Wonder if our creativity will extend this far ...

I suspect we'll mainly be writing in English, but perhaps we ought to be at least aware of the great tradition of creative writing in China?

In the same way that historical periods in Britain are often named from monarchs or bloodlines (Victorian, Tudor), the same can be said of China in the form of its dynasties. You have probably heard of the Ming Dynasty (perhaps from hearing about Ming vases?), but were you aware that the Tang Dynasty was a time famous for another art entirely - poetry.

Here's a short video introducing some of the background to Tang poetry. See if you can see any similarities or differences with poetry from the West: