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On Ecological Emotions from the Awakening of Insects

驚蟄又稱啟蟄在二十四節氣中排行第三。它象徵著生命的滋育和萬物的復甦。在漫長的寒冬過後大自然的一聲悶雷召喚眾生新一輪的生命週期已悄然降臨，也提醒農人趕緊治理田土，該開始工作了。
The Value of "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons" in Traditional Article Studies

In the dissemination of "The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (《文心雕龍》)," Feng Yunzhong (馮允中，? - 1507) of the Ming Dynasty (明朝，1368 - 1644) was an important figure. While serving in Suzhou (蘇州),
On Horses in the Year of Bingwu

Ancient Chinese cultural narratives about horses resemble Jiu Fanggao(九方皋)'s horse appraisal method of "Overlooking their colors and capturing their spirited elegance (略其玄黃，取其俊逸)."

Spring Begins: East Breeze Refreshes Willows

Author: Prof. Prof. CHEN Yun Feng Video: SUN Yanan, LIU Erya, LIN Anna
Spring Begins: East Breeze Refreshes Willows

In retrospect, childhood memories on spring are the most impressive, such as the reunion dinner and lucky money on New Year’s Eve, the percussion and festive lanterns on Lantern Festival, as well as the spring pancakes on Spring Begins (alias the Beginning of Spring).

Tian Gong Dan: How Fujian People Celebrate Chinese New Year

The way Malaysian Chinese celebrate Nian年, the Chinese New Year, all the activities from the New Year Eve to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth of the first month
The Implications of the Hexagrams Jian, Kan, and Kui in the Books of Changes for Students' Mental Health

Jian, Kan, and Kui are three of the "The Twelve Hexagrams of Admiration (所嘆者十二卦). " The Tuanzhuan (彖傳) praises them for having the efficacy of "timely application (時用)," hence they are classified together.
How to understand the "blood" in Traditional Chinese medicine

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, "qi" and "blood" are energy elements that continuously circulate within the human body.
No failure, but growth

That year, I made a giant flute from a bamboo stalk as thick as the rim of a bowl.
Pu'er Tea and the Winter Solstice

The shortest day, the longest yearning—on the Winter Solstice, the sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn at its southernmost point, causing the Northern Hemisphere's daylight to shrink to its briefest and nighttime to stretch to its longest.

Winter Solstice at the Equator

Traditional Chinese folk festivals follow the seasonal cycles of the northern hemisphere homeland, with corresponding celebrations for spring, summer, autumn, and winter. When the calendar reaches the end of the year in December, it is the depths of winter in the north.

What is "Qi" in traditional Chinese medicine?

The Yellow Emperor's Neijing Su Wen Jue Qi《黃帝內經 靈樞•決氣》: "I heard that people have essence, qi, body fluid, liquid, blood, and pulse, and I thought it was just one Qi, but now it is distinguished into six substances."