living as he did at a time that produced excellent poetry, but it was not until a couple of hundred years later in the Song Dynasty was he acclaimed as a ‘Sage Poet’ for his compassion for ...

Silk—Washing Stream is a poem by Song Dynasty poet Li Qingzhao (1084-1155), one of the leading female poets of the time. The Cold Food Festival or Hanshi Festival, as mentioned in the poem, is a ...

Latte art has got nothing on the ancient Chinese art of drawing on tea foam whipped up with a bamboo whisk, these days using ...

To prepare for The Tortured Poets Department here are some ... some Swifties to draw comparisons to her song “the last great american dynasty” which centers on Standard Oil heiress and ...

poet Li Qingzhao's early life was dazzling. At the young age of 16, she rose to prominence as a literary star in the male-dominated Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). She was only 18 when she ...