Pinyin / Wade-Giles Pronunciation Guide

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This guide is designed to allow you to search Chinese syllables written in both pinyin and Wade-Giles spellings, the two most predominant systems of romanization for Chinese characters used in English language documents. Wade-Giles, so-called after the two developers, is an older system sometimes used in Western academic and popular publications. Pinyin, developed and implemented in the People’s Republic of China in the 1950′s, is today the more widely used system.

Xu Bing Interactives

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Check out contemporary artist and MacArthur Foundation recipient Xu Bing’s online interactive projects, such as [...]

The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology

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From the National Gallery of Art, this is an excellent resource on learning about ancient [...]

Met’ Museum of Art – Shang & Zhou Dynasties

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A subsection of the exhaustive Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, this a great place to [...]

Create a Bronze Vessel

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From the Princeton University Art Museum website, this is an online interactive site that teaches [...]

“Ancient China: From the Neolithic Period to the Han Dynasty” Instructional Packet

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This is a comprehensive guide (in PDF format) to ancient Chinese history and culture, with [...]

China Independent Documentary Film Archive (CIDFA)

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The founder of this website is pleased to have Mr. Wu Wenguang, one of most [...]

MIT Visualizing Cultures Image/Essay Database

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A treasure trove of spectacular images related to China and Japan from the 19th century [...]

Modernist Woodblocks from the Guggenheim’s 1998 exhibition, on-line catalogue

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Some great examples of Modernist woodblock prints by such artists as Li Hua, Yan Han, [...]

A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization, Woodcuts section

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A quick but informative introduction to the New Woodcut Movement of the 1930′s and 1940′s, [...]