greatchinese.net had its premiere in the World Wide Web on August 1998. Beginning as a personal WebPages where the author shares with the Greater Chinese Community his passion of his own culture and religion, greatchinese.net has been providing information on Chinese History, Religions and Cultures.

由个人创作的中华人网，是于一九九八年八月所创。以在网上宏扬中华文明为己任始。至此，中华人网已成为一包含中华历史，宗教和文明的综合中华文明网页。

Mission

Chinese civilization is one of the oldest and richest in the World. The breadth and depth is way beyond one's ability to comprehend thoroughly, not even scholars and experts on Chinese Studies can claim they understand it all. With growing number of Chinese population dispersed around the world and the growing pace of  globalization, many Chinese people has loss touch with their own origin and traditions. This website is a humble attempt to nourish people's interest in their own root and to generate discussions and exchanges of ideas. 

The creation and maintenance of this website is solely the webmaster's personal effort, the resources are inevitably limited and exhaustive. He sincerely anticipates collaboration and cooperation of other interested parties.

中华文明，渊源流长，博大精深。虽穷一生之力，亦不能窥全貌。而我中华民族虽广居各地，但了解自己文化之心并没因地域的分隔而减少。中华人网（www.greatchinese.net）因此应运而生。中华人网本着宏扬中华文化为己任，希望能建立一网站，让有心中华文化的人能互相交流，让想了解中华文化的人能感受中华文明的向心力，从而了解中华文明。力求能做到「一页通古今」。

从中华人站的建立到现在，都由本人以一人之力而成，虽夙夜挑灯而作。实难以一人之力达到「一页通古今」之目标。故十分诚恳地希望能和各界合作。

Features

The major area that this website covers includes History, Buddhism, Scholars and Poets, Heroes and Fables, and a popular section on Chinese Surnames. There are also feature columns about Chinese Festivals and Current Affairs. To promote readers' interaction, readers can submit their opinion on nominated topic. Email service is also provided to readers so that anyone can register for a cool email address "xxx@greatchinese.net".
If there are not many websites that address Chinese culture, there is even less which address Buddhism, the most influential religion in the history of China. The concept of Buddhism is rather sophisticated and the literature are hard to read. greatchinese.net unveils Buddhism in simple words and stories so that viewers can begin to understand this religion.

Presentation wise, many readers showed their appreciation of the portraits of the Personalities and Buddha. It is the webmaster's honour to be granted the authorization to use these portraits by the author, Mr. Lu Yan Guang, a respective modern Chinese artist. The input has greatly enhanced the artistic value and added the pleasure of reading to the website .

中华人网现有中国历史（中华帝国兴亡史），佛教（一休禅堂），文化新闻（翰林别院），历史名人（中华俊彦），历史传奇故事（中华传奇）和百家姓（中华百家姓）等项目。还特为中华文化爱好者设立免费电邮（邮传千里 xxx@greatchinese.net）。

著名画家卢延光先生特授权本网页使用他的作品，令本网页更添趣味性。