This essay primarily examines Chen Yuhui’s "China", to explain how it narrates the Qing Empire from a Western perspective and uses the writing of Chinese cultural objects (porcelain, jade, etc.) to emerge a virile portrait of Chinese culture. Chen then uses this to reexamine 18th century China as a space that crosses culture and time, thus manifesting a fresh perspective of imagination. First, this essay suggests that the novel reflects the interior mind of its characters and even the spirit and culture of China. Next, it extends argumentation through the concept of materials, to explain how the author accepts and turns over tradition when Western culture entered China. In doing so, she is placed between the space and context of Eastern and Western civilization, and finally chooses or "transmits" orthodox culture. Last, this paper explores the development of China from the other’s point of view through the process of admiration, aspiration, and disappointment, which reemerges a cultural empire that is also the reflection of the distinct traits of Chinese nationality.