r/TraditionalChinese • • 5d ago

The Crab Nebula – a Frenchman rediscovered what Chinese astronomers had already documented 700 years earlier.

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 5d ago

Meet Zhang Heng 張衡 the guy who invented the Earthquake Detector 1,700 Years Before the West

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 9d ago

Ancient Zen Studio | 1 Hour of Music Inspired by the Porcelain Era 🏺

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What if you could spend an hour immersed in the atmosphere of ancient China?
We created this relaxing soundscape inspired by the Porcelain Era :- combining peaceful traditional-inspired music with an ancient visual atmosphere.
🎧 Best experienced with headphones.
We’re planning the next journey and would love your input:
Which era should we explore next?
🏯 Han Dynasty
🌸 Tang Dynasty
🎎 Song Dynasty
🐉 Ming Dynasty
🏮 Qing Dynasty
Or suggest an era you’d like to see.
What worked for you and what should we improve?


r/TraditionalChinese • • 11d ago

Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' has the fame, but the most successful pirates with the largest fleets in history were actually Chinese

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 12d ago

Philosophy Harmony without uniformity: Chinese ancient wisdom shines global cooperation

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 22d ago

Linhai (1,000+ years) features the 4.7km "Jiangnan Great Wall" (Eastern Jin), a Northern Song garden, and a Tang temple tied to monk Jianzhen and Japanese Tendai Buddhism's origins

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 22d ago

Mount Fanjingshan in Guizhou

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 22d ago

The China Red Sandalwood Museum, east of Chang'an Avenue, showcases Ming-Qing furnishings, imperial furniture, Buddhist art, and building replicas—all crafted from precious rosewoods

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 23d ago

Festival China's Mid-Autumn Festival and the legends we put in the moon

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 24d ago

Culture Moon across ages

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 26d ago

Art Amb. Xie shares story of California woman returning Chinese treasures as US hands back 64 relics

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 26d ago

Luoyang, a 5,000-year-old Chinese cultural cradle and 13-dynasty capital, sits between Mount Mang and Funiu Mountains with four rivers. Sites like Longmen Grottoes and White Horse Temple attest to its enduring civilization. (Video: Huayun Bilingual Cultural Communication Society)

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r/TraditionalChinese • • 26d ago

Shaoxing, Zhejiang, the river's floating market comes alive at dusk

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Sep 15 '26

I made a game about identifying Chinese artifacts from just a photo

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Hi everyone! I’m not completely sure if it’s okay to post this here, so sorry if this isn’t the right place.

I’m a big Chinese artifact and history nerd, and for quite a while I’ve been spending my free time making a small Steam game called Artifact Tracer.

The idea is pretty simple. It’s basically GeoGuessr for artifacts. You get a photo of an artifact and try to guess where it came from and when it was made, using things like its shape, material, decoration and craftsmanship.

I also made a few other modes while working on it. There’s one where most of the artifact is hidden and you only get a few chances to reveal parts of it before guessing. Another one gives you a time and place first, and you have to choose which artifact actually belongs there.

Right now the game is only about Chinese artifacts, mostly because that’s what I know best. I’d really like to add other civilizations later if people actually enjoy this kind of thing.

I know this is a very niche idea, and I’ve honestly worried a lot that maybe I’m making a game that only I would find interesting lol. But it’s also the first game I’ve actually managed to make from beginning to end just because I really like the subject, so I wanted to share it here.

I’m still doing the final polishing, but the Steam page is live now. If this looks like something you might enjoy, I’d really appreciate a wishlist. I’d also genuinely love to hear any feedback or ideas from people here.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5183430/Artifact_Tracer/

Thanks for reading :)


r/TraditionalChinese • • Sep 12 '26

Li Bai, Born in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), he's China's only Immortal Poet. His verses are so catchy and timeless that 3-year-olds in China recite them like nursery rhymes

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Sep 12 '26

Ming dynasty work shows how Chinese understood the world in the 1600s

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Sep 12 '26

An ancient tea-making tradition is getting a fresh makeover in Mangshi, Yunnan. De'ang sour tea is blended with a variety of local ingredients to create innovative drinks

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Sep 04 '26

History From grassland to grotto: A tale of two horses and a legendary road

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Sep 04 '26

Parade of the giant fish-shaped lantern in the ancient villages of east China's Huangshan

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Sep 04 '26

Summer performances including light shows and molten iron fireworks are staged at the Hetou Old Street scenic area in north China's Hebei Province, giving a boost to local tourism consumption

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Sep 03 '26

Culture China’s first full-length AI drama hits prime time: Can machines reinvent ‘Journey to the West’?

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Aug 31 '26

Black Myth’s next hero: How Zhong Kui, China’s ancient demon-slayer, is stepping into the global spotlight

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Aug 29 '26

Mahjong Swept Summer Camp This Year: Across the Northeast and New England camp corridor, summer camps have hired mahjong instructors...There’s something about sitting around a table, talking and using their brains that kids are looking for

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Aug 29 '26

In Taixing, mahjong manufacturing hub in Jiangsu province, factories are redesigning tiles, expanding exports, and racing to meet a sudden wave of American demand

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r/TraditionalChinese • • Aug 29 '26

Culture Culture Goes Global: How a Chinese county is taking Hanfu and peonies overseas

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