One of the most popular literary activities last month was a dialogue between four Asian women writers — Gong Ji-yeong from South Korea, Li Zishu from Malaysia, and Qiao Ye and Liao Jing from China.

The powerful people-to-people bonds between China and Malaysia take many expressions considering the range of shared cultural and traditional values between the two nations.

More than 40 foreign experts in classical studies from 13 countries visited Henan's heritage sites, Longmen Grottoes and the Yinxu Museum.

Traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM, embodies Chinese cultural values and humanistic spirit.

In a world where cultural pride is rising alongside technological advances, traditional Chinese music has found its place once again.

Scholars embrace technologies to preserve Buddhist heritage and culture.

When 24-year-old Peter Onyango arrived in Chenjiagou village in Henan province, he encountered a 75-year-old woman who challenged him to push her with all his might.

Museums are echoes of history that transcend time — and space.

Chinese locations named Best Tourism Village by the UNWTO

The Autumn Equinox, or Qiufen in Chinese, occurs around September 23rd each year.

More than 800 representatives from 50 countries, regions and international organizations have gathered at the 7th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo.

With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form.

Nestled in Wancheng district in Nanyang city, Central China's Henan province, the Medical Sage Ancestral Temple, now known as the Zhang Zhongjing Museum, conveys rustic and poetic ambiance.

In Beiwudu township of north Wuyang county, Central China's Henan province, lies a hidden Neolithic site, the Jiahu site.

Originating in Yuzhou county, Central China's Henan province, Jun porcelain, which dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), flourished during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and has been passed down through generations through innovation and preservation.

The Great Heat, one of the Chinese twenty-four solar terms, falls between July 22nd and 24th each year, marking the hottest period of the year.

The 2024 Shaolin Games Finals will end on Sunday.

On June 30, the Lanting Pavilion yaji cultural salon on Chinese Yu Opera and calligraphy was held at the China Cultural Center in Paris.

The Summer Solstice marks the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.

Duanwu Festival, also known as Dragon Boat Festival, is one of the four major Chinese festivals.

Though there are no formal statistics regarding the number of tai chi practitioners in the country, the martial art can be said to have enjoyed an enduring popularity over the years.

China's Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu, is just around the corner. Also called the Double Fifth Festival, the holiday, which falls on June 10 this year, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

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Nestled beside the tranquil Huanhe River in Anyang, Central China's Henan province, stands the new hall of the Yinxu Museum, a striking structure in the shape of a bronze square ding, or ancient cauldron.

Tai chi, according to a recent study, is better than aerobic exercise for lowering blood pressure.

Precious items from Central China highlight civilization spanning three dynasties.

Yollando is also known as Yanming, the Chinese name he was given by his teacher at the Shaolin Temple.

Beginning of Summer

Luxor and the Yin Ruins have, respectively, witnessed the historic highlights of the development of Egypt and China, the two ancient civilizations.

Cultural relics of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties (2070B.C-1600B.C.) unearthed from central China's Henan Province are exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of History in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, April 2, 2024.

Qingtuan is a traditional green snack that's stuffed and steamed.

The Qingming solar term marks the fifth of China's 24 solar terms and falls on April 4th this year.

German student embraces traditional medicine.

On Monday morning in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, a group of local primary school students were skillfully crafting vivid dragon-shaped paper cuttings.

Back in the 19th century, however, before the advent of photography, the major way for travelers to record their daka was through painting.

Today, 162 Shaolin cultural centers have been established in over 50 countries and regions, while the Shaolin Temple attracts nearly 7 million Chinese and international tourists and martial arts enthusiasts every year.

The Spring Equinox (Chinese: 春分), as the fourth term of the year starts on March 20 and ends on April 3 this year.

Many museums demonstrating the unique local culture can now be found in China's vast rural areas.

The 30-year-old from Zibo, Shandong province, has been working as an inner painter since 2015.

The Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival that falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Yushui, the Rain Water is the 2nd solar term of spring and the year. It falls on February 19 this year.

The Baofeng Majie Folk Artists Fair is held annually on the 13th day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar in Majie village in C. Henan province.

Come to the Majie Folk Artists Fair and enjoy a traditional rural delight.

People celebrate Spring Festival across China.

The Spring Festival is the oldest and most important traditional traditional festival in Chinese culture.

Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is still a week away, but people across Europe have felt the festive ambiance by savoring traditional Chinese cuisine and enjoying various celebratory activities.

Beginning of Spring (Chinese: Li Chun 立春) is the first solar term of the 24 Chinese solar terms and falls on the fourth day of February this year.

Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Feb 2 this year.

International students at Jiangsu University's Overseas Education College came together on Jan 21 for the school's 2024 Spring Festival Party to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon.

Folk activities add color to Spring Festival

Traditional event celebrates 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations

The Major Cold begins this year on January 20th. In this period, snow, rain and icy cold weather exert a big influence on people's lives.

The day is also known as the Laba Rice Porridge Festival. The Laba this year falls on Jan 18.

As a group of dancers wearing turquoise costumes and towering hair buns moved to a traditional Chinese melody, they appeared as if they had just stepped out of an ancient scroll painting of a Chinese landscape.

In response to growing concerns over the deteriorating state of the Great Wall, China's cultural heritage authorities issued a circular recently outlining enhanced measures to safeguard the iconic structure.

As the Spring Festival getting close, it's time to do some preparation from now.

Minor Cold (Chinese: 小寒), the 23rd solar term, begins this year on Jan 6.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Winter Solstice (Chinese: 冬至), the 22nd solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 22 and ends on Jan 5.

Major Snow (Chinese: 大雪), the 21st solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 7.

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Snow, (Chinese: 小雪), the 20th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 22 and ends on Dec 6.

Start of Winter is the first solar term of winter, which means winter is coming and crops harvested in autumn should be stored up.

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Frost's Descent, (Chinese: 霜降), the 18th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 24 and ends on Nov 7.

When clear and refreshing autumn arrives and chrysanthemums envelope the world, it's time for the Chinese Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival.

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Cold Dew, (Chinese: 寒露), the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct 23.

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar.

The Autumn Equinox (Chinese:秋分) is the 16th of the 24 solar terms in China.

Teacher's Day in ancient China.

White Dew, (Chinese: 白露), the 15th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 8 and ends on Sept 22. White Dew indicates the real beginning of cool autumn.

The Zhongyuan Festival, also known as Ullambana Festival among Buddhists, falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, on Aug 30 this year.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently launched 143 high-quality rural tourism routes across the country.

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. End of Heat, (Chinese: 处暑), the 14th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 23 and ends on Sept 7.

The annual Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, falls on August 22 this year.

The cultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, system of Hani rice-growing, covers 16,603 hectares in Yunnan province.

Archaeological discovery paints picture of ancient port.

And I encourage everybody to go there, not only to learn about the history of the games, but also to get inspired by the past.

Chinese intangible cultural heritage has been one of the most delightful surprises for both athletes and spectators at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games.

Culture Fact: Explore the cultural city of Chengdu

The Thatched Cottage of Du Fu is located at the side of the Flower Bathing Brook on the western outskirts of Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

For Fang Rui walking the streets of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, and taking in the buildings and culture of the historical city is almost a daily routine.

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Heat, (Chinese: 大暑), the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 23 and ends August 7.

The beauty of Chinese martial arts is in its power, strength and stillness, Yang says. For Chinese-style dance, the beauty lies in its elegance.

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Traditional art and cuisine, language and technological breakthroughs are luring young people from around the world to nation's universities.

An exhibition titled Origins and Early Development of Chinese Civilization - A Major Exhibition of Archaeological Discoveries in China was unveiled.

To protect cultural heritage and pass it down through generations is a shared responsibility of mankind.

Minor Heat, (Chinese: 小暑), the 11th solar term of the year, begins on July 7 this year and ends on July 22.

