What elements in China culture amaze foreigners?

Bian Xiao saw a foreigner ask such a question on Quora: What elements of China culture do you like?

My first thought is China cuisine. In addition, let's see how foreigners answer:

via@ Derek Zech

Derek Zech

1, lanterns are in China.

Fuzhou lanterns are very interesting.

Fuzhou lantern

Zhushan lanterns in Taiwan Province Province, China also have a special flavor.

Zhushan Lantern in Taiwan Province Province, China

And the sky lanterns in Pingxi, Taiwan Province are also amazing.

Sky Lantern

Chaoshan has a tradition of writing big characters on lanterns, which looks quite complicated.

Chaoshan lantern

2. Kiln porcelain

Kiln porcelain 1

Kiln porcelain 2

3. Tianmu glaze in Song Dynasty

Tianmu glaze 1

Tianmu glaze 2

The following is Tianmu Kimura. As the name implies, there seems to be a leaf in the bowl, right? I tell you, it is actually a real leaf.

Akebia 1

Muye Tianmu No.2

4. China architecture

This is "Zhilian Jingyuan", an attempt by Hong Kong to imitate the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty. But they didn't realize that the apartment on the right in the picture was built next to the building, which destroyed a lot of atmosphere.

Chi Lin Nunnery

Although Vanke Five Gardens are not traditional buildings in China in the true sense, they are greatly influenced by the traditional architectural style of Hui and Jin Dynasties. The traditional Huizhou architecture is as follows.

Huizhou architecture 1

Huizhou architecture ii

Huizhou school looks clean, simple but exquisite.

Via@ Simon Shaw

Simon Yus Shaw

Martial arts novels. A major category of China's martial arts adventure novels.

China martial arts TV series

Through @ Chen Yitong

Jason Chen

Writing couplets and calligraphy are two elements of China culture, which are unique in the world.

Through @ Michael Chen

Michael Chen

Have tea.

green tea

green tea

Yellow tea

Yellow tea

white tea

white tea

oolong

oolong

Wait, there's plenty of good tea!

China is the hometown of tea and the birthplace of tea culture. It has a history of more than four or five thousand years and spread all over the world. Tea is one of the most popular green drinks beneficial to physical and mental health in the world. Tea is integrated into the world and advocates the "tea world".

Tea culture includes tea tasting skills, art appreciation, tea art operation means, better environment and careful tea tasting. The process of forming and unifying spirit is the process of forming tea culture phenomenon. It has a long history, profound culture and a long history of religious activities.

People in more than 0/00 countries and regions all over the world like tea. Tea looks similar, but each variety has its own advantages. China people have always had the custom of "entertaining guests with tea", which fully embodies the civility and courtesy of the Chinese nation.