Once a traditional Spring Festival pastime, this 2,000-year-old game integrates elements of fantasy and imperial culture.

Well, it was a surprise to me. Now, hold onto your gourds, and join us for a brief history of pumpkins. Gourds have been cultivated in South America for 13,000 years Most pumpkin varieties have ...

In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the eight categories ... Some feature illustrations of phoenixes and generic scenes from ancient China, while others are decorated with Chinese calligraphy.

Produced by women, gourds are also symbolically associated with fertility, creation myths, and the ancient healing practices of Indigenous peoples, and are still widely used today to prepare and ...