North, Qingbaijiang 青白江区 Chengxiang Ancient Town 城厢古镇 （search for Localand on the map） Well worth visiting. Old part of Qingbaijiang area in the Northern Chengdu. Very nice ancient streets with some temples and authentic atmosphere and restored houses. To this day, it still retains numerous cultural relics such as the Qing Dynasty Hakka style Chen’s…
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Qiao Sisters, Three Kingdoms period
Da Qiao 大 桥 and Xiao Qiao 小 桥 were known as one of the most beautiful women of Three Kingdoms. They were daughters of Lord Qiao and come from Wan County (皖縣 ), Lujiang Commandery (廬江郡 ), which is in present-day Anqing 安庆, Anhui 安徽 province. They were educated and very skillful in playing…
Three Kingdoms Period Women
One of the most renowned, romanticised and idealised chapters of Chinese history by all means is Three Kingdoms (三国 ) period. Despite the short term of its existance (officially from 220 to 265 A.D.), it has produced enormous amount of outstanding characters, both men and women and grounds for later development in art, poetry and…
Diaochan, one of Four Beauties of Ancient China
北方有佳人, From the north comes a ravishing maiden, 絕世而獨立. Whose beauty stands alone. 一顧傾人城, One look at her, cities fall, 再顧傾人國. On the other glance, empires collapse. 寧不知傾城與傾國 Care not whether cities fall or empires collapse, 佳人難再得 Such beauty never comes around twice 佳人曲, The Beauty Song李延年 Li Yannian (Western Han Dynasty poet, ca. 1st…
Walk with the Dragon 