X-Nico

10 unusual facts about Chinese culture


Chinese desserts

Due to the many Chinese cultures and the long history of China, there are a great variety of desserts of many forms.

Chinese nationalism

Over the course of centuries the Manchus were gradually assimilated into the Chinese culture and eventually many Manchus identified themselves as a people of China.

Daniel Reid

After graduation, Reid moved to Taiwan, where he lived 16 years studying and writing about various aspects of traditional Chinese culture, focusing particularly on Chinese medicine and ancient Taoist health and longevity systems.

Filial piety

Filial piety is considered a key virtue in Chinese culture, and it is the main concern of a large number of stories.

Guo Shoujing

The tools he invented for astronomy allowed him to calculate an accurate length for the year, which allowed the Chinese culture to set up a whole new system of exact dates and times, allowing for increasingly accurate recording of history and a sense of continuity throughout the country.

History of Japan–Korea relations

Chinese culture was introduced to Japan via the Korean Peninsula, but the Korean value slumped when Chinese culture was introduced directly by Japanese missions to Tang China.

Lewis Hodous

From 1917 to 1945 Hodous was professor of Chinese culture at the Kennedy School of Missions of Hartford Seminary Foundation, and from 1928 to 1941 professor of history and philosophy of religion at the seminary.

Li Chunfeng

Li wrote a book discussing the importance of astrology in Chinese culture called Yisizhan in 645.

Muramatsu Shōfu

He was interested in Chinese culture, but while in Shanghai was exposed to many varieties of Western culture, due to the large numbers of French, British and Russian expatriates in his neighborhood.

Qing poetry

Over the course of its reign, the Qing integration with Chinese culture included the continuation of Chinese literature and Classical Chinese poetry.