In the book "The Celestial Empire" Inessa Pleskachevskaya introduces the reader to China. Many of her stories and advice will certainly come in handy for those who are going to visit this ancient country for the first time. You will read about the main traditional holidays, dishes, inventions, mentality and general way of life of the Chinese. What do people in China think about color and numbers and can these ideas seriously affect life? Why are elderly people in the Middle Kingdom good and what is the secret of their longevity? When it is worth going to China, what you definitely need to try, what stereotypes you will encounter, and what you will get rid of, it seems that the author managed to tell about almost everything.