In early imperial China, porcelain was introduced and was refined to the point that in English the word China has become synonymous with high-quality porcelain. Around the 1st century AD, Buddhism arrived in
The traditional Chinese culture should include: ancient prose, poetry, ci, qu, fu, national music, ethnic drama, quyi, Chinese painting, calligraphy, couplet, lantern riddles, shooting, wine making, shuanji,