Experts compiled 724 ancient Chinese poems referencing the porpoise from historic collections across China. The post Ancient ...

There is no one "oracle bone" — about 13,000 have been found — but these relics hint at the development of writing in ancient China. They date from the late Shang Dynasty, (circa 1250 B.C. to ...

A scholar who is prescribed "dragon bones" to cure an illness realizes that the bones-which are actually turtle shells-contain ancient Chinese writing used to send messages to the gods. The fantastic ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

Shi Shen's Star Catalogue, also called the Star Manual of Master Shi, was deduced to be the world's oldest by scientists ...

AS a schoolboy, Akihiro Matsumura spent hundreds of hours learning the intricate Chinese characters that make up a part of written Japanese. Now, the graduate student can rely on his smartphone ...

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have mapped the 1,400-year distribution history of the Yangtze finless porpoise through an innovative analysis of classic Chinese poetry.

For example, the team opted for the traditional rural zengzi, a wooden steamer, and clay pots still used in some Chinese villages, instead of the rare ancient yan, a specialized vessel for ...

Th pavilion’s design is based on ancient Chinese bamboo writing strips decorated with five different forms of script used to write 119 texts, including Chinese poetry. It is also the largest ...