Shen Yun Collections Blogs

Zhen Shan Ren Shoulder Bag: A Heritage that Spans the East and the West

The Six Arts of Confucian Scholars

If you attended a 2022 Shen Yun performance, you may well remember this scene from The Men’s Classical Chinese Dance—a group of well dressed young ...

Divine Origin of Tang Court Ladies Fashion

One night in the eighth century, in the grand royal palace of the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor is drinking under the full moon. Chang’an, the world’s ...

The Gods Knew the Official Was Lying

A boy named Chen Sheng lived during the Song Dynasty. He was about 13 years old. One day, when he was walking back from the market, he stopped on a...

The Legend of How the Peony Became the Queen of Flowers

Did you know the peony is the most celebrated flower in Eastern tradition? Her story of dignity has been cherished for thousands of years. Let's fi...

Xiantan’s High Morals Save the Businessmen

Many years ago, there was a wealthy businessman named Xiantan. He practiced Buddhism and believed that everything in the human world was only an il...

Shen Yun Collections Phoenix Crown Dedicated to Miss NTD

We are excited to announce that Shen Yun Collections is the Official Crown Sponsor of the inaugural New Tang Dynasty Global Chinese Beauty Pageant...

A Higher Standard for Handbags: Making of the Spirit of Mulan Collection

Mulan – China’s dainty daughter turned military leader – still commands our imaginations today, more than a thousand years after her selfless story...

Helping Yourself by Helping Others

In ancient China, people seeking to cultivate into immortals would sometimes hide away in a cave where they could spend long hours meditating.

Kangxi and Louis XIV: Famous Parallel Figures

One of China's most illustrious emperors, Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722) of the Qing Dynasty,takes the cake for the longest-ruling emperor in Chinese h...

Altruism Changes His Fate

Many years ago, there was a man who was so poor that he had to beg for food. Even though he was a beggar, he very much wanted to live a normal life...

A Kind Act Saves Two Lives

This story happened during the Qing Dynasty when several European nations as well as other foreign nations had trading posts in China.

Origins of the Dragon Boat Festival

You may have heard of an exciting festival featuring intense paddle boat races in long, brilliantly colored “dragon boats.” It’s held on the 5th da...

What’s Inside Counts

During the Ming Dynasty, Yu Liangchen and his peers created a community where members were not allowed to kill, visit prostitutes, curse, or talk b...