China on Thursday celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival, a day dedicated to commemorating Qu Yuan.

It has a history of more than 100 years.

A group of herdsmen in north China are braving the vast desert to project cultural relic sites.

The Duanwu Festival, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional Chinese occasion during which people pray for good health.

At a meeting on cultural inheritance and development last Friday, President Xi Jinping called for efforts to build a modern Chinese civilization.

The Chinese solarcalendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grainin Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 6 this year and ends on June 20.

China will launch over 9,800 events nationwide to showcase the country's intangible cultural heritage.

Wandering sounds, irregular rhythms and a carrier of gentle emotions.

China is planning to pilot three to five national-level tourism routes featuring cultural heritage themes during the country's 14th Five-Year Plan period from 2021 to 2025.

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Summer (Chinese: 立夏), the 7th term of the year, begins on May 6 and ends on May20 this year.

Hundreds of practitioners gathered in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a commune located in the western suburbs of Paris.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain (Chinese: 谷雨)，as the last term in spring, starts on April20 and ends on May 5.

It drizzles thick and fast on the Pure Brightness Day, I travel with my heart lost in dismay. Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy? He points at Apricot Village faraway.

Qingming is both a natural solar term and traditional Chinese festival during which people enjoy spring outings, sweep graves and pray to those who have passed away.

The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a traditional Chinese festival when families pay tribute to their deceased loved ones and ancestors.

Here are 8 things you may not know about Clear and Bright.

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox (Chinese: 春分), as the fourth term of the year starts on March 21 and ends on April 4 this year.

As younger generations attach more importance to traditional culture, relevant industries and services are expected to thrive as well.

Here are 6 things you may not know about Awakening of Insects.

The traditional Chinese Longtaitou Festival, or Dragon-Head-Raising Festival, falls on the second day of the second lunar month every year.

Chinese Lantern Festival, or Yuan Xiao Jie, falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. The festival features family reunions, feasts, light shows and various cultural activities.

A man performs during a Shehuo show in Chengguan Town of Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 3, 2023.

Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.

Now, with well-known Turkish hospitality, the country welcomes Chinese travelers again in the Year of the Rabbit.

More than 1 million visits were made to museums across Beijing during the Spring Festival holidays, marking a robust revival for the city's cultural venues.

China's cinemas welcomed crowds of moviegoers during the Spring Festival holiday, raising hopes for the film industry's recovery.

Some 2,000 years ago, silk, once uniquely produced in China, traversed deserts and seas to the West.

China, the most promising consumption market in the world, is seeing a dramatic rise in the culture and tourism sector as the Chinese New Year approaches.

An American expat, who came to China 13 years ago to study martial arts, has become a Kung Fu master.

The Spring Festival Gala is not only a cultural feast, but also a banquet of media technology.

Erlitou relics in Yanshi, Henan, are very eye-catching in the history of Chinese archaeology.

Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Jan 14 this year.

The fourth national census of cultural relics in China will be organized this year by the National Cultural Heritage Administration.

Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms.

TCM's theories and practices to contain epidemics have been refined and improved.

Winter Solstice (Chinese: 冬至), the 22nd solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 22 and ends on Jan 5.

In the Shang Dynasty (c.16th century-11th century BC), a lunar eclipse was also observed, and the scene was engraved on oracle bones.

Studies have shown that traditional Chinese medicine has inhibited the virus from invading and replicating itself.

After winning the hearts of millions of critics and casual viewers in China, a drama inspired by a real-life poverty alleviation project, Minning Town, began airing in Egypt.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Snow (Chinese: 大雪), the 21st solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 7 and ends on Dec 21.

China is known as the hometown of tea.

China's traditional tea-making was added on Tuesday to the intangible cultural heritage list of the UNESCO.

Minor Snow, (Chinese: 小雪), the 20th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 22 and ends on Dec 6.

In 2011, shadow plays, also known as shadow puppetry, were inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Archaeologists have fully unveiled a key site at the ruins of Yuanmingyuan in Beijing that tells of past imperial glory and demonstrates a painful moment in Chinese history.

Start of Winter, (Chinese: 立冬), the 19th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 7 and ends on Nov 21.

Senior officials have called for the accelerating modernization and innovation of TCM to better contribute to global health on Saturday.

China will continue to stress efforts to inherit and enhance the influence of traditional culture.

Using 3D laser scanning technology, the lab recorded all the information on the cultural relics before and after protection.

Over the last 10 years, China has accomplished its objectives to preserve its cultural heritage.

In recent years, the Chinese art world has fully demonstrated China's artistic ideas through its active interaction with the rest of the world.

Veteran Peking Opera performers Du Zhenjie and Zhang Huifang joined in the Culture Tour of Peking Opera Master Forum.

Here are eight things you should know about Cold Dew.

The name of the Chongyang Festival, which is also called Double Ninth Festival, comes from when two nines appear on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

China's Double Ninth Festival, also referred to as the Chongyang Festival, falls on the ninth day of the ninth Chinese lunar month.

The number of day-trip travelers participating in local tours or traveling to nearby regions almost doubled compared to last year.

Two stone murals from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) have been unearthed in central China's Henan Province.

A huge flower basket arrangement with the theme blessings to China will be installed in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square as part of the plan to decorate the square.

The Autumn Equinox, or “Qiufen” in Chinese, the 16th of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese Lunar Calendar, falls on September 23 this year.

China recently unveiled its cultural development plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, stressing that culture is not only the soul of a country, but also the soul of national governance.

Traditional holidays give people a chance to go home.

China saw 73.41 million domestic tourist visits during the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of August on lunar Chinese calendar, falls on Sept. 10 this year.

The annual Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 10 this year.

More than 680 pieces of museum-themed creative products will be exhibited at the 2022 CIFTIS slated to open on Wednesday.

Bangladeshi Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Tazul Islam and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming jointly inspected the Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant project.

End of Heat the 14th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 23 and ends on Sept 6.

Chinese researchers have found that the modern Yellow River began to form 1.25 million years ago.

China has promoted the standardization of and equal access to public cultural services, with an improved variety of cultural products and services benefiting the people.

China has unveiled its cultural development plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) to promote socialist culture and build China into a country with a strong grounding in this regard.

The Zhongyuan Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, on Aug 12 this year.

China has integrated scientific and technological innovations with its cultural relics, restoring the glamour of these treasures and bringing them back to life.

The Qixi Festival, a once widely celebrated event across the country, is now listed as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage event.

China's cultural sector saw steady growth in the first half of the year.

Domestic tourism in China has surged as people flee the sizzling summer heat wave.

The past decade has witnessed a booming period of protecting cultural relics in China.

Between 2012 and 2021, the number of patents granted to colleges and universities increased from 69,000 to 308,000.

As China's top academic title in science and technology, being a CAS academician is a lifetime honor.

Chinese authorities have issued a plan for preserving and using cultural relics along the Yellow River.

Average life expectancy, a key gauge of the health level of a country's residents, reached 78.2 years in China in 2021.

President Xi Jinping has stressed firming up cultural confidence, preserving the fine accomplishments of Chinese civilization and using cultural relics to promote exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations.

TCM has become a vigorous medium of Chinese culture.

China's box office earnings for the first half of 2022 totaled 17.18 billion yuan.

More than 25 million foreigners were learning Chinese by the end of 2021.

China's acupuncture is enjoying growing popularity in BRICS countries.

The Sanxingdui ruins are considered one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century.

Online Chinese teaching embraced rapid development over the recent couple of years.

The digital revolution has fundamentally altered the way in which culture and cultural services are produced, distributed and accessed.

As the June 18 shopping festival has come to an end, Chinese consumers have set off a mid-year consumption boom.

Summer Solstice (Chinese: 夏至), the 10th solar term of the year, begins on June 21 this year and ends on July 6.

