Experts compiled 724 ancient Chinese poems referencing the porpoise from historic collections across China. The post Ancient ...

Etiquette Pavilion is a place that holds the secrets of "rituals and civility". "Rituals are all about showing respect," as Confucius once said. His ideal of "universal benevolence" aimed to promote ...

Analyzing ancient Chinese poetry allowed researchers to understand where humans went wrong in protecting the now critically ...

A study of 724 ancient poems has revealed how far the Yangtze finless porpoise once roamed within the mighty river, allowing ...

Endemic to China's Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years.

In the study, the team systematically dug through preserved poems dating back to the year 618 CE and found hundreds of ...

The Yangtze porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) used to be a common sighting in the Yangtze River. Boaters would watch ...

For centuries in China, men and women gathered to play a game called Cuju. Considered an ancient form of soccer, a pastime, ...

In Ninh Binh, a centuries-old temple stands as a spiritual and cultural monument dedicated to Nguyen Minh Khong.