This list was compiled by staff at the Wyckoff Teacher Resource Center located at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. For teacher resources on Treasures from a Lost Civilization and other SAM art exhibitions visit the TRC. For more interesting links, please browser our community events listing.

Archaeology

DIG
A children’s web site talking about archaeology in general

Arts

Appreciation of Chinese Calligraphy
History of Chinese calligraphy and examples

Asian Arts
An academic journal for adults with high quality pictures.

Chinese Calligraphy
Introduction to Chinese calligraphy and Chinese history

Portland Chinese Garden
Information regarding Chinese Gardens and Culture

Metropolitan Museum of Art – Education Asian Links

Seattle Chinese Gardens
Information on Chinese Gardens and Seattle’s sister city Chongqing

Culture - general

China the Beautiful
Comprehensive links relating to Chinese history, language and art

Culture - holidays

Chinese New Year
Dates, history and traditions associated with Chinese New Year

Family Culture
Chinese New Year activities and links to further resources

Culture – philosophy/religion

Buddhism
Index of links containing information on specific topics relating to Buddhism

Chinese Philosophy
Listing of the major Chinese schools of Philosophical thought

Daoism (Taoism) Information Page
Index of links containing information on specific topics relating to Taoism

Education Resources

China WWW Virtual Library: Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
Index to Internet links provided by the Institute of Chinese Studies at Heidelberg University, Germany, as a service to the World Wide Web academic community.

Asia for Educators
Index to Internet links including teaching aides, Asian topics, resources, and world history

Teaching the Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People’s Republic of China
Lesson plans and background on specific objects

The Asia Society’s AskAsia Homepage
Educational resources and children’s activities online

Geography

China Maps
China maps of all different themes

China Virtual Tours
Articles and photos covering different areas in China

Interactive Dunhuang
Information on the Dunhuang caves

History

John Fairbank Memorial Chinese History Virtual Library
Political history of the People’s Republic of China

Language

Chinese Language
An online dictionary

News/Facts

Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C.
Chinese economic and political news resources

China Daily
English language online newspaper

China News
Index of links to various China news resources and articles