Online concerts are taking off in China.

Online cultural activities are creating new consumption scenarios and delivering new experiences for the public.

The burgeoning online platforms in China have brought intangible cultural heritage (ICH) closer to people across the country.

Cultural relics that are more than 3 millennia old and feature previously unknown shapes were recently found during an archaeologicalexcavation in the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan province.

Archaeologists have recently made some stunning discoveries at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

China has released a new geologic map of the Moon on a scale of 1:2,500,000, the first one in the world, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

China's annual college entrance exam concluded on Wednesday in some parts of the country.

Chinese researchers offered a new explanation for the evolutionary mystery of giraffes' long necks: They were elongated by head-bashing combat in competition for mates.

Dragon Boat Festival is an important traditional festival in China.

During ancient times, children didn't have smart phone, iPador computer to entertain them.

International Museum Day: Fascinating relics in China's museums

China's domestic movies and TV series have gone global with diversified themes and higher production standards.

Grain Buds, (Chinese: 小满), the 8th solar term of a year, begins on May 21 this year, and ends on June 5.

6,183 museums had been registered on the Chinese mainland as of the end of 2021.

China's central bank will issue a set of commemorative coins featuring Chinese auspicious culture.

The camping industry in China has become one of the indispensable forms of outdoor tourism.

In-depth tours for local residents are a manifestation of the upgrading of tourism.

The International Labor Day is celebrated on May 1.

China's cultural sector sustained recovery momentum in the first quarter despite COVID-19 shocks, official data showed Friday.

The reports shows that 44.63% of the e-book readers range from age 19 to 25, 27.25% are those below 18.

China designated April 24 as Space Day of China in 2016 to mark the anniversary of the country's first satellite launch, Dongfanghong-1 in 1970.

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism and five other departments recently issued a guideline on promoting the development of cultural industries in a bid to advance rural vitalization.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain (Chinese: 谷雨), as the last term in spring, starts on April 20 and ends on May 4.

In recent years, Hollywood has been striving to woo the Chinese audience by inviting Chinese actors to make an appearance, shooting scenes in China, or showcasing elements of Chinese culture.

The Chinese government has launched a nationwide campaign to regulate the use of Chinese characters in publications and on radio, TV, and the internet.

Chinese central authorities have issued a set of guidelines on stepping up the preservation and publication of ancient books.

As Tomb Sweeping Day falls on Tuesday this year, Chinese people are preparing to worship ancestors and pay tribute to their loved ones who died.

Internet and digital technologies have enabled inheritors of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in China to attract more public attention towards ICH-related products.

Elements of traditional culture, which in the past could seldom hardly be associated with modern fashion trends, nowadays can be seen in various shopping scenarios.

Since ancient times, the traditional Chinese idiom Wei Zheng Yi De or governance based on virtue has been used to describe the importance of such deeds.

The Spring Equinox, the fourth of China's 24 solar terms, falls on March 20 this year.

The establishment of 24 solar terms is believed to be an outstanding contribution to the world made by ancient Chinese almanac scientists.

Through reasonable utilization, enriching business forms and functional activation, historical blocks and modern lifestyles are fusing with each other.

As the weather turns warm, farmers across the country are busy with spring farming to lay a solid foundation for a bumper harvest this year.

What are the first names that pop up in your mind regarding which cultural phenomena or moments have impressed you most in recent years?

A well-known phrase goes, Er yue er,long tai tou, meaning, On the second day of the second month, the dragon lifts his head.

The regulations will take effect on April 1 and lay down requirements to strengthen the conservation and management of underwater cultural relics.

A feature film co-produced by Greece and China, A Day in the Life of a Teddy Bear.

The Beijing Winter Olympics had ended, yet the unique Chinese romance left by the event still lingers.

The Chinese idiom as clean as ice and as pure as jade, or Bing Qing Yu Jie in Chinese, symbolizes double-distilled, pure, and noble minds.

The spirit is well manifested in the Chinese idiom Xue Zhong Song Tan, which literally means, to send charcoal in snowy weather.

Cultural elements have shone through at the ongoing Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Lantern Festival symbolizes unity and perfection.

Shaking her mobile phone, scanning the Chinese character Fu and watching short videos, Zhao Yacong started collecting lucky money at least 10 days before Spring Festival.

The first online test of Shaolin kung fu was held by the Shaolin Temple on Mount Song Henan province.

A 9-year-old solo trumpeter who performed at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics practiced the melody about a thousand times before his big night at the Bird's Nest on Friday.

Online and offline cultural experiences are offered in many Chinese cities.

Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.

Some nine decades after a royal cemetery from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC) in Luoyang, Henan province was plundered and damaged by tomb robbers.

Here are six things you should know about the Little New Year, another sign of the start of spring.

A display of traditional Chinese culture has been prepared for Winter Olympic athletes from all over the world.

An international book fair kicked off Thursday in the lead-up to the upcoming Spring Festival.

Here are six things you should know about Major Cold.

A photography exhibition showcasing a new perspective of countryside landscape in Central China's Henan province is underway in Zhengzhou.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Cyberspace Administration of China Monday jointly launched a livestreaming cultural event in the run-up to celebrate traditional Chinese holidays.

A lavish fashion gala featuring qipao, a traditional Chinese dress for women, was held on Monday in Expo 2020 Dubai as a part of the celebrations for the National Day of China Pavilion.

The China Pavilion have dazzled visitors with splendid Chinese culture and cutting-edge technologies.

Three major customs on Laba are ancestor worship, eating Laba rice porridge and making Laba garlic.

As the world's largest film market in 2021, China's movie industry had seen a rapid recovery from the COVID-19 impact.

Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms.

China's box office revenue during the New Year's Day holiday reached 1.02 billion yuan.

China's cultural and relevant sectors saw solid growth in 2020 despite COVID-19 shocks.

China is achieving steady progress in the cultural realm. Let's review some of them and look forward to the coming year!

China announced Friday that 635 cave temples and cliff statues were discovered in a 10-month field survey nationwide.

With just a week to go until the end of 2021, this year is set to see China retain its position as the world's largest box office market for the second year in a row.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Winter Solstice (Chinese: 冬至), the 22nd solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 21.

Cambodia on Saturday inaugurated a China-funded national stadium in the northern suburbs of the capital Phnom Penh with a sports parade, martial arts, and traditional dances.

Two pottery figurines dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) have been returned to China from overseas, to be placed in the Shanghai Museum's collection.

A number of archeological sites have been attracting a great deal of attention from the public in recent years, becoming popular tourist destinations for a variety of reasons.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Snow, the 21st solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 7 and ends on Dec 20.

Chinese martial arts, or kung fu, conjure up an image of the iconic movie star Bruce Lee, whose superb fighting skills were popularized throughout the world.

In recent years, cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and Africa, both with a long history and a splendid civilization, have played an essential role in promoting exchanges.

As public cultural infrastructure facilities in the countryside have been continuously improved, rural residents in China are living an increasingly rich cultural life.

China is gearing up for further energizing the tourism and cultural industry of its eastern province of Zhejiang, as part of efforts to promote building Zhejiang into a demonstration zone for achieving common prosperity.

Shovels, brushes and tape measures are probably what one could think of when it comes to the tools of archaeologists.

A traditional Chinese medicine therapy developed in Gansu province to treat COVID-19 patients is being recognized by a growing number of Belt and Road Initiative partners, authorities said.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Snow, (Chinese: 小雪), the 20th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 22 and ends on Dec 6.

China's 2021 box office revenue totaled 43 billion yuan (about 6.71 billion U.S. dollars) as of Saturday, according to box office tracker Maoyan.

Overseas Chinese-funded enterprises will continue to promote globalization through concrete actions and contribute to the realization of the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

The annual Singles' Day shopping festival, launched by Alibaba's e-commerce platform, enters its 12th year. Let's take a glimpse of this year's event.

