China guide
Short China references for overseas readers: solar terms, zodiac animals, festivals, the Four Books and Five Classics, and historical periods. Each page says what the thing is and links to a source or a text catalogue. Not a textbook, and not a storybook.
24 solar termsWhere the solar terms come from, and the 2026 date of each one.12 zodiac animalsEarthly branches, animals, and the years 1996–2035.Traditional festivalsWhich lunar day Spring Festival, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn and the others fall on.Four Books and Five ClassicsWhich books they are, and when the Four Books became a set.Historical periodsThe usual dates from legend through the Qing. Not the book Five Thousand Years of Chinese History.