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Bian Mian 便面, Ancient Chinese Women Go Out With A “Knife”? | 便面－古人居然用刀当作扇子？

In ancient China, there was a kind of “knife”, which could neither be used for cutting vegetables nor for self-defense,...

12 April 2025

Chinese New Year 2576/2025 (Year of the Snake) is coming soon… 🏮 To celebrate this special occasion, I’ve prepared something...

4 January 2025

Why do people eat dumplings during the Winter Solstice? On the Winter Solstice (Dongzhi Festival), dumplings (Jiaozi) are an essential...

7 December 2024

Who was it that made the “plum blossom makeup” sweep the entire Tang dynasty? She was the female prime minister...

23 November 2024

These four activities were regarded as elegant things in daily life by the literati of the Song dynasty. They appreciated...

9 November 2024

In ancient China, there was such a thing that made the ancients love it. It looks ordinary, but it has...

2 November 2024

In ancient China, were children’s hairstyles the same as adults? For younger children, some would shave all their hair off,...

19 October 2024

Ancient women stick pearls on their faces? In ancient China, girls often used pigments to paint decorative shapes, or applied...

12 October 2024

The ancients were just ancient, but their intelligence was no less than that of modern people. The ancient Chinese people...

21 September 2024

We wish each other a long life to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart. －...

17 September 2024