The General Office of the State Council has released a plan for the preservation of cultural relics and related technological innovation during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

The All-China Journalists Association on Sunday announced the winners of the 31st China Journalism Award.

Chinese sci-fi productions are gaining ground on the world stage with Chinese philosophy and aesthetics finding increasing presence in sci-fi novels, movies, animations and video games.

China will improve the application of sci-tech in cultural relics protection during the country's 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

China and nine Asian countries jointly initiated an alliance for cultural heritage conservation at the two-day Asian Dialogue for Cultural Heritage Conservation that concluded Thursday.

The latest version of an online terminology platform for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games has been made available to the public.

China's health literacy rate for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) increased by 8 percent during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to a survey released by the National Administration of TCM.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Frost's Descent, (Chinese: 霜降), the 18th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 23 and ends on Nov 6.

The design of the Olympic flame lantern originated from the Changxin Palace Lantern of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25).

China has revealed the top 100 archaeology findings of the past century as the country celebrates the 100th anniversary of modern archaeology, China Daily reported Tuesday.

With a daily box office of 70.8 million yuan (about 11 million U.S. dollars), the film's total box office had amounted to 4.45 billion yuan by Thursday, its 15th day of screening.

A film that brings together the views of global youth on climate change will be screened at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November.

As one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, China has a profound understanding of biodiversity.

Chinese online literature has created a huge fanbase overseas, thanks to the diligence of writers and deepening of international communication.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Cold Dew, (Chinese: 寒露), the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct 22.

The National Day holiday of 2021 is in many ways different from previous years.

Historical epic The Battle at Lake Changjin topped the Chinese mainland box office on Saturday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed Sunday.

As this year marks the centenary of the Communist Party of China, the Museum of the CPC－a new landmark in northern Beijing－is set to be a hot destination during the weeklong National Day holiday.

At the ceremony, the Chinese leaders and representatives of all walks of life will gather and present flower baskets to the people's heroes to mark Martyrs' Day on the eve of National Day.

The advance sales data cover both Sept. 30 and the National Day holiday from Oct. 1 to 7, which is known as a golden week for major cultural and tourism consumption in China.

Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn into two equal parts.

In a festival representing family reunions, the implication was spread around every corner of the Games.

When was the last time that you really paid attention to the moon?

Archives can talk and history speaks for itself.

China's lucrative National Day holiday box office is set to see a star-studded four-part anthology film roughly translated as Me and My Father's Generation lock horns with the highly-anticipated war film The Battle at Lake Changjin.

Covering an area of 30,000 square meters, the Pingdingshan Museum is the largest public cultural facility with the most investment in Henan province.

The Mid-Autumn Festival holiday starts on Sept. 19 and will last for three days this year.

White Dew, (Chinese: 白露), the 15th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 7 and ends on Sept 22.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. End of Heat, (Chinese: 处暑), the 14th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 23 and ends on Sept 6.

School bells rang again across China as the fall semester kicked off on Wednesday with strict anti-epidemic measures in place.

Chinese authorities have rolled out a set of measures to encourage the development of creative cultural products inspired by museums, libraries, art museums, memorial halls, and other cultural sites.

Henan boasts more than 65,500 immovable cultural heritage sites, occupying about one-tenth of China's total, and over 23,000 of these sites are ancient architectural spots.

Chinese medical doctors' presence in South Sudan over the past years has helped transform medical treatment, inspiring local doctors to interact with and learn a lot from them.

China's Ministry of Education on Tuesday said it is enriching school curriculum with more elements of fine traditional culture and other major thematic contents.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. End of Heat, (Chinese: 处暑), the 14th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 23 and ends on Sept 6.

The Zhongyuan Festival, also known as Ullambana Festival among Buddhists, falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, on Aug 22 this year.

A new national-level guiding document for the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage was released last week.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely regarded as China's Valentine's Day.

China has rolled out new measures to strengthen the protection of the country's intangible cultural heritage (ICH).

Operating revenue of China's culture sector and related businesses rebounded to the pre-COVID-19 level in the first half of the year, as the country's economy continued steady recovery.

Thirty-four secondary school students from across New Zealand competed for Chinese proficiency in the annual Chinese Bridge competition held on Sunday.

With up to 6,543 actors, an unprecedented cast scale for a domestic TV program, the anthology series Faith Makes Great recently concluded its first run, receiving widespread acclaim.

The Chinese language has become popular among Lebanese students over the past five years, says Antoine Hokayem, a professor and local director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Saint Joseph.

A Beijing-based artist has visited a flood-stricken city to turn her artwork into life-saving equipment for donation.

As the birthplace of the Communist Party of China, Shanghai has so far listed 612 historic sites as red legacies that were part of the revolutionary history between the May Fourth Movement in 1919 and the liberation of the city in 1949.

The total number of museums in China increased from 4,692 in 2016 to 5,788 in 2020, with the annual number of visits rising from 700 million to 1.2 billion, official data showed.

A total of 777 members of the Chinese Olympic delegation appeared at the event wearing uniforms designed by a team from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology.

A five-year plan was preliminarily formed to boost capacity building for China and Africa regarding world heritage conservation and management.

Major Heat, (Chinese: 大暑), the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 22 and ends August 6.

Domestic anti-epidemic-themed movie Chinese Doctors continued to top Chinese box office chart on Saturday, China Movie Data Information Network reported Sunday.

July 11 marked the arrival of this year's sanfu days, or dog days of summer in China.

China's major celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China have been made into a series of video publications, set to be released domestically and abroad.

A Chinese TV drama series about the country's poverty alleviation efforts has recently gained popularity overseas, garnering millions of views on YouTube.

A book introducing the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been published in Britain, marking the centenary of the party.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Heat, (Chinese: 小暑), the 11th solar term of the year, begins on July 7 this year and ends on July 21.

Blending suspense and drama, new film takes a retrospective look at events surrounding the first CPC National Congress, Xu Fan reports.

This Thursday, marking the 100th birthday of CPC, filmgoers will have the opportunity to see two productions, both center around the early years of the Communist Party of China.

An art performance marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be broadcast by China Media Group on Thursday evening.

China Post said Tuesday it will issue a set of 20 commemorative stamps and a commemorative cover on July 1 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

To celebrate the centennial of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, a major serial TV drama on the Chinese revolution will broadcast through China Central Television, which is affiliated with China Media Group, at primetime on June 25.

Chinese action crime film Raging Fire will hit the big screen in limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada later this year, its distributor said on Thursday.

An ancient Chinese culture dating back more than 5,000 years witnessed China's early exchanges with foreign countries.

Summer Solstice (Chinese: 夏至), the 10th solar term of the year, begins on June 21 this year and ends on July 6.

The mountains once served as a base of the Communist Party of China to carry out revolutionary activities from the 1920s to the '40s.

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on Monday this year, which is the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar.

As this year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, a number of TV series and movies are treating the early revolutionary history - especially the Party's first National Congress - as the subject.

The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain in Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 5 this year and ends on June 20.

Visitors to Jiaxing can sink their teeth into one of these sticky delights at any time of year.

A highlighted project to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Communist Party of China has recently began its run on China Central Television's flagship channel CCTV-1 as well as multiple streaming sites.

Various highlighted activities promoting intangible cultural heritages will held nationwide for the upcoming Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which falls on June 12.

A total of 467 million Chinese read online literature in 2020, according to an industry report released by the China Writers Association on Wednesday.

China and Iran signed a joint statement on Saturday on cooperation in conservation of cultural heritage on Saturday, echoing a commitment to better take care of relics through cross-border efforts in Asia.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms.

An average of one new museum was opened every two days across China between 2016 and 2020, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Li Qun said on Tuesday.

