封面是中国古人的刷牙

在牙刷问世之前，古代中国人用手指或柳树来清洁牙齿。在敦煌164号窟的壁画，一个和尚咬树枝来软化，然后蘸牙粉刷牙。然而，这种做法只受僧侣们的欢迎，而不是普通人。照片/孙志军
Dental Hygiene of Ancient Chinese
By Douzi Translation by Nick Angiers
The people of the modern world emphasize the health and aesthetic beauty of one’s teeth. But how did the people of ancient times view dental hygiene, and how did they go about cleaning their teeth? This article offers a history of teeth cleaning in China.

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1.CultureDental Hygiene of Ancient Chinese
By Douzi Translation by Nick Angiers
The people of the modern world emphasize the health and aesthetic beauty of one’s teeth. But how did the people of ancient times view dental hygiene, and how did they go about cleaning their teeth? This article offers a history of teeth cleaning in China.More>>
古人的刷牙经
文章出自：中华遗产 2016年第03期 作者： 豆子
2.Archaeology
Soul-laden Vessels: Pujiang’s Warring States Period Boat-Coffins
ByXiao Yi Photographs byLiu Qiankun and as credited Translation by Bruce Humes
During the Warring States Period (475–221 BC), the “boat-coffin” burial custom was very popular in the Sichuan Basin. The deceased was placed inside a wooden coffin shaped like a small craft, in the hope that his or her soul would be transported by the river waters to shores of the afterworld. In September 2016, a very large-scale site containing clusters of such coffins was discovered in Pujiang More>>
载魂之舟
蒲江惊现战国船棺群
文章出自：中国国家地理 2017年第02期 作者： 萧易

3.Explore
Xifengkou: the Underwater Great Wall
ByZuo Lingren Photographs byWu Lixinand as credited Translation by Paul Stephen
In 1975, a dam went up spanning the Luanhe River, a major tributary feeding into a watershed primarily covering the Bashang Plateau, the Yanshan Mountains, and Hebei Plains, and forming a natural boundary dividing Hebei Province’s Kuancheng and Qianxi counties. Built in Panjiakou Village, the dam created the Panjiakou Reservoir which submerged the Xifengkou section of the Great Wall, running alongMore>>
喜峰口潜入水下看长城
文章出自：中国国家地理 2013年第09期 作者： 左凌仁

4.Taste
Delicacies of Changbai Forests
By Ruan Renyi
Photographs by Zhou Yao, and as credited
Traslation by Pavel Toropov
In Chinese, there is a term for “delicacy” which consists of two characters—shanzhen (山 shan, “mountain”, and 珍 zhen, “treasure”. What was meant by this term has differed throughout history, but now shanzhen refers to wild herbs, mushrooms and other foodstuffs that can be gathered in the forests. The vast forests of Changbai Mountains in China’s northeast, with their geographic and climatic varietMore>>
长白山山珍 大山最美味的馈赠
文章出自：中国国家地理 2017年第04期 作者： 阮任艺
5.Sepcial Report
Digital Revival the Yuanming Yuan
By Ni Ruifeng Illustrationsby Beijing Tsinghua Heritage Institute for Digitization(THID) Translation by Paul Stephen
Yuanming Yuan, the Old Summer Palace, is said to be a paragon of gardening as an art form; yet it is also a place of sorrow for the Chinese people—having languished, and overgrown, for more than 150 years. Through rigorous scientific research and advancements in digital restoration modeling techniques, this miracle of world civilization, this “Garden of Gardens”, can reappear before our eyes!More>>
“看见”圆明园
文章出自：中华遗产 2014年第10期 作者： 倪瑞锋
6.From the Editor
Discover all the Way!
By Liu Jing, Editor in Chief
Photograph by Li Sheng

7.Idioms
Chinese Dragon: Powerful and Potent
By Cheng Long

8.Dragon Patterns
By Zhou Qinyu Translation by Nick Angiers
Different from the fearsomely mighty dragon of the West, the dragon of traditional Chinese lore is a mythical creature embodying auspiciousness and divinity, which eventually went on to become the symbol of the indomitable royal authority of a sovereign, the “Son of Heaven”. As for how the image of the Chinese dragon came to be the way we see it now, we must first set our gaze to the distant prehiMore>>
龙纹：多少飞龙天地间
文章出自：中华遗产 2016年第11期 作者： 周琴语