Traditional Culture - Shandong Culture

Shandong man holds on to ancient art form

2017-02-23

With his rough yet deft hands, Lang Xiucai in Langzhuang village of Liaocheng, Shandong province, has created a variety of dough sculptures. Yet facing his creations, the villager, now in his 80s, looks downcast.
Tai'an traditional New Year's woodprints

2017-02-14

New Year's pictures are often used as decorations during the Spring Festival and once could be regularly seen throughout China.
Tangyuan and mahjong: Wrapping fun in food

2017-02-10

Tangyuan, a kind of round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, is a festive food for the Lantern Festival which falls on Saturday this year. A local in eastern Liaocheng city creatively made mahjong-shaped Tangyuan, exciting Chinese net users recently.
Photos from Yantai Yuhuangding Temple Fair

2017-02-09

The grand six-day Yantai Yuhuangding Temple Fair ended on Feb 6, lowering the curtain on the coastal city's annual Spring Festival event.
Confucius Museum to be opened in Shandong

2017-02-09

The Confucius Museum in Qufu, Shandong province - the birthplace of China's most famous sage - will be opened in the second half of this year, a local official said on Wednesday, describing it as the country's first comprehensive museum to focus on Confucius (551-479 BC) and his ideology.
Making a song and dance about the sage

2017-02-08

Beating out a rapid rhythm with a pair of bamboo clappers, Kong Fanxi spoke quickly as he related a Confucian story in the dialect used by residents of Qufu, a city in Shandong province that is famous as the birthplace of Confucius.
Memories of famous son live on at home

2017-02-08

Seeing is believing. Two things that happened at Qufu East railway station during my recent visit to Qufu, Shandong province, impressed upon me how deeply the city and its people have been influenced by the teachings of Confucius, the city's best-known son and China's most-famous ancient sage.