• Kaishu (Regular Script) : The lishu was already very close to, and led to the adoption of, kaishu, regular script. The oldest existing example of this dates from the Wei (220-265), and the script developed under the Jin (26... more ...

• LABA : Laba is on the 8th day of the twelfth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. Laba was originally a religious holiday in celebration of Sakyamuni's attainment of Buddhism. Buddhists of the Han nationa... more ...

• Lantern Festival : Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar. The name of this festival is in fact derived from a Tang dynasty(618-907) custom of hanging out lanterns on ... more ...

• Lishu (official script) : The lishu (official script) came in the wake of the xiaozhuan in the same short-lived Qin Dynasty (221 - 207 B. C.). This was because the xiaozhuan, though a simplified form of script, was still to... more ...

• Mid-Autumn Festival : Mid-Autumn Festival falls on August 15 in the lunar calendar. Originally it is the when people celebrate harvesting, and later it became a date when family get reunited wherever family members are.... more ...

• THE ANIMAL SIGNS: MONKEY : THE MONKEY is intelligent and capable of using its wits to solve problems. Monkeys often wriggle out of difficult situations and are not above trickery if it will further their own ends. Monkeys te... more ...