Courtyard Houses | Sìhéyuàn 四合院

By |2021-02-08T11:10:07+00:00February 8th, 2021|Architecture, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture|

With at least one courtyard enclosed by four single-story buildings that face inward toward the open space, siheyuan represent the quintessential Chinese “courtyard houses.” Throughout China quadrangular courtyard structures come in many configurations, including many that are multistoried and others that have mere “skywells” with shafts of open space instead of broad courtyards. But siheyuan are best known because of their ubiquity in Beijing and other northern cities.

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By |2012-01-23T15:38:56+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Theater|

Shiaoling YU A scene from the ballet Red Detachment of Women, performed at the Great Hall of the People in

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By |2012-01-23T02:40:04+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Media|

Judy POLUMBAUM Discussion of “journalism reform” emerged with fervor in the mid-1980s, revolving around journalists’ desire for more autonomy and

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By |2012-01-23T02:40:03+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Media|

Wenbo KUANG A Nokia phone with Chinese text messages, and a Nokia phone with English text messages. Mobile phones are

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By |2012-01-23T02:32:12+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Festival|

Wendell ANDERSON The emblem for the 2010 world expo, depicting the image of three people-you, me, him/her holding hands together,

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By |2012-01-23T02:32:11+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Festival|

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By |2012-01-23T02:32:10+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Festival|

Haiwang YUAN International Labor Day had its roots in America during the 1800s, when unsafe conditions and 10 to 16

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By |2012-01-23T02:32:09+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Festival|

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