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Mei finds an old album in Grandma's house in Beijing. She discovers a charming character doing a back flip on a faded photo and surprisingly learns this is her late Grandpa. She wishes she could have spent more time with him. Grandma says Grandpa was one of the best performers of Peking Opera (jing ju). It is hard for Mei to imagine him singing and doing back flips, so Grandma takes Mei to a show at the Mei Lanfang Grand Theater. The wonderful performance and Grandma's explanations offer Mei a beautiful overview of Peking Opera, the classic Chinese performance art, as well as interesting stories of her Grandpa. Mei returns to Washington D.C. after vacation. She decides to introduce the " most beautiful face" to her friends. What is the most beautiful face? Why does Mei love it? Will her friends like it too? Let's follow the traditional Chinese paintbrush to enjoy an affectionate story about familial love, and learn about the traditional Chinese art enriched by more than a thousand years of culture and filled with great hopes for the future.

This coloring book allows children to give full play to their creativity while helping them to understand the story behind the Chinese zodiac and recognize their own zodiac sign. Unique and beautiful illustrations. You will get 36 gorgeous and adorable hand-drawn, original zodiac images to enjoy in this book. Single-sided images. Each image is printed on its own separate page to prevent bleed-through and allow you to easily remove and frame your favorite piece(s) of art. 7.25 * 10.25-inch images printed on bright white premium paper. The large format pages make it easy for children to color, and the paper is suitable for any drawing tool including pencils, crayon, water colors and markers! Diverse zodiac characteristics. Each Chinese zodiac sign has three diverse images designed to reflect the different personalities represented behind the zodiac sign. Children can learn adjectives representing different personalities in coloring, and can also understand the connection between the zodiac sign and personality. A great enlightenment book. This book introduces the traditional culture of the Chinese zodiac in a diversified way.

A long time ago, a young man named Ding Xian is finally qualified for the imperial examination held in the capital city. Ding Xian travels day and night. While he is passing through Wuyi Mountain, he is so tired that he cannot walk any longer. A kind monk happens to pass by and sees the weak Ding Xian. After he takes Ding Xian back to the temple in the mountain, the monk makes him a beverage with some leaves and hot water. This magical drink rejuvenates Ding Xian immediately. The energetic Ding Xian continues with his journey to the capital city. As a result, Ding Xian wins the first place in the imperial exam! Ding Xian is deeply impressed by the kindness of the monk and the magical drink. He returns to Wuyi Mountain to visit the monk with some valuable gifts, but the monk refuses to accept them. Instead, the monk takes Ding Xian to the mountain behind the temple, where the raw ingredient of the magical drink can be found-- the tea tree. Since then, Ding Xian starts his new learning path on tea.