Explore Shanghai's exotic Former French Concession area and visit clothing boutiques with some unique and one-of-a-kind fashion items.

Time for some food!

Time for portraits!

Shiyin gives a tour of where she's staying.

Shiyin introduces a pair of contact lenses she finds work well for Hanfu styling.

Shiyin styles Tuan Shen's hair herself.

What treasures await inside the Mingjing Yaji?

Shiyin checks out more merchandise at the Mingjing Yaji.

Shiyin introduces a few friends during her visit to Mingjing.

Shiyin continues to explore life dressed in Hanfu.

Shiyin sets out to find out why there aren't as many young men that are embracing the Hanfu style.

Shiyin speaks with the Hanfu fandom and their journey to discovering Hanfu.

Are people optimistic about the future of Hanfu clothing for men?

American-born Tim Wu is an emcee/producer/tv host/celebrity based out of Shanghai. As most foreigners learning Chinese find it hard enough to wrap their tongues around its confounding variety of tones and new sounds, rarely does anyone aspire to use his or her burgeoning linguistic skills to write poetry, let alone rap. Let's listen to one who has.

Andy Lau is one of Hong Kong's most successful singers and actors. He has been in over 150 films since the 1980s, and has had a successful career as a Cantonese pop singer. In this interview, he reminisces about his early days as a singer and talks about his recent album.

This video is an introduction to the origins and location of the Shaolin Temple, the center and origin of Shaolin kung fu.

The video discusses the uniqueness of Shaolin kung fu's weapons as well as the importance of achieving Zen in practicing this mysterious martial art.

Shaolin monks have travelled and performed around the world, bringing praise and attention to Shaolin kung fu.

This video is an introduction to the art of the Wudang Sword and the life of Master Chen, a world-renowned martial artist.

Those learning the sword may think of all the chivalry and heroic qualities associated with such, but further practice will lead to a deeper understanding of such notions.

The sword is a symbol of the martial world and becoming one with the sword is the highest, most ideal state one can attain.

Like the secret to performing tai chi, to reach a state in which troubles are a thing of our past, we must forget everything including our material worth and troubles and become one with nature.

Listen to this make-believe story about how the twelve animals were selected to be the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. What terrible thing did the rat do to get its bad reputation and why do cats hate rats?!

Every art has its own peculiarity and, as an art, paper cutting has its own special way of representing reality through the eyes of the artist who is often observing the world from the most simple and natural point of view.