Ching Ming is an occasion for Chinese families to honour their dead by burning paper money and objects useful in the afterlife, offering food and wine, and clearing tombs of dust, weeds and debris.

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] To make a serious comparison between Confucianism and ancient Greek philosophy, one must ...

'Water is the principle, the first of all things," said Thales of Miletus, who lived between 624 and 546 BC and is regarded ...

Until the gospel starts explicitly addressing daily needs, most Taiwanese non-Christians will likely remain uninterested.

Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in huge volcanic eruptions, similar to the Mount Vesuvius that covered the city of Pompeii 2,000 years ago.

William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world ...

Many ingredients, like agarwood, clove, and sandalwood, were selected for their therapeutic effects. Sandalwood, for instance ...

The forum, part of the “institutionalization of religion in China,” primarily engages religious elites, thinkers, and experts rather than ordinary believers. It serves as a platform where the ...

In the case of ancient China during the emergence of Daoism and Confucianism, scholar Ruth H. Ching describes the phenomenon of focusing attention on local gods rather than the one god: While the ...

Chinese scholars have unveiled the Ramayana's significant presence in their cultural history. Brought to China through ...

Known for its ancient streets and tree-lined canals, on the first day of China’s recent national “golden week” holiday in October Hangzhou welcomed more than 1.8 million visitors ...