TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Lunar Longings

Centuries before China’s space program, Chinese poets pined for the moon in six classic poems

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Friendship in Verse

Poems on true companions from Chinese history

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Showers of Spring

The solar season Guyu (谷雨) marks the start of spring rain, a season of bounty and sadness in ancient Chinese literature

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Charitable Poetry

Messages from Japanese coronavirus-relief donors highlight a history of cultural exchange with China

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Verses for Lovers

Woo your valentine with these famous romantic lines from Chinese history