The Diabolo Museum – A Hidden Gem
The Diabolo Museum in Beijing is located in Xicheng district, not far from the Baoguo Temple. Three or four hundred meters must be covered from the main street to its…
Chenjiagou – Home of Taijiquan
It is dusty when you approach the village; the landscape is flat, fields can be seen, a few trees criss-cross the corridors, a canal crosses the main road. Finally a…
„As Precious as Gold…“ – At the Red Sandalwood Museum
"Sandalwood is as precious as gold" - according to this Chinese saying, the visitor is in a veritable treasury when entering the "Red Sandalwood Museum" in the East of Beijing.…
The Characters – Key to Chinese Civilization
The Italian journalist Edoardo Fazzioli describes them as "painted words"; in her work, the Swedish sinologist, writer and photographer Cecilia Lindqvist even calls China "a world of symbols"; and Kai…