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How the Lunar New Year Was Celebrated in Ancient Chinese Poetry
How seven ancient poets wrote about celebrating the Lunar New Year
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Ancient China’s Love of Crab-Eating
China’s love of crab-eating stretches back centuries, with literati writing poems and even appointing “crab servants” to cook the delicacy
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A Guide to China’s Fruit Culture
How to eat and understand the history of some of China’s culturally significant fruits
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Bathing in Ancient Times
From soap made from ground jade to extravagant public bathhouses, learn the ingenious methods ancient Chinese used to stay clean
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A Straw-Cloaked Life
New Palace Museum exhibition illuminates poet Su Dongpo and his thousand-year legacy
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The Best of Su Dongpo
Ten classic lines from the prolific Song poet, who was born 982 years ago today
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