Chinese Culture and Traditions

This section has pages covering all sorts of Chinese customs and traditions. We are continuing to add more pages to this section.

We cover the many pastimes unique to Chinese culture including: Chinese chess (xiangqi), Mahjong, Game of ‘Go’ (weiqi), Kite flying, Taichi.

The arts are well represented including: Performance arts, Opera, Traditional Music, Architecture, Jade carving and of course Porcelain (China).

More general aspects of Chinese culture include: Chinese inventions, Oldest examination system, Food in China (and especially rice and tea), Chinese silk, Monetar system, and also the origin of the name for the country of China.