Read the Chinese poem客中作(Ke Zhong zuo) and view its translation with animation to enjoy the great poet Li Bai's masterpiece!...

Answering a Question in the MountainsAuthor: Li Bai (701-762)People ask me why I lead a hermit’s life in the green mountains.With my heart at ease, I smile silently.Peach blossoms jump into the creek and casually swim away.This is another world beyond everything earthly.Li is nicknamed “poetry god...

Writing a poem might not be part of the development of young students, but if it makes them dream, learn more about literature, and get an understanding of the diversity of the world, then it has important meaning.Li Bolin with her students in a rice field.Seven young poets from Suyu Hope Prim...

At a Mansion in the South of the CapitalAuthor: Cui Hu (birth and death years unknown)Exactly a year ago behind this gate,Peach blossoms were as pink as her face.Today I wonder where she is;Still, peach blossoms smile at the spring winds they embrace.Cui was a Tang Dynasty (618—907) government offi...

A Special Video Episode of How to Read Chinese Poetry PodcastGuest Hosted by @John ThompsonJohn Thompson, the best-known performer of early music for the Chinese guqin zither, has since 1976 reconstructed over 200 melodies from 15th to 17th century sources and given numerous solo performances worldw...

The Pulchritudinous Peach TreeFrom the South Zhou Chapter of The Book of SongsHow pulchritudinous the peach tree looks!Radiant is every blossom.A young lady joins her new husband’s family.She will delightfully keep house for them.How pulchritudinous the peach tree looks!Plump is every peach.A young...

GUANGZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- On Feb. 4, passengers aboard a China Southern Airlines flight settled into their seats and listened while the captain began a poetic broadcast in honor of spring.The date was significant, being "Li Chun," or the Beginning of Spring, the first solar term on th...

Thinking of a Beauty: A Song about History in ChibiAuthor: Su Shi (1037—1101)The vast river runs east.The currents wash awayAll of the millennium’s best and brightest.To the west of the old fort,They say it used to be Chibi for which three kingdomsfought.Random rocks shatter the clouds.Thrilling w...