The Bulgarian national qualification contest of the 20th Chinese Bridge, a major international Chinese proficiency competition for foreign university students, was held here on Sunday.

Temperatures are rising across China and a hot-weather trend is making a comeback: popsicles shaped like cultural markers.

An exhibition on China's achievements in cultural heritage preservation will be held in Beijing in celebration of the upcoming International Museum Day (IMD).

More than 14,000 performances were held throughout the May Day holiday from May 1 to 5, with total ticket revenues reaching 860 million yuan ($133.74 million) and attracting over 6 million audiences.

About 14,000 shows were staged nationwide during the five-day May Day holiday, attracting over 6 million viewers, according to statistics from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which were released on Saturday.

China's box office revenue during the five-day May Day holiday ending on Wednesday hit a record high of nearly 1.67 billion yuan (about 258 million U.S. dollars).

Archaeological progresses of the ancient Silk Road, institutional history, the origin and evolvement of Chinese civilization, and exchange and comparison of Chinese and Western civilizations are among most popular historical research topics in recent year

China had built 575,384 cultural centers in its rural areas as of December 2020, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said in a statement.

At least twice last year, Chinese social media was abuzz about the poetry of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

The National Library of China (NLC), in collaboration with nine other libraries across the country, has made over 1,700 sets of ancient books available digitally.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain (Chinese: 谷雨), as the last term in spring, starts on April 20 and ends on May 4.

A national parent-child reading event was held on Sunday in the run-up to the 26th World Book Day on April 23.

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China's Top 10 New Archaeological Discoveries of 2020 were unveiled on Tuesday.

China has ordered local cultural heritage authorities to better regulate cultural relics protection in accordance with the law, the National Cultural Heritage Administration said Friday.

Type archaeology blind box into Sina Weibo, China's biggest social media platform, and videos and pictures of lucky digs pop up, along with some less lucky examples.

A total of 140 outstanding stage productions will be performed nationwide to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Clear and Bright (Chinese: 清明), the 5th solar term, starts this year on Apr 5 and ends on Apr 20.

A peony festival kicked off on Thursday in Luoyang, Central China's Henan province, a city with a 1,500-year history of cultivating peonies.

China has made solid progress in protecting revolutionary relics and has explored various ways to utilize and revitalize them in the new era.

At 6 am on Sept 10 last year, before the sun had fully risen, the Palace Museum in Beijing began an eight-hour live broadcast on Sina Weibo.

China will launch a national reading campaign for 2021, according to an official circular.

Major discoveries made at the renowned Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China’s Sichuan province have shed light on the unified and diverse origins of the Chinese civilization, according to Chinese archaeologists.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox (Chinese: 春分), as the fourth term of the year starts on March 20 and ends on April 3 this year.

China's film and television industry has been deeply integrated with the internet in recent years.

When Liu Jing played the suite of Dream of the Red Chamber, which is based on a novel of the same title written by Cao Xueqin during the Qing Dynasty, in the University of Cambridge as a member of a Chinese ensemble in 2011, something strange happened.

Every producer in Hollywood is envious that China's theaters have been able to reopen safely, Hollywood producer Jeff Most has said.

According to the National Cultural Heritage Administration, over 4,400 archaeological projects were launched in China in the past five years alone.

Ancient cultural relics, archaeological finds and literature gaining in popularity with young viewers.

As March 8 marks another International Women's Day, here are nine powerful films that just might inspire you to re-imagine what it means to be a woman.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Awakening of Insects (Chinese: 惊蛰) falls on March 5 and ends on March 19 this year.Here are 6 things you may not know about Awakening of Insects.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Monday that 36 outstanding stage plays will be broadcast via the officialwebsiteof the ministry.

China's monthly box office revenue hit a record of 12.2 billion yuan (1.88 billion U.S. dollars) in February, marking the highest-grossing month the country has ever seen.

A dozen terracotta female figurines and horses of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) were excavated recently in a complex of tombs in Luoyang, Henan province.

A dance show which recreates Tang Dynasty (618-907) scene has gone viral online, winning much acclaim from netizens.

The Spring Festival box office on the Chinese mainland has notched up another 1.6 billion yuan (around $248.4 million). It follows beating 2019's record of 5.9 billion yuan on Monday.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Rain Water (Chinese: 雨水) starts on Feb 18 this year.

Overseas students in China have spent some quality time during Spring Festival.

With drums and cymbals playing, a lion dance troupe marched through Sydney's Chinatown, bringing joy to both businesses and passersby.

The annual Spring Festival Gala will be broadcast live on CCTV at 8 pm on Thursday (Feb 11) to celebrate the Spring Festival.

The first day of the first lunar month is Spring Festival, the beginning of a new year for China.

Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Feb 4 this year.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 3 and ends on Feb 17.

Advance sales for major films set for release during this year's Spring Festival holiday exceeded 100 million yuan (about $15.5 million) in just two days since the pre-sale was opened Friday.

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China has endeavored to boost sci-tech development and met the target of enhancing citizens' science literacy over the past five years.

How do you kick off a cold winter morning full of energy and passion for the day’s work that lies ahead? A hot bowl of soup for breakfast might be the answer in Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province.

Archaeologists in China have uncovered what appears to be the nation's oldest palace in Central China's Henan province, extending China's history of constructing palaces by about 1,000 years.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Cold (Chinese: 大寒), the 24th solar term, begins this year on Jan 20 and ends on Feb 3.

Chinese Opera facial makeup is a special makeup method with Chinese cultural characteristics. It combines personalities and symbols together. After years of development, it has become an important part of Chinese culture.

Two new intangible cultural heritage items from China were inscribed on the United Nations Educational, making the country top the list with 42 items.

Here are 10 major art exhibitions that were held offline around China and drew huge public attention.

Four ancient Chinese sites were recently recognized as World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) by the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID).

Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. For most areas of China, it marks the start of the coldest days of the year.

China Post issued sets of Year of the Ox stamps on Jan 5 to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year which starts in mid-February.

A new alliance will promote the cultural heritage of the ancient 24-term calendar, Wang Ru reports.

In spite of the coronavirus epidemic, we still made many achievements in the cultural field.

China has become one of the countries with the fastest growing museum capability in the world during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) and has brought more visitors to museums.

In the overseas market, Chinese dramas are seeing a rise in popularity.

On Thursday, tai chi was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.

China's taijiquan, also known as tai chi was added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Thursday.

Taijiquan is a major division of Chinese martial art.

For decades, specially designed stamps featuring the 12 Chinese zodiac animals and merchandised collectibles have been sought after by collectors.

Beautiful India Beautiful China, a virtual photo exhibition, was recently launched in Beijing, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India.

Archaeologists in central China's Henan Province have invited paleogeneticists to extract DNA samples from the remains of a tomb dating back some 2,600 years to find traces of ethnic fusion.

Four ancient Chinese irrigation sites were honored as World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

A US magazine has chosen China's oldest known sculpture artwork as one of the Top 10 Discoveries of 2020.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of 28 granaries dating back about 4,000 years in Central China's Henan province. They are believed to be among the country's earliest centralized grain storage facilities.

The horse-head bronze statue lost from the Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, in 1860 returned to the site of the former royal resort on Tuesday.

Chinese archaeologists announced Wednesday that they have discovered the country's earliest multigrid city layout at a large relics site that dates back 3,500 to 3,800 years.

Ten jade processing workshops that date back around 5,000 years have been unearthed in China, providing key research material for studying the origin of Chinese civilization.

A total of 33 earthenware objects were found arranged in order bearing ritual characters.

Children's books are seeing a heyday in China as young readers' appetite for books has grown significantly over the years, which has attracted publishers from around the world seeking to grab a slice of the bullish market.

68 Chinese cultural relics that had been taken to the United Kingdom recently were returned to their homeland, the National Cultural Heritage Administration said at a news conference on Wednesday.

