On a perfume from medieval China.

On a singer from Mawangdui, and a poem on Chu-style performance.

Tofu tofu!

On my family poem and instructions.

On a poem by the second patriarch of the Hakka Lius and our ancestral temple.

On visiting the Shrine of Master Liu in Yongzhou.

On the ancient state of Yelang.

On the museums dedicated to the Nanyue Kingdom in Guangzhou.

An interesting riddle on a pillow.

A Qing record of the famous Wenchang chicken and my first encounter with it.

On visiting the Chaoshan region.

On my visit to the 29th version of the Tengwangge.

A new option for your next paperweight?

An encounter with the early Tang poet Luo Binwang's work in his hometown.

On a traveller in the mountains and burnt rice

On my taster session of life in the mountains.

On the Buddha-hand citron.

On the Rock of Three Lives...

On the three "platforms for viewing ploughing" I visited recently.

On a Qing poet's (mis)perception of rock art and the Yungang Grottoes that tourism pamphlets don't talk about.