Chrysanthemum, a symbol of nobility in Chinese culture.

A poem on Chrysanthemum by the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty

Only when loyalty is lost, does the doctrine of social conduct arise. (失義而后禮 - Tao Te Ching).

Only when morality is lost, does the doctrine of charity arise (失德而后仁).Tao Te Ching)

Only when Tao is lost, does the doctrine of morality arise (失道而后德.Tao Te Ching)

The Way of Heaven is impartial yet only imparts blessings to those who act in accord with the Way

Chinese Quotation

Mind everything you are doing, but not with your mind.

Rain – the 2nd of 24 Solar Terms in Chinese New Year of Rabbit

Welcome to Water Rabbit year 2023!

Meridian Gate (午門) in Beijing Forbidden City in the 15th century - Painting by a Ming Dynasty artist

A timber bridge with a roof and seating in China's Guizhou province

A fortress courtyard residence on a clifftop in Guizhou Province, built during the Ming Dynasty

Tiananmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace) in the 15th century - a painting by a Ming Dynasty artist

Meridian Gate (午門) in Beijing Forbidden City in the 15th century - Painting by a Ming Dynasty artist

Beijing Forbidden City, Ming Dynasty (1368 – 14)

Three Strategies for Responding to Any Situations

Welcome to the Chinese Year of Black Tiger!

Great Gate Temple in Yanggao County, Datong, Shanxi Province

Lunar eclipse, Nov 19, 2021, Forbidden City

A traditional terrace building in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, on Friday night during the lunar eclipse

A snow-covered entrance to the Ming Dynasty emperors' tomb site

A towering tradition, standing alone - China after snow.

A Tang-dynasty pagoda in Xi'an covered in snow

An old traditional Chinese style town surrounded by machines for living

Red in a field of White

A Ming Dynasty Suzhou garden residence in winter

A winter scene in Ming Dynasty Suzhou garden residence

A TAOIST TEMPLE IN SHANXI PROVINE

A quote from Dialogue Between Fisherman and Woodcutter

Refer to the deer as the horse

Ming Dynasty architecture Genuine Warriors' Terrace On Military Strategy Platform

A nailless Ming Dynasty hall

Two windows at a corner on the upper floor of the 447-year-old terrace

A column in a Ming Dynasty terrace building

A cave village in China

A cave village in Shaanxi Province on northern China's Yellow Plateau

An impressive cave terrace hotel in northern China's Yellow Plateau

There are entrances to the residences not housing the living but the dead in China's west

A traditional Chinese sunken courtyard residence in Henan province

Chinese calendar July 7 (Aug 14, 2021) is China's lovers' day

A corner at the ancient town Qibao in Shanghai

An evening Qibao town in Shanghai

Shaolin temple in the 1980s. Henan Province.

I Ching is the very foundation of Daoism and Chinese culture

A teahouse in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province in China's inland southwest

A thousand-year-old water town in Pudong, Shanghai.

A balcony at the thousand-year-old New Field Town in Pudong, Shanghai

Houses by the pond in Black Town (Wuzhen), Zhejiang Province

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