We may not be able to live as extravagantly as the emperors before us, but we can still afford to live life with a bit of elegance.

Tai and Xue have a four-bedroom, two-living room house. Or do they?

The complexity underlying the simplicity of Song Huizong's art is especially evident in the Ru porcelain of his time.

Song Huizong had an uncanny way of making the invisible visible.

Ye Ru from Inner Mongolia shows you how to make lamb stew from her hometown.

Song Huizong assigned very challenging subjects to his painters.

Song Huizong had greater ambitions with his self-created font, "Slender Gold."

As Yanni prepares for a project, the Butler explains what "craft" means to him.

Ye Ru from Inner Mongolia will attempt to make lamb stew for the first time, the very dish her mom used to make.

Yanni organizes a small party for someone who has inspired her.

Song Huizong was the Chinese emperor with the best taste of them all.

Each one of us who comes to the Bund is adding his or her own piece to a beautiful puzzle.

Which emperor could possibly restrain the "Eastern Heretic," Huang Yaoshi and "Western Venom," Ouyang Feng, as well as a host of other strange-looking fellows from the same era?

The Astor House Hotel was the setting for the story of American journalist Helen Foster Snow.

The story of the entire modern city of Shanghai began with the Bund.

A self-professed introvert, the Butler discusses a swimming club he joined.

Find out why artist Icy Tan doesn't believe in simply living in her own world.

Artist Icy Tan draws her inspiration from the stories of her friends.

Hu Jianming from Ningbo believes food from one's hometown is like a memory of his or her childhood.

Meet Icy Tan, a freelance artist. The theme of her work: life.

The owner of Zhuli Kosa details the painstaking efforts made in creating the ideal place to stay for Zhujiajiao visitors.

The lesson on to make pork belly stew with dried pufferfish continues.

Zhuli Kosa is a hotel in the ancient water town of Zhujiajiao. The interior design concept aims to ‘relive the olden days of the Song Dynasty’, when Japanese aesthetics were de rigeur.

Annie also works at an old European furniture shop that features items she and her husband have collected over the past several years.