To bring audiences closer to stories in history of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, an exhibition featuring rubbings taken from stone tablets along the banks of the canal is now underway at Haidian district's north cultural center.

Seemingly still struggling to end the post-National Day lackluster run, the domestic movie market is gearing up for 44 new releases in Nov, with some expecting to warm up the market.

The National Cultural Heritage Administration on Wednesday has begun soliciting public opinion on a draft revision to the law on cultural heritage protection.

Foreign diplomats are trying their best to promote the products from their countries at the ongoing third China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai.

The fifth EU-China International Literary Festival will start on Nov 12 and run through Dec 6, says Nicolas Chapuis, ambassador of the European Union to China, via an online launch ceremony on Nov 6.

China's State Council has issued a set of guidelines to improve the protection and make better use of the country's grotto temples.

The All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) on Monday announced the winners of the 30th China Journalism Award and the 16th Changjiang Taofen Award, the two most prestigious journalism prizes in the country.

The box office of homemade sci-fi movies in 2019 reached 7.14 billion yuan (about $1.06 billion) in China, more than twice the number in 2018, said a report issued on Sunday.

The 6th edition of China's national poem festival will take place in Chengdu, Sichuan province, and Chongqing from Nov 1 to Nov 7, according to a news conference of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday.

Museums can be an expansion to schools and better benefit elementary and high school students' growth, a new national guidance policy shows.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Frost's Descent, (Chinese: 霜降), the 18th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 23 and ends on Nov 6.

To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the Philippines, the 2020 Sino-Philippines Educational Exchange Seminar was held in Beijing on Friday.

China saw the number of online audiovisual content usersreach 901 million as of this June, accounting for 95.8 percent of total internet users, with the industry grossing a revenue of 454.13 billion yuan ($67.43 billion) in 2019.

The just-concluded National Day holiday saw a recovery for the film industry in China, as the total domestic box office soared past 3.95 billion yuan ($585 million) from October 1 to 8, according to China movie Data Information Network.

China's most authoritative translation and interpretation qualification test will be launched worldwide.

China's box office revenue in the first seven days of the eight-day National Day holiday grew to more than 3.69 billion yuan (about $542 million), according to the country's film ticketing and data authority.

Chinese are celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept 13 - an annual festival that falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals, falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, Oct 1 this year.

China is seeing strong momentum in the development of its cultural industry both online and offline, amid the country's resumption of work and production.

Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn into two equal parts.

Chinese culture is marvelous, we like it and we want to have more chances to enjoy it in the future, some Fijian women told Xinhua after having had a special and unforgettable experience of the Chinese culture in a remote Fijian village.

Movie theaters in China will raise their cap on maximum seating capacity from the current 50 percent to 75 percent as in a mark of further recovery of the world's second-largest box-office market amid the COVID-19 epidemic.

Mooncakes, the seasonal treat shared by families and friends during the Mid-Autumn Festival, have become a focus of competition among pastry makers with the traditional holiday for family reunions less than a month away.

Young and women writers have taken larger shares of China's online literature industry, according to a recent report on the development of Chinese online literature in 2019.

Times change, but some cultural legacies can be everlasting.

China’s film and TV industry, which has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, has received a new lease of life after being integrated with the Internet industry.

White Dew, (Chinese: 白露), the 15th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 7 and ends on Sept 21.

The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has carried out a series of activities and events since the start of this year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of victory in the war.

The 2020 Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition, sponsored by the Confucius Institute Headquarters in cooperation with China Central Television (CCTV), launched its opening ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday.

Five blockbusters, including My People, My Country, Ne Zha and The Wandering Earth, have been nominated in the best film category at the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards.

More than 17.5 million writers have been engaged in the creation of online literary works since the advent of Internet-oriented novels over two decades ago in China

A slew of activities were organized across China as people celebrated the Qixi Festival on Tuesday.

As COVID-19 wanes in China, cinemas, bookstores, bars, sports centers and other public cultural spaces in various cities have been reopened, launching various activities.

Books and activities related to the epidemic were a major highlight at this year's Shanghai Book Fair, which concluded on Tuesday.

I'm the Alice that is chasing my dream, and the Chinese language is a key that opens the wonderland. The world is jointly fighting against the novel coronavirus pandemic, while Chinese connects the hearts of all language learners all over the world.

China's National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) has published a list of the country's 100 recommended exhibition programs promoting traditional Chinese culture in 2020.

The tomb of Cao Cao, a famous warlord and poet who lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) and the Three Kingdoms period (220-280 AD), is expected to open to the public soon in Anyang City.

A group of young people wearing hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group, gathered at Donghua University in Shanghai in November to stage a series of performances.

Chinese paleontologists have found new evidence of how ancient humans domesticated wild plants, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Autumn, (Chinese: 立秋), the 13th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 7 and ends on Aug 21.

Tanghe county is the main breeding area for Nanyang yellow cattle, which is one of the top five varieties of fine yellow cattle.

Stone buns (石子馍/Shi Zi Mo) are Chinese-style baked rolls with a long and profound history.

Deep-fried sesame balls, a fried sweet dish made of glutinous rice balls coated with sesame seeds, are stuffed with sweetened bean paste, shredded coconut or sesame paste with sugar.

The Chinese Medicine Commission of China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association was established in Beijing on Saturday.

The China National Silk Museum, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and the UNESCO Silk Roads Programme jointly organized a webinar to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Silk Roads expeditions.

The China Science and Technology Museum announced Wednesday that it will reopen to the public from July 23, after the capital city lowered its COVID-19 emergency response from level II to III.

Protection and reinforcement of cultural heritage sites in flood-hit provinces in South China will be a focus of restoration work in the next few years, a senior National Cultural Heritage Administration official said on Saturday.

After being shuttered for nearly six months, China's cinemas - which have the most screens in the world - will steadily reopen in the low-risk areas under COVID-19 prevention protocols from July 20.

China's National Cultural Heritage Administration has required more efforts to protect cultural relics against floods as heavy rainfall has lashed large parts of southern China since June.

China has added another two geological parks to its list of UNESCO Global Geoparks, bringing the total number to 41, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said Wednesday.

China's central bank issued a set of commemorative coins on Monday featuring the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The China Cultural Center in Pakistan recently set up an online library on its official website, and made it open to locals.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Heat, (Chinese: 小暑), the 11th solar term of the year, begins on July 6 this year and ends on July 21.

China has unveiled 22 areas for the protection and utilization of cultural relics from revolutionary times, according to an official circular.

Malaysian college and middle school students were able to show their skills in the Chinese language and culture with their participation in the preliminary round of a Chinese proficiency competition for foreign students in Malaysia, which concluded on Sun

More and more inheritors of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in China are taking it to online platforms to integrate ICH into modern life, in an attempt to attract more public attention on and consumption of ICH-related products, win people’s respect fo

The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is an important day for the Chinese people. The day is called Duan Wu Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated everywhere in China.

Nearly 1.12 billion volumes of books were collected by public libraries in China by the end of 2019, up 7.3 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Chinese cultural relic restorers have been dedicated to protecting national treasures, with the purpose of not only prolonging the life of cultural relics, but also being in dialogue with history.

Many Chinese cities have rolled out cultural and tourism activities to boost the nighttime economy, as COVID-19 prevention and control measures become regular and routine in the country.

A Chinese book on countering the COVID-19 pandemic has become available in Arabic with the translation recently completed, Ahmad Al-Saeed, chairman of the Cairo-based Chinese institution Wisdom House for Cultural Industries said Monday.

Wearing fragrant sachets is a tradition to celebrate Duanwu Festival. Also known as the Dragon Boat Festival, it falls on the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar, which is June 25 this year.

China's cultural affairs regulator has approved plans to build two cultural ecology protection experimental zones at the national level.

