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Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: Xīyóujì) is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en.It is regarded as one of the greatest Classic Chinese Novels, and has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. [2]
The Classic of Mountains and Seas, also known as Shanhai jing ( Chinese: 山海经 ), [ 1] formerly romanized as the Shan-hai Ching, [ 2] is a Chinese classic text and a compilation of mythic geography [ 3][ 4] and beasts. Early versions of the text may have existed since the 4th century BCE, [ 5][ 6] but the present form was not reached until ...
Four Beauties. The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four Chinese women who were renowned for their beauty. The four are usually identified as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Guifei. [ 1] The scarcity of historical records concerning them meant that much of what is known of them today has been greatly embellished by legend.
Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. [ 1] Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ...
Yu (fish) Fishes are a symbol of wealth in Chinese culture. [ 3]: 124 The Chinese character for fish is yu ( traditional Chinese: 魚; simplified Chinese: 鱼; pinyin: yú ). It is pronounced with a different tone in modern Chinese, 裕 (yù) means "abundance". Alternatively, 餘, meaning "over, more than", is a true homophone, so the common ...
The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and Five Classics in the Neo-Confucian tradition, themselves an abridgment of the Thirteen Classics. The Chinese classics used a form of written Chinese ...
Great Flood (China) The Great Flood of Gun-Yu, also known as the Gun-Yu myth, [ 1] was a major flood in ancient China that allegedly continued for at least two generations, which resulted in great population displacements among other disasters, such as storms and famine. People left their homes to live on the high hills and mountains, or nest ...
From ancient representations and literature it is clear that fishing boats were typically small, lacking a mast or sail, and were only used close to the shore. In traditional Chinese history, history begins with three semi-mystical and legendary individuals who taught the Chinese the arts of civilization around 2800–2600 BC: of these Fuxi was ...