Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets used to write the Chinese language, with the other being simplified characters. Traditional characters predominated in written
The Guangzhou Daily, one of China's best-read newspapers, uses traditional Chinese characters in its branding.
Advertisement in a Filipino Chinese daily newspaper written in traditional Chinese characters
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China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while
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…they are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as in most overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia. In the mid-20th century, People's Republic of China (PRC) began standardizing simplified Chinese, mostly with characters that existed before as variants, sometimes merging previously distinct character…
A set of Western Zhou-era ritual bronzes, c. 1000 BCE
Soldier statues of the Terracotta Army, buried alongside Qin Shi Huang c. 210 BCE
Section from the Song-era landscape painting, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, early 1100s
A Ming dynasty section of the Great Wall of China