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Notes on Chinese Strangers
The world of monsters and monsters cannot escape the boiling love and hatred. But this book is dedicated to romance, so we will only talk about love. On a dark and windy night, the previously stored moonlight spilled out. This was Han Sheng's romance. Falling in love with a girl and guiding her to become a woman with both political integrity and talent is Hu Lang's romance. Unable to bear the loneliness of the master, he walks down the wall and changes his form to accompany him. This is the roma
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Chinese Fairy Tales (2 Volumes in Total)
Fairy culture is an important part of Chinese cultural tradition. It carries the ancients' beautiful imagination of other worlds and continues to inspire literary and artistic creators to this day. This book is based on the Ming Dynasty immortal story collection "The Complete Biography of Immortals". It is a fully annotated and fully translated version of the original classical masterpiece. It is divided into 9 volumes. It is said that the first 8 volumes were compiled by the Ming Dynasty writer
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Jishi's Korean History
Jizi is one of the "three benevolences" of the Yin Dynasty praised by Confucius. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Jizi left the Central Plains and moved east to the Korean Peninsula. King Wu of Zhou made him a Marquis of Korea and implemented the "Eight Principles of Teaching" in the local area. The Ji family has been operating in the Korean Peninsula for more than 800 years and is a princely state of Zhou Dynasty. At the end of the 4th century BC, the Zongzhou rites collapsed, an
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Chinese Science and Technology History
Science and technology are an important part of human civilization, the main backbone supporting the building of civilization, and an important driving force for the development of civilization. This is true both at home and abroad in ancient and modern times. If ancient Chinese civilization is like a towering tree with deep roots and luxuriant leaves, ancient Chinese science and technology is like the exotic flowers and fruits that adorn the branches, adding colorful colors and rich fragrance t
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General Theory of Chinese Mythology
This book is an important result of Mr. Yuan Ke's many years of research on Chinese "broad mythology" and systematic sorting and in-depth analysis of literary myth fragments in ancient books and documents. It was originally called "A Brief Talk on Chinese Mythology". After Mr. Yuan Ke revised it in 1989, it was renamed "A General Introduction to Chinese Mythology". It is divided into "Introduction Part" and "Special Discussion Part", with a total of ninety-nine chapters. The "Introduction Part"
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Zhuangzi
"Zhuangzi", also known as "Nanhua Sutra", is a Taoist scripture written by Zhuangzi and his followers in the middle of the Warring States Period. After the Han Dynasty, Zhuangzi was respected as the True Man of Nanhua, so "Zhuangzi" is also called "Nanhua Sutra". His book, "Laozi" and "Book of Changes" are collectively called the "Three Mysteries". "Zhuangzi" is divided into internal, external and miscellaneous chapters. It originally had fifty-two chapters. It was gradually circulated, mixed an
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Old Things
This book introduces some old objects that are about to disappear in the form of pictures and texts. The book covers nearly a thousand items that are about to disappear, and is divided into several categories such as production and living, construction, transportation, clothing, culture, weapons, etc., Allowing readers to have an intuitive understanding of these items and providing a reference for relevant researchers.
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Carnival and Everyday Life—temple Fairs and Civil Society Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties
This book extends from the living space of folk temple fairs in the late Chinese Empire to explore people's lives and popular culture during the social transformation period of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This book is the preliminary result of the author's focus on folk culture and grassroots social history for more than 10 years since the 1990s. It is divided into three parts: overview, regional research, and case study, with discussions on relevant theories and methodologies. The content of t
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Complete List of Chinese Scams
[Real Scam Documentary + Anti-Fraud Guide + Dismantling of Human Nature] From street scams to telecommunications fraud, from health care product scams to online loan traps, from pig killing to the wealth myth of "guaranteed profit without loss", scammers never rely on luck to deceive people, they rely on accurate calculations of human nature. When the elderly are afraid of illness, they pretend to be miracle doctors; When young people want to make a comeback, they dream of getting rich suddenly;
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Royal Tombs: an Unprecedented Underground Castle
The characteristics of this series of books are panoramic display, vertical and horizontal, and the content is narrated in the form of storytelling. The language is popular, clear and clear, with pictures and texts, intuitive images, ancient charm, and elegant style. It has strong readability, appreciation, knowledge and extension. It can allow readers to fully touch and feel the rich connotation of Chinese culture, enhance the national self-esteem and cultural pride of the Chinese people, and c
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Five Wheels Book
