China's Kingdom of Chu

Get up close with China’s Kingdom of Chu—an Ancient world full of wonder that brought remarkable and lasting achievements in art, literature, and philosophy.

This edition of DIG Magazine brings you and your children an astounding culture full of dramatic shifts in power, new views of philosophy and religion, and innovative advances. You will play detective right beside real-life archaeologists as you work on excavations, discover DNA, dig into “wet” mummies, and attempt to follow The Riddle of Xiongjia Cemetery. Along the way, you can sample Chinese cuisine, learn how to write characters, ride in a dragon boat, hear an Ancient folktale, and sample the sort of music the king of Chu enjoyed.

Enjoy features including:

• The Phoenix Kingdom by Fan Zhang
• Breaking with the Zhou by Fan Zhang
• In Control & Then Not by Fan Zhang
• Seal Scrip by Li He
• The Nine Mounds of Jiuliandun by Patrick Wertmann
• Chu Lacquerware by Margarete Pruech
• Artisans on the Cutting Edge by Margarete Pruech
• The Riddle of Xiongjia Cemetery by Patrick Wertmann
• Music Makes a Difference by Margarete Pruech
• ‘Wet’ Mummies by Christine Liu-Perkins
• It’s in the Li Sao by Gopal Sukhu
• Dragon Boat Festival by Li He
• The Chu Influence by Monique Nagel-Angermann

Regular features of DIG magazine include Five Facts, Map, Fun with Words, Interestingly, The Calliope Chronicles, Fast Forward, Tales It Is, Ask Away!, This & That, Off the Shelf/ On the Net, In the Headlines, The Adventures of Dr. Dig, and Artifacts.