The Ballad of Hequ

2012-03-01

The Blossom Ballad of Zuoquan

2012-03-01

The story of Dong Yong and the Seventh Immortal Maiden

2012-03-01

Dong Yong legend is a well-known love story between a goddess and a mortal. The Jade Emperor of Heaven has seven daughters, the youngest of whom is the ravishingly beautiful Seventh Fairy Maiden, who daringly flees down to the human world to help a poor farmer-Dong Yong, an honest and kind-hearted serf.

Spring Festival in the heart of remotest rural China

2012-02-14

One of the biggest pleasures of my life in China is to travel to other parts of the country during the Spring Festival break and see the "real China".

Movie on Shanxi merchants gives director lesson on family history

2011-06-24

Researching and making the epic film Empire of Silver, which depicts a high-stakes tale of power and romance among the renowned Shanxi merchants in the late 19th century, was an eye-opening experience for first-time director Christina Yao in more ways than one.

Floury flower buns

2011-04-05

As the saying goes, "China has the world's best flour-made food; and Shanxi is the home of China's flour-made food." Shanxi boasts more than a thousand kinds of flour-based food, and huamo is only one of the very many. The buns or mo, is simply a fancier hand-molded form of the familiar mantou.