Miyamoto Musashi, known as Japan's number one swordsman, never lost in a competition in his life. "The Book of Five Rings" is the kendo master's final summary of his life's decisive battle experience. It integrates Japanese kendo, bushido, Zen and other cultural spirits. Therefore, it is not only a complete collection of military strategies, but also an encyclopedia of Japanese culture. It is the first book to explore the true origin of the Japanese spirit. The most important role that "The Book
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Geography Story
"The Story of Geography" edited by Hendrik Wilhelm Van Loon was written in 1932. Within a few months, it sold nearly 140,000 copies in the United States, and it has always been the best-selling "non-fiction work" in a year. The British edition has an initial run of 138,000 copies, and is also available in German, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, and Portuguese Chinese, Swedish and other versions were released, and the sales volume cannot be counted. It is regarded as a "miracle" in the history of hu
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World Geography Speed Reading
It opens a window for readers to quickly know and understand the world. It is a tool book that helps readers quickly learn and master world geography knowledge. The book is divided into seven parts: Ocean, Europe, America, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica, with relevant columns such as "Overview", "Geographical Profiles", "Natural Resources", "Transportation", "Main Cities", "Main Scenic Spots", etc., Interpreting the world's natural and human geography knowledge from multiple angles, and l
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Women Who Were Eaten by Their Families
"Women Eaten by Their Homes" focuses on the tragic experiences of women in family and marriage in contemporary society, and deeply explores the complex reasons behind female crimes. Through a series of real cases, the book reveals how factors such as the influence of the original family, misfortune in marriage, husband's cheating and violence, gradually pushed these women into the abyss of crime. Why did a female law bachelor from a key university raise a butcher's knife to her seriously ill mot
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Japan Yokai Museum I: Eight Million Kinds of Ghosts
This book is a representative work of Yumoto Goichi, a well-known Japanese monster researcher and collector. The book brings together the essence of the collection of Japan's first and largest Yokai Museum, with nearly 500 Yokai-themed art collections, including scrolls, clay dolls, Uchiwa fans, Sugoroku, Haori and other forms. These artworks were collected and sorted by Yumoto Goichi who spent his whole life. More than 400 of them were published in China for the first time. They filled many gap
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Grottoes: Wonders of Grotto Sculpture
Chinese culture, also known as Chinese culture and Chinese civilization, is the general term for the cultures of all ethnic groups in China. It is a national culture that reflects the national characteristics and style that was gathered together during the development of Chinese civilization. It is the overall expression of various physical culture, spiritual culture, behavioral culture, etc. In the history of the Chinese nation. Chinese culture is a traditional and fine culture with distinctive
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Strolling in the Alley
Since the Liao Dynasty made Beijing its capital in 938 AD, this city has a history of nearly a thousand years; and since the Yuan Dynasty, the hutongs in the old city of Beijing (within the Second Ring Road) have a history of seven to eight hundred years. Thousands of years of vicissitudes of life and historical and cultural imprints are engraved in every alley in Beijing. This book takes the hutongs of the old city of Beijing as the background, and uses the history and humanities of the hutongs
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Inner Mongolia Grassland Chronicles (Part 2)
Chinese local chronicles are my country's unique cultural treasures and typical representatives of China's excellent traditional culture, connecting the history, present and future of the Chinese nation. China's excellent traditional culture is broad, profound, and rich in connotation. To fully understand and scientifically grasp China's excellent traditional culture, we cannot do without Chinese local chronicles; to inherit, carry forward, and innovatively develop China's excellent traditional
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Inner Mongolia Grassland Chronicles (Part 1)
Chinese local chronicles are my country's unique cultural treasures and typical representatives of China's excellent traditional culture, connecting the history, present and future of the Chinese nation. China's excellent traditional culture is broad, profound, and rich in connotation. To fully understand and scientifically grasp China's excellent traditional culture, we cannot do without Chinese local chronicles; to inherit, carry forward, and innovatively develop China's excellent traditional
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Nazi Billionaire
This book reveals the true story of how five of Germany's richest business families (the Quandts, the Flicks, the Funks, the Porsche-Piëchs, and the Oetkels) accumulated countless money and power by supporting the atrocities of the Third Reich. The author uses a large number of undisclosed historical documents to show how these business tycoons took the initiative to defect to Hitler, annexed Jewish enterprises, forced prisoner-of-war labor, and increased weapons production to equip the Nazi arm
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Folktales (Part 1)
