Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Association General Information on China Today's weather in the major Chinese cities. A basic overview of general information. Chinese currency conversions. The national emblem of the PRC features Tiananmen Gate beneath the five shining stars, encircled by ears of grain and with a cogwheel at the bottom.
China is the homeland of tea.
It is believed that China has tea-shrubs as early as five to six thousand years ago, and human cultivation of teaplants dates back two thousand years. Rather go without salt for three days than without tea for a single day. An Appreciation of the Art of Chinese Calligraphy. Calligraphy is an art dating back to the earliest day of history, and widely practiced throughout China to this day. One does not have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty, because in essence, Calligraphy is an abstract art.