Category: China Connections
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Traveling China In 1917 – A Woman Traveling Alone (Ruth Hummel)
Ruth Bookwalter Hummel lived in China with her husband Arthur Hummel in 1917; in this letter to her sister, she describes a journey she took to travel from the remote area of Fenyang, Shanxi, China, to Beijing. In 1917 this journey took about a week as she traveled over some very rough roads; today, the…
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Who Has The Oldest Family Tree?
When people are doing their genealogy, a question that can come up is who in the world has the longest and oldest family tree, and what does an ancient and long family tree looks like. The Chinese philosopher, teacher, and politician Confucius have the longest and oldest family tree in the world. The family of…
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The Old Silk Road – China’s Old Silk Road History
This article deals with the long Overland route from north-east China to Chinese Turkestan (now Xinjiang) to Persia and Asia Minor. It was the route by which Chinese pilgrims made their way to India in search of Indian philosophy and wisdom. Marco Polo traveled it about A.D. 1272 when he set out to the court…
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How The Dog and Cat Came To be Enemies – Gleanings From Chinese Folklore
How The Dog and Cat Became enemies is very interesting Chinese folklore. The folklore is said to be one of the favorite stories that grandparents love to tell their grandchildren. How The Dog and Cat Came To be Enemies – Gleanings From Chinese Folklore by Nellie N Russell. This original book of Gleanings From Chinese…
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Gleanings From Chinese Folklore – A Daughter Of The Present
It is not uncommon for people to assume that a son is always more valuable than a daughter in China. But yet many daughters throughout China’s history have shown great courage and, in many cases, even saved their families from destruction. A Daughter of the Present is a true folklore story from the book Gleanings…
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The Old Farmer On The Frontier Lost His Horse – An Old Chinese Story
Translated From Chinese By Dr. Arthur William Hummel An Old Chinese Story From More Than 2,000 years ago. Written in the Book of Huai Nan-Tzu who died in 122 B.C. An Old Chinese Story – The Farmer and His Lost Horse An old farmer who lived on the northern frontier of China, on the border…