The latest version of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for 2020 does not include pangolins, which means the mammals will no longer be used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is set to launch a series of promotional events for intangible cultural heritage (ICH) as Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which falls on June 13 this year, draws near.

The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grainin Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 5 this year and ends on June 20.

An Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) shopping festival will be launched to mark Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which falls on June 13 this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Monday via an online press conference.

To foster a love of reading and build a learning society was an area of focus at the recent two sessions, as members from China's top political advisory body suggested on May 25 to elevate the idea to that of a national strategy, and ensure its implementa

An annual event to honor individuals and groups for their contributions to the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage around China has kicked off, according to the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation (CFCHC), the event's sponsor.

Archaeologists in Central China's Henan province have unearthed a cluster of pottery kilns dating back more than 6,000 years to the Neolithic period, including one representing the highest level during that period.

As the series of Visiting China Online virtual shows were launched in March by many China Cultural Centers around the world, the exhibitions have explored a variety themes about China, including both natural and cultural heritage.

May 21 this year marks the first International Tea Day, which was designated by the UN on Nov 27, 2019.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Buds, (Chinese: 小满), the 8th solar term of a year, begins on May 20 this year, and ends on June 4. It means that the seeds from the grain are becoming full but are not ripe

Museums in many Chinese cities are holding a variety of events to promote culture and get closer to the public, echoing the theme of the 2020 International Museum Day, which is Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion.

Poverty alleviation supported by culture and tourism has been the focus of NPC deputies, CPPCC members, and the general public, said Li Jinzao, vice minister of Chinese culture and tourism, at a routine policy briefing by the State Council on Saturday.

Archaeologists recently unveiled newly discovered city ruins in Central China, which reveal an ancient state dating back 5,300 years.

A series of books on classical Chinese novels have been published by the People's Literature Publishing House, compiling 54 volumes of 25 classics that represent the highest artistic achievements in this field.

Chinese ceramics have been unearthed near a harbor in the Middle East by a team of archaeologists from the University of Durham in the United Kingdom.

Experts hailed a number of milestones achieved by China's archaeologists last year, as the nation's Top 10 New Archaeological Discoveries of 2019 were unveiled on Tuesday.

China will focus on the role intangible cultural heritage plays in advocating a healthy lifestyle and fighting the COVID-19 epidemic in the promotion of cultural and natural heritage this year.

A set of picture books illustrating China's arduous battle against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been published and will be translated into 11 languages, said its publisher in eastern China's Jiangsu province.

On April 22, culture ministers from over 130 countries shared, through an online meeting organized by UNESCO, their remarks on the impact of the COVID-19 health emergency on the cultural sector, as well as on the responses being initiated within their res

In advance of World Book Day on April 23, the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication released its 17th annual report on the study of Chinese people's reading habits on Monday.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to it have severely limited public celebration of this year's World Book Day but online activities are still underway to promote the power of reading which the United Nations believes should be leveraged more

As the special activity to commemorate the 11th UN Chinese Language Day, Beijing Language and Culture University hosted the International Humanities Forum titled Spreading of Sinology and Chinese Language During the Epidemic on April 19.

China has stepped up epidemic prevention and control measures among local cultural relics units around the country amid the COVID-19 epidemic, according to an official with the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) Thursday.

Archaeologists from Henan province have excavated a human skeleton in a sacrificial pit dating back to the late Shang Dynasty (1600 BC-1046 BC) in the Chaizhuang Ruins.

More new technologies including drones, robots and satellite remote-sensing have been used on the safety inspection of China's cultural relics, an official said Thursday.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain (Chinese: 谷雨)，as the last term in spring, starts on April20 and ends on May 4.

An exhibition featuring the Three Kingdoms (220-280) will be presented live online starting Wednesday, according to the organizers.

In light of recent developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO has decided the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, initially scheduled for June 29 through July 9, will be postponed to a later date. The announcement was made on April 15

Archaeologists have discovered human bones in kneeling position in a sacrificial pit of ruins dating back to the late Shang Dynasty (1600 BC-1046 BC) in Central China's Henan province, which proves a glyph in oracle bone inscription of the burial.

A new story book aimed at helping children better cope with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday.

China has unveiled 20 candidates for the final selection of its top 10 archaeological discoveries in 2019, according to the official website of the National Cultural Heritage Administration.

Aleida Chavez, 69, is one of thousands of Cubans who practice ancient Chinese martial arts to help them stay in shape and even maintain mental health, especially in times of hardship.

Beijing will start repairing the eastern part of the Jiankou Great Wall at the end of April.

China has stepped up supervision over cultural relics protection by carrying out over 270,000 law enforcement inspections in 2019, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration.

Chinese scientists have found the oldest sandgrouse fossil in Asia embedded in rocks dating back 6 million to 9 million years in northwest China's Gansu province.

When Qingming Festival－or Tomb Sweeping Day－is approaching, many people might not know the event is closely associated with another festival called Hanshi, or Cold Food Festival.

Chinese film and TV industry is recovering as film studios have reopened across China and many crews have resumed work after several weeks of suspension due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has been curbed across China, and museums, after shutting down for two months, have gradually reopened to the public.

The National Center for the Performing Arts will cancel all performances and related activities in April due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to an announcement recently released on its official website.

Originating during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) as the wooden bird, kites are one of the most time-honored handicrafts in Chinese culture. People have been flying kites as outdoor entertainment since the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

An evening gala was presented online on Thursday night to celebrate the third Chinese National Costume Day, China Youth Daily reported Friday.

China saw a total box office revenue of over 20 billion yuan (around $2.84 billion) in the performance industry in 2019, up 7.29 percent year on year, said the Beijing Daily, citing data from a newly released report.

China's three-day tomb-sweeping holiday will see soaring on-site trips as the coronavirus outbreak leveled off across the country, an industry report said Wednesday.

Chinese stuck at home are traveling from afar to visit museums around the world without going anywhere but online, Xu Lin reports.

Archaeologists have unearthed a number of pottery drain pipes at a Neolithic site of Longshan Culture dating back more than 4,000 years and believe they form China's earliest and most complete urban drainage system.

Before Spring Festival, the outbreak of COVID-19 forced thousands of museums to close their doors.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox (Chinese: 春分), as the fourth term of the year starts on March 20 and ends on April 4 this year.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Awakening of Insects (Chinese: 惊蛰) falls on March 5 and ends on March 19 this year.

Rain Water (Chinese: 雨水) this year starts on Feb 19 and ends on Mar 4.

Feb 8 is the Lantern Festival (or Yuan Xiao Festival in Chinese), a traditional Chinese festival with great significance, which is on the 15th of the first lunar month, marking the end of New Year celebrations.

Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Jan 17 this year.

If you ruin a Lunar New Year's banquet, your Spring Festival may be a disaster.

An exhibition displaying traditional folk art surrounding the Chinese New Year opened in the National Library of China in Beijing on Jan 21.

The 2020 Spring Festival Gala by CCTV will be broadcast live at 8 pm on Jan 24.

As part of the major events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Italy diplomatic ties, the 2020 China-Italy Year of Culture and Tourism will open with a concert at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome on Jan 21, said Chines

Chinese consumers are actively embracing domestic cultural tourism during the holidays, taking special interest in sites with historical significance, according to a new report.

As many as 25,000 people are expected to take part in the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations scheduled to be held in Panama from Jan 24 to Feb 9, organizers said on Tuesday.

Chinese archaeologists have confirmed the occupant of a royal tomb dating back around 1,000 years in Inner Mongolia autonomous region as Yelu Abaoji (Emperor Taizu of Liao), khagan of the nomadic Khitans who once ruled the northern part of China.

It took Shanghai resident Su Zhihao several rounds of phone calls and personal visits to three restaurants to secure a reservation for a family reunion dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year.

