about Bai Suzhen, a beautiful lady who was actually a white snake, and a young man called Xu Xian. Read more

The butterfly lovers is a Chinese legend which tells a tragic love story between a pair of famous lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Their love story is considered as the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet.

Being one of the four greatest love legends in ancient China, the story of Men Jiangnv has been told all around China over the past generations. The legend of Men Jiangnv, with a history of more than 2000 years, has gone through a series of evolution, which has led to a tale having an ever-enriching plot.