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Carved in Stone: Why Did Ancient Chinese Etch Messages into Rock?
Exploring the ancient Chinese obsession with carving messages and poems on rocks and walls
Curious Court Etiquette From Ancient China
An audience with the Son of Heaven could be a minefield of ritual, ceremony, and etiquette for China’s court officials
China’s Long Road to Abolishing Slavery
Legal, social, and cultural barriers to ending China’s forced labor tradition
How Prophecies Were Key to Maintaining Power in Ancient China
How rulers and would-be rulers used and manipulated prophetic texts
When Exactly was New Year in Ancient China?
The date and means of celebrating a new year changed and evolved over centuries in ancient China
How Ancient Chinese Buried the Living Along with the Dead
For centuries, Chinese funerals demanded living sacrifices to accompany the dead in the afterlife
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The Jade Rush
Freewheeling prices and millennia of cultural mystique fuel China’s insatiable appetite for the green stone
Seeking Immortals in Penglai
An excerpt from “Rivers Deep, Mountain High,” TWOC’s recent book on Shandong province,
Army of Darkness
The Qin’s terracotta warriors changed the lives of the peasants who discovered them—not for the better
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