About 300 cultural activities featuring intangible cultural heritage will be held in China's impoverished counties during the upcoming Chinese New Year and the Lantern Festival, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Wushu, widely known as Chinese kung fu, is set to make its debut as an official sport at the 2022 Dakar Youth Olympic Games.

A ceremony aimed at honoring the outstanding work of Chinese people who live overseas and highlight Chinese culture and encourage cultural exchanges with the rest of the world was held on Wednesday in Beijing.

Archaeologists have unearthed artifacts from seven dynasties, shedding new light on living conditions and lifestyles.

China is to set up a batch of demonstration zones for the protection and use of cultural heritage resources, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA).

China made public 36 candidates for the annual selection of top ten archaeological discoveries and launched the first round of voting on Friday.

Archaeologists have unearthed another army of Terracotta Warriors in their campaign to shed light on history. About 200 more Terracotta Warriors and a large number of weapons from the No 1 Pit of the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang were revealed in the l

Chinese people start their preparations for the Spring Festival more than 20 days ahead. The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called la yue, so the eighth day of this lunar month is la yue chu ba, or laba. The day is also known as the Laba Rice Porridge Fes

In the early 1950s, when the newly founded People's Republic of China just began to recover from social upheaval and was still a poor country, a costly cultural mission was made a priority.

A lifetime note written by a late master appraiser of art pieces was published by the Palace Museum in Beijing, according to a news conference at the museum on Thursday.

Southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday unveiled the signboard of China's first museum on antique book repairing, an endangered craft vital to the country's huge inventory of ancient texts.

A total of 22 tourist attractions, including Beijing's Old Summer Palace, are expected to be added to the 5A category, the highest level in the rating system, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) on Wednesday.

The year 2019 is coming to an end, and the past 12 months witnessed several major cultural events that impressed us. Here we have selected the 10 most influential cultural events that happened this year to provide you a snapshot of the year.

The site of a group of circular building foundations, which are believed to be the state barns of the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), has been discovered in Central China's Henan province.

A meteorological big data system has been installed at Mount Fanjing, a world heritage site in Southwest China's Guizhou province, to boost winter tourism.

An exhibition displaying products of intangible cultural heritage and fine art pieces themed on the 24 Solar Terms opened in the China Agricultural Museum in Beijing on Dec 19 and will last until Dec 23.

More than 8,000 years ago, a red-crowned crane died, leaving behind a bone from its wing to be claimed by primitive men. They drilled holes in the skeletal remains, and there was music.

The development of three national parks covering the Great Wall, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the route of the Long March will enable better protection of endangered cultural relics and bring them closer to the general public, officials and expert

Paleontologists gathered in Beijing earlier this month to mark the 90th anniversary of the discovery of the first skull of Peking Man, the Homo erectus who lived about 700,000 years ago in what are today the suburbs of China's capital.

Numerous Chinese cultural and art treasures have been put on show in many parts of the world this past year, with sculptures, calligraphy, ceramics and imperial belongings showcasing the charm of the Chinese civilization on the global stage and facilitate

A book based on medical bamboo slips from a Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25) tomb will be published in 2020, the book's compiler said Thursday.

Archaeologists in Southwest China's Sichuan province said Monday they had found a jar of rice and unbroken eggs that date back more than 500 years.

The Japanese version of The Three-Body Problem, the first book in Chinese author Liu Cixin's The Three-Body trilogy, has proved to be a hit since it was launched in July.

A Beijing theater festival functions as a platform to explore new avenues for international collaboration in global dramatic arts, Chen Nan reports.

Chinese archaeologists have used new technology to ascertain whether the remnants of carbonized textiles found in a burial urn unearthed at the Neolithic Yangshao Culture ruins in Central China's Henan province are the remains of the world's earliest know

The National Cultural Heritage Administration of China on Thursday released a guide on the utilization of cultural-relic buildings.

The World Heritage application of the ancient Tea Horse Road, jointly carried out by China, Mongolia and Russia, will serve as an example for international cooperation, according to Sergey Kalashnikov, chairman of Russia International Cooperation Associat

Eighteen rare books printed during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) are on display from Monday at the library of Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.

Eight countries jointly called for the revitalization of historical civilizations in the development of a contemporary world.

The third Ministerial Meeting of the Ancient Civilizations Forum was held in Beijing from Wednesday to Saturday. It ended with a declaration calling for joint efforts to protect heritage and to enhance cultural dialogue and cooperation.

The two-day 4th Ministerial Forum on Cultural Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) concluded here on Tuesday.

Turkey returned two Chinese cultural relics, which were reportedly illegally taken abroad, to China on Nov 25, according to a statement of the National Cultural Heritage Administration.

China and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization held a ceremony at UNESCO's Paris headquarters to mark the 25th anniversary of the Great Wall Fellowships program last month.

A village in Sihui city under the administration of Zhaoqing in South China's Guangdong province, has recently become a hot tourist attraction for its ancient papermaking methods and technologies.

Chinese National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) on Friday released four archeological discoveries in western China, showcasing proof of cultural exchange along the ancient Silk Road.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Snow, (Chinese: 小雪), the 20th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 22 and ends on Dec 6.

Dream of the Red Chamber is the best seller at this fair and these books are almost sold out one hour after the event is opened, a Chinese book publisher said.

Attendees of the Taihu World Cultural Forum including former Italian prime minister Romano Prodi and Irina Bokova, former director-general of UNESCO, look at ancient residential houses in Bengbu, Anhui province, on Tuesday.

China's National Cultural Heritage Administration and Ministry of Emergency Management on Monday jointly issued a guideline on improving fire safety measures for cultural relics.

China's online literature has developed rapidly in recent years with the rise of Internet and mobile reading and becoming increasingly popular with foreign readers, an official of the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration said Friday.

The 2019 China International Travel Mart (CITM) will be held from Friday to Sunday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, the event organizer said Thursday.

Hollywood is playing host to the star-studded 15th Chinese American Film Festival and the Chinese American Television Festival that kicked off in California last week.

Digitized versions of about 7,200 copies of ancient Chinese books went online on Tuesday and can now be accessed for free by the public for pleasure or academic reference, the National Library of China announced.

A two-day key national forum exploring public education, publicity, and archaeological tourism was held in Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Thursday.

A documentary entitled Harmony in Diversity aimed to promote China-Greece dialogue about civilizations was introduced to the Greek audience during an event held here on Saturday.

An exhibition of New Innovation of Handicraft - China's Intangible Cultural Heritage kicked off here on Wednesday, offering Nepali people insight into China's rich and abundant art and culture.

When the oak-framed roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned to the ground in the blaze on April 15, people around the world wept over the fate of the iconic 12th-century monument.

An international book fair is scheduled to kick off mid-November in Sanya, a resort city of China's southern island province of Hainan, according to a press conference held by the organizing committee Tuesday.

A two-day academic forum on the theme, Chinese Civilization and China's Path, opened at the Academy of Chinese Culture in Beijing on Friday.

The restoration of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) murals in Yongle Palace, the largest Taoist temple in China, will be launched in 2020, local authorities said Saturday.

The Liangzhu ancient city ruins park in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, has been fully covered by the 5G network as major mobile operators in the country on Thursday switched on commercial 5G services.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday named 66 urban settlements, including two Chinese cities to join its Network of Creative Cities.

Dunhuang Academy China and Peking University have signed an agreement to establish a research center for Dunhuang studies, aiming to nurture more high-level research talent in the area.

A two-day international forum highlighting the significance of ancient civilizations in a modern context opened in the Palace Museum in Beijing on Monday.

China has invited tourist companies and agencies to collect tourist plans themed on the country's intangible cultural heritage.

The 5th China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) 17+1 High-level Tourism Forum was held here in the Latvian capital on Wednesday.

Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins met here Tuesday with Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