Chinese Links
Chinese speaking Countries: China and Taiwan

Language and Literature

  • china.com
  • About.com - a completed website from language, music, ... to translation and interpreting and much more.
  • Learning Chinese Online-An excellent website for practicing pronunciations, listening, reading... 
  • On-Line Chinese Tools - Chinese/ English Dictionary, Character Flashcards...
  • Chinese Poetry Classics -links to Chinese poetry, some English
  • Index of Classics -collection of Chinese literary sites
  • Confucian Writings -English translation available
  • Chinese Characters -some English
  • Chinese Text Initiative -Big 5 texts with English translation of Chinese literature, including 300 Tang poems and Gu Yao Yan.
  • Songs and Stories of the Hua Miao -Tales from the A-hmao people of Yunnan and Guizhou.
  • Xiaowen Zeng -Chinese short stories, poems, and proses.
  • Chinese Literature
  • Exploring Ancient World Cultures.-Essays on Taoist and Confucian classics. Also includes a timeline with literary dates and links to texts.
  • Daoist Scriptures.-A large collection of Chinese Taoist literature. Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu.
  • Chinese Legend of White Snake.-Chinese love story of man and white snake for Chinese Year of White Snake 2001.
  • Shijing - The Book of Songs.-Brief introduction to "The Book of Songs", the earliest collection of Chinese poems, with excerpts.
  • The Monkey King.-Introduction and illustrated version of part of the novel of the "Journey to the West."
  • Chinese Traditional Culture.-Texts of classical works including the Confucian and Taoist classics, the 300 Tang poems and the Peony Pavilion.
  • Chinese.-An introduction to the language of classical Chinese, plus the author's translations of selected Tang poems. By Brian Tung.
  • Hsi Yu Chi - The Journey to the West.-Introduction to the Chinese novel about the Monkey Spirit Sun Wukung's pilgrimage to the West, with games and clipart.
  • Highlights of Ancient Chinese Stories.-Sunzi's Art of Warfare, Chinese New Year - the Spring Festival, the Scions of Huang Di and Yan Di
  • Xi You Ji: The Journey to the West.-A casual look into the classic ancient Chinese story. Includes screen captures of the 1986 and 2001 Chinese CCTV production of the story.
  • Three Kingdoms World.-Dedicated to the "Romance of Three Kingdoms," with character profiles, synopsis, stories, quotes, and links.
  • Romance of The Three Kingdoms.-Articles, poems, story book, poll, games, forum, and related web links.
  • Outlaws of the Marsh.-Written by Shi Nai'An in the XIVth century, it tells the struggling of 108 brave-hearted outlaws for justice.
  • Xin Yu Si.-New Threads Electronic Library is a public archive site dedicated to storing electronic versions (GB code) of Chinese literature.
  • Chinese Literature.-Introduction to the literature, with comic book versions of Monkey and The Water Margin.
  • Chinese Poetry.-Includes works by Wang Wei, Du Fu, Li Bai and others.
  • Poetry Magazine: Billy Collins.-Text of the author's poem: Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems of the Sung Dynasty,I Pause To Admire the Length and Clarity of Their Titles.
  • Greg Digital Library: Chinese Poets.-Works from the Book of Songs through to the modern period.
  • Chinese Poems.-Poems by Du Fu, Wang Wei, Li Bai and others in characters, pinyin and literal and literary English. Includes subject index.
  • Song of Roses.-A collection of poems by Vena Yin Sheng, presented in Chinese calligraphy and translated into English.
  • Asian Topics: Tang Poetry.-Articles on various aspects of the genre, including its forms and its relationship to everyday life, plus information on Du Fu, Li Bo and Wang Wei.
  • Renditions.-Chinese-English translation journal, from the Research Centre for Translation of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Includes information about Renditions Press.
  • Art-of-War.com.-Text by Sun Tzu plus books, polls, newsletters and a searchable index.
  • Literature Network.-Lionel Giles version of the Art of War, with search feature.
  • Jim Shan, Ph.D.-About.com Chinese culture expert has the Art of War in both Chinese and English.
  • China News Digest.-Original Chinese text of Sun Tzu Art of War.

 

Art

  • Art of China Homepage -links to Chinese art and other related sites, some English
  • Beijing Opera -in English
  • China the Beautiful -cultural information and links, some English
  • Chinese Music -links to download Chinese songs; titles are in English
  • Wei Ming Magazine -online information on Chinese arts and literature, English version
  • Chinese-art.com.-Bi-monthly online magazine, covering traditional and contemporary art.
  • Art History.-Articles on various Chinese art forms. From Asia-art.net.
  • New Chinese Art.-Featuring a wide variety of modern art from throughout China such as paintings, prints, sculptures, woodcuts, photographs and installations.
  • Bronzes of Ancient China.-Brief history and images and information about Shang and Tang pieces collected and discussed by Werner Schmidlin.
  • Chinese Paper-cutting.-An introduction to the technique, its history and regional variations. With gallery.
  • A Look at Chinese Painting.-Examination of seven Chinese calligraphies and paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Tongram Online.-Includes works by Tong Da-Nian, Guo Yi-Fang and Xu Zhi-Hai.
  • China Animation Network.-Information on Chinese animation, relevant associations, news stories and technology

 

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