Blog Tag - Qing Dynasty

Mandarin Monday: The 8 Emperor-Approved Sightseeing Spots in Beijing
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends. Earlier...
This Qing Dynasty Foodie Taught Farm-To-Table Two Centuries Before It Was Cool
Like many people, we like to read and collect cookbooks but until recently we had never used one published more than 200 years ago. That has now...
Mandarin Monday: How to Speak Qing Dynasty Chinglish
If you think Chinglish sounds funny now, you should've heard it back in the Qing dynasty. Just imagine going to a market and having one of that...
Think The Air's Bad Now? You Should've Seen It in the Qing Dynasty
Think Beijing's pollution is bad now? You shoulda seen it in the Qing Dynasty. According to a Chinese report in the Reference News, a Macau-based...
Community Matters: Gulou Under Lock and Key, Tales of the Night Watch With Bespoke Beijing
Be transported to an older time when Beijing was one of the most policed cities in the world. Bespoke Beijing joined forces with the historians...
Check This Out: Online Gallery of Old Beijing City Wall and Gates Photos
Beijingofdreams is a new site by by an organization called the Chinese History of Science and Culture Foundation. It consists of a fascinating...
Is this the face of Beijing’s oldest sexpat?
Life in Beijing offers temptations galore for many young expats, not least of which is its sizeable and hormonally charged gene pool. But far be it...