The Byzantines maintained relations with China. Credit: Carole Raddato, Flickr CC-BY-SA 2.0 The Byzantine Empire, which was known at the time as the Eastern Roman Empire, maintained a relatively ...
Growing up in a fairly traditional Chinese family, the importance of wearing new clothes on the first day of Chinese New Year was practically drilled into me. Alongside other non-negotiables like ...
but the know-how involved in this ancient craft is fading, with only a few of the owners still making stone seals by hand. Seal carving dates back to the Spring and Autumn period in China (770 ...