The content of this book includes the legend of "Liu Shige", the legend of the reincarnation of the Living Buddha, Zongben's treat, three siblings, the wise marriage to Princess Wencheng, the big thief and the little thief, the gold bar dropped in the well, the bat becoming king, the carpenter playing tricks on the rich, the stupid prince-in-law, Ming Dynasty. The judge who noticed the fine hairs, the Huangmei folk story of "leave a plow", Shiren Ridge, Laurel Peak, Yuquan, fried cypress, Maoer
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Folktales
Once upon a time, there was Zhujiazhuang in Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province. Zhu Yuanwai in the village has a daughter named Yingtai. When she was seventeen or eighteen years old, Zhu Yingtai was like a hibiscus, extremely pretty and loved by everyone. The rules of the Zhu family are very strict, and Yingtai can only stay in the boudoir every day. Although he is accompanied by the clever and lovely maid Yin Xin, he still feels very depressed and depressed. She wished she could become a man and
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Classical Greek Mythology (Classic Translation Lin)
This book is divided into five volumes: "The Changes of Heaven and Earth and Various Legends", "The Legend of Troy", "The Descendants of Tantalus", "Odysseus" and "Aeneas". It reflects the religious consciousness, secular pursuits and social life style of the ancient Greeks in the form of romantic stories, and reproduces the war scenes of ancient Greece with the flash of swords and the sound of killing. "Classical Greek Mythology" reflects the social life of ancient Greece from the 11th century
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The Origin of All Things: 12,000 Years of Human Creation and Invention
"The Origin of Everything" tells the story of almost all inventions, innovations and discoveries in human history, and covers the origin of almost everything on earth, from the Big Bang to driverless cars, etc. It can be said to be all-encompassing. When reading this book about "firsts", famous science popularizer Stuart Ross will take us on a time travel, from ancient civilizations to modern technology, to see the crystallization of human wisdom that spans the globe. "The Origin of Everything"
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Wenjing Classical Illustrated Edition of Famous Translations: Comedies of Aristophanes (Eight Volumes in Total)
"Comedies of Aristophanes" includes Luo Niansheng's translation of "The Arcanaeans", "Knights", "Clouds", "Hornets", "Women on Earth Mother's Day" and "Frog", Yang Xianyi's translation of "Birds", and Zhou Zuoren's translation of "The God of Wealth". The era in which Aristophanes lived was an era of deepening political and economic crises in Athens. The social contradictions at that time were complex and acute. Therefore, Aristophanes was good at using absurd and exaggerated plots to criticize t
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Mount Wutai
Mount Wutai is located in the northeast of Shanxi Province and is the northern end of the Taihang Mountains. It consists of a series of mountains and peaks. The mountains are majestic and continuous, spanning Wutai County, Fanzhi County, Dai County, Yuanping County and Dingxiang County in Xinzhou area, with a radius of 250 kilometers and a total area of 592 square kilometers. The top of Mount Wutai is flat and wide, "like a platform of earth", so it is called Wutai, and the tops of the five pl
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Chinese Ancient and Modern Fables
As an ancient literary carrier, fables have lasted for thousands of years and spread across five continents. Chinese fables have a long history. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States to modern times, fables, with their characteristics of allegory and exhortation, have become rapidly popular and have been passed down from generation to generation, leaving behind many familiar and household classics that profoundly enlighten and influence people. This book selects more than a hu
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The Chinese and Japanese in the Eyes of Americans (Witnesses of the Times a Hundred Years Ago)
"The Chinese and the Japanese in the Eyes of Americans" is what the famous American philosopher John Dewey saw and heard when he traveled to Japan and China. It records China and Japan in 1919 and can be called a witness to the times a hundred years ago. John Dewey recorded the folk customs of China and Japan in detail in the last century, including some interesting historical details, such as the sense of responsibility of Chinese students to "take the world as their own responsibility", prospe
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Birthday and Funeral Customs (Part 1)
The Chinese nation is the oldest nation in the world, and the Chinese civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. China's written history is nearly 5,000 years old. Starting from 841 BC, there has been no interruption in documented chronicles for nearly 3,000 years. This is rare in the long history of mankind. Among the four major ancient civilizations in the world, only China's history has always been passed down in an orderly manner and has never been interrupted.
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Birthday and Funeral Customs (Part 2)
The Chinese nation is the oldest nation in the world, and the Chinese civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. China's recorded history is nearly 5,000 years old. Starting from 841 BC, there have been almost 3,007 documented chronicles, which is rare in the long history of mankind. Among the four major ancient civilizations in the world, only China's history has always been passed down in an orderly manner and has never been interrupted.
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Hutong·impression (2Nd Edition) (Collector's Edition)
The author combines pen and ink drawings with Beijing Hutong cultural elements, recording the customs of Beijing Hutong life decades ago in a unique way. The language is simple and unpretentious but rich in emotion, recalling childhood memories and telling life insights; with solid painting skills and skillful techniques, the painting style is beautiful, friendly and full of interest. The author's deep emotion and attachment to his hometown of Beijing are integrated into the old Beijing dialect
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Ferryman: 24 People Who Shaped Japanese Culture
This book selects 24 of the most representative Japanese cultural ferrymen and introduces them to Chinese readers in the three hundred years from modern Japan (1603-1867) to modern times (1868-1912). Zhu Shunsui, Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Icha, Sugita Genpaku, Yoshida Shoin, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Okakura Tenshin, etc. The author presents these group portraits of Japanese cultural heroes to the readers, from their life stories to the origins of their thoughts, from their values and ethics to their gr
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Yan Fu and Fukuzawa Yukichi: a Comparison of Chinese and Japanese Enlightenment Thoughts (Revised Edition)
Under the theme of Sino-Japanese Enlightenment thought, this book takes the vertical changes in history and the horizontal correlation of the times as the coordinates, and centers on Yan Fu and Fukuzawa Yukichi, two representative Enlightenment thinkers in modern China and Japan. It is divided into era chapters, culture chapters, ideological chapters and practical chapters. From different aspects and Dimensions, a systematic perspective and comparison of the modern enlightenment thoughts of Chin
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The Ancient Tea Horse Road in the Light and Shadow of History
The Ancient Tea Horse Road is an international trade channel with horse caravans as the main means of transportation. It is an ancient post road with the most spectacular natural scenery and the most mysterious culture in the world. This book is a non-fiction collection that panoramically reproduces the historical features of the Ancient Tea Horse Road (Sichuan-Tibet Line). As a senior journalist and travel writer, Li Guiping connected "pearls" such as caravans, porters, post towns, mutual mark
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Greek Mythology: Legends of the Gods
In the 19th century, the German romantic poet Gustav Schwab devoted himself to excavating and sorting out ancient cultural heritage. With his rigorous and serious style and vivid words of great literary value, he organized and arranged the complicated Greek myths and legends based on Homer's two epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey", as well as other ancient Greek myths and legends and some literary works of Greek writers, and compiled this "Greek Mythology" with a relatively clear pedigree a
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From the Stove to the Tip of the Tongue
This book is the author's perception and description of the living environment, local culture, food culture, humanities and art, etc., Focusing on multiple aspects of traditional culture such as folk customs, customs, literature, festivals, myths, etc. Through food. The whole book is composed of short articles, divided into the following parts: humanities and customs, natural flavors, food and cooking, etc. The article involves the food I have tasted, details in life, and my own thoughts and ins
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Hollywood's Power Culture
The book "Hollywood's Power Culture" reveals the close ties between the Hollywood film industry and the U. S. Department of Defense, the CIA and big-name arms contractors. In the book, the author Alford analyzes and discusses more than 100 films of various types produced in recent years, showing us that some seemingly enlightened films, such as "The King of Gold" and "Hotel Rwanda", are often just like films in which the U. S. Military intervened in the production process (such as "Black Hawk Do
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The Art of Dinner
In a dinner party, the emphasis is on the "game" rather than the "meal". It condenses the essence of Chinese-style human relations and sophistication, vividly displays the way of socializing, and records the various aspects of life in the ever-changing weather. A dinner party, a game. We like to share food and are happy to organize meals whenever we have the opportunity: celebration banquets, birthday banquets, farewell banquets, negotiation bureaus, social bureaus, and business bureaus. When ho
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Essential Etiquette Common Sense
"Must-Know Etiquette Common Sense" is comprehensive, popular, and practical, and is suitable for people who live in today's fast-paced life. Personal etiquette, social etiquette, workplace etiquette, business etiquette, school etiquette, foreign-related etiquette, religious etiquette, national etiquette, life etiquette, dietary etiquette, all covered. Don't let those seemingly mundane and overlooked details become the killer of our image. Mastering some necessary etiquette skills allows us to li
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A Complete Collection of Chinese Folk Tales
Folktales often start from a certain fact, or borrow characters, or embody animals, or extract short stories and jokes from life, and constantly interpret them, adding fantasy, sustenance, and meaning. These stories have been passed down by word of mouth since ancient times. They are not only people's conversation materials, but also vivid materials for people's education. Listeners often subconsciously reflect on the good and evil, right and wrong, and the wisdom contained in the stories. Accor
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The Secret of Ancient Fraud Revealed
"Secrets of Ancient Scams Revealed" reveals the mystery of ancient deceptions for you. There are a lot of exciting stories in the book, from the bald Jin Sheng pretending to be a monk to cheating, to the fatal conspiracy of a man encountering a woman, covering scams in many fields such as officialdom, shopping malls, and civilians. These stories profoundly analyze the greed, ignorance and cunning of human nature, and vividly demonstrate the complexity of ancient society. By reading this book, yo
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Get Out of the Way! a Complete Collection of Ancient Scams and Deceptions
What are some amazing scams in ancient society? What unexpected tricks do charlatans have? This book reveals the alternative face of ancient society through a large number of historical anecdotes and folk tales.
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A Complete Collection of Chinese Idioms and Allusions
"Comprehensive Collection of Chinese Idioms and Allusions" carefully selects nearly 300 commonly used and common idioms or allusions, and sets up columns such as "Interpretation", "Annotation", "Tracing of Sources", and "Usage". "Interpretation" not only explains the idiom or allusion, but also points out its origin; "annotation" explains the key words in the idiom or allusion; "tracing the source" tells the characters and stories behind each idiom or allusion in plain and vivid language; "yongd
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Complete Collection of Chinese Allusions
This book selects hundreds of allusions, divided into chapters on ambition, emotion, appearance, economy, state of the world, leisure, speech, diligence, country, justice, conduct, knowledge, strategy, scenery, seasons, human ethics, philosophy, achievements, skills, military, circumstances, crimes, interactions, mistakes, etc. The book not only explains the allusions, but also points out the source, and tells the characters and stories behind each allusion. Reading the original stories of allus
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Top Ten Businessmen in the Late Qing Dynasty
During the more than 100 years since the Qing Dynasty slid from its peak to its collapse, there was a group of people who were sharper than the court and more realistic than history books. They used silver, account books and contracts to write another "business history" of the late Qing Dynasty. From Wu Bingjian, who "made the world's richest man in one breath" in Guangzhou Thirteen Banks, to Qiao Zhiyong and Wang Chi, the "godfathers of bank accounts" who sit in Pingyao and regulate the world's
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Watching Japan
This is a book prefaced by two former Japanese prime ministers, because it reflects the two prime ministers' emotions and friendship towards China, and also because of the author's understanding and discovery of the "truth about Japan" during his 20 years in Japan. The author uses a unique perspective and feeling of a journalist, and uses extremely delicate and plain language to show us a real Japan, telling us about the lives, dreams and troubles of everyone from the prime minister to ordinary
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World Classic Folk Chat Stories
Folktales are narrative stories with a wide range of themes that have been passed down orally by people since ancient times. It tells a certain relationship between people in the form of strange language and symbols. Like all good creations, folktales start from life itself but are not limited to it. They often contain supernatural and whimsical elements. Folktales have been passed down orally from time to time and have become various versions. No matter how they are changed, they will always ex
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Martial Arts: the Soul of Chinese Martial Arts
Chinese culture has a long history. The most direct sources are the Yellow River culture and the Yangtze River culture. After thousands of years of erosion and baptism, continuous exchange, integration and precipitation, these two cultural waves eventually formed an eclectic Chinese culture that seeks common ground while reserving differences. For thousands of years, Chinese culture has been passed down from generation to generation. It is an ancient culture that has lasted for five thousand yea
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Comprehensive Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture (2Nd Edition)
"Comprehensive Common Knowledge of Chinese Culture (2nd Edition)" condenses the essence of ancient knowledge in various categories and brilliantly presents the rich, unique and diverse life landscape of traditional Chinese society. The book classifies various types of knowledge into festivals, food and daily life, folk etiquette, appellation culture, geographical attractions, religious myths, philosophical thoughts, politics and military, law and order, economics and trade, scientific and techno
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Japanese Monster Painting Scroll
"Japanese Yokai Scroll" contains more than 150 kinds of Yokai from eight major regions in Japan (Hokkaido, Kanto, Tohoku, Chubu, Kinki, Shikoku, Sanin-Sanyo, Kyushu and Okinawa) and has made detailed classifications. According to the appearance of monsters, they are divided into: human form, animal form, and alien form; according to the different places where they appear, they are divided into: mountain and forest monsters, river and sea monsters, settlement monsters, and residential monsters; a
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