Culture

Culture 02/03/20, 03:26

In human history, many regimes or individuals out of their pursuit for political power, interests, and desire have delivered cruel orders that go against the human conscience. And history also proves that these evils were soon eliminated and condemned. The traumatic story of the death of young Peter Fechter has ...

Culture 02/01/20, 09:01

Each of the Founding Fathers of the United States was talented in his own way, thus, complementing the others and establishing the homeland. One of them stands out but not for his academic knowledge in social or natural science nor his leadership skills but rather for his own dignity and ...

Culture 01/24/20, 08:19

In a couple of hours, over 1 billion people in the world will celebrate Chinese New Year. The coming year is the Year of the Rat, which also marks the restart of the Chinese zodiac cycle.  The Chinese zodiac features a cycle of 12 years, symbolized by 12 animals. So, ...

Culture 01/13/20, 09:32

Although it is widely accepted that the origin of pasta comes from famous Italy, there are indications that it actually originated in China, where the oldest noodle in the world was discovered in Lajia (Qijia culture) along the Yellow River in Qinghai. According to the research, it dates back 4,000 years ...

Culture 01/03/20, 21:42

This is the story of Mika Hale, an American singer whose soaring voice has touched thousands of people’s hearts, most of all at the historic “bite” fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield.

Beyond science 12/24/19, 06:46

On December 17, 1996, just a few days before Christmas, a very unusual stain bearing a striking resemblance to the image of the Virgin Mary was discovered on the exterior glass surface of Seminole Finance Company in Clearwater, Florida. The image occupied about a dozen glass panels on the building, and ...

Culture 12/23/19, 09:50

'The First Noel' is the oldest Christmas song that to date, has not fallen into oblivion. It is still sung every year on this special occasion, with its  powerful words and melody capable of reviving the joy of the Lord's coming to save mankind. Its origin is hard to trace. It ...

Culture 12/20/19, 04:50

World War I (1914-1918) is remembered as one of the most fiercely fought, brutally endured and largest scale wars in the history of mankind. It claimed the lives of over 19 million souls. For everyone involved, the memories of pain, loss, and separation lingered forever in their minds and are ...

Art 12/19/19, 14:27

Shen Yun Performing Arts is as much history as anything else. Just as in texts depicting Chinese history, Shen Yun brings history to life. (Shen Yun Performing Arts) Something too often overlooked when we discuss Shen Yun Performing Arts is how its stories make history tangible. For music lovers, Shen Yun moves ...

Art 12/17/19, 12:06

General Rengui Xue was one of the most decorated generals during the Tang Dynasty.He was an honest man who rose from poverty to become one of the most famous military generals in Chinese history. Emperor Taizong once said he was more excited about appointing Rengui Xue as his general than ...

Beyond science 12/16/19, 09:52

Do you believe that cute tiny fairies, just like Walt Disney’s Tinker Bell, really exist? A university lecturer has evidence to support this hypothesis. Professor John Hyatt, a lecturer on art research at Manchester Metropolitan University, claims that he has proven the existence of fairies in real life with photographs. Hyatt ...

Art 12/13/19, 09:57

New Tang Dynasty Television's (NTD) 5th International Figure Painting Competition was held at the Salmagundi Club in New York from November 24 through November 30, 2019.  This year's figure painting competition received more than 400 submissions from 258 artists in 46 countries. The judging panel then selected 103 of these works ...

Culture 12/10/19, 05:55

“La Damnation de Faust” is a renowned opera by Hector Berlioz, one of the most influential European composers of the 19th-century. The main protagonist is Faust, a familiar figure in German folklore based on the historical figure Johann Georg Faust who lived across the 15th and 16th centuries.

Art 12/04/19, 10:02

Music has always been considered a cultural heritage of humankind. In ancient times, Chinese scholars figured out the correlation between music and the human body.

U.S. 11/30/19, 10:35

A growing number of renowned atheists have begun to warn that the decline of Christianity is seriously damaging society. A few decades ago, when the Christian faith began to lose ground in the West, movements like New Atheist led by the renowned biologist Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens began to gain ...

Culture 11/29/19, 03:32

A team of archaeologists from the University of Tel Aviv and the independent governmental Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a 2,000-year-old street built by Pontius Pilatus in Jerusalem. This walkway was most likely used by pilgrims as they made their way to worship their respective gods on Temple Mount in the ...

Culture 11/28/19, 05:54

Thanksgiving is one of the most important annual feasts for Americans, and most of us think that we know all there is to know about this day. However, here are some interesting facts about the festive holiday that might just surprise you. Let’s take a look. 1. The date for the ...

Culture 11/27/19, 08:10

For much of the 19th century, Thanksgiving was only celebrated by New Englanders and Northeastern transplants in the upper Midwest and New York. Without the dogged activism of Sarah Josepha Hale—a novelist, poet, and the editor of “Godey’s Lady’s Book,” a lifestyle magazine with an impressive pre-Civil War circulation of 150,000—Thanksgiving ...

Art 11/24/19, 08:27

In modern art, be it poetry, painting, music or dance, magnificent and overwhelming works that can withstand the test of time and carry a deep and thorough meaning to humanity are hard to find.

Culture 11/20/19, 10:35

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the emotions and feelings of another person. This ability, which is not merely inborn but can be taught, facilitates interpersonal relationships. Dr. Tania Singer – the director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Neurosciences in Leipzig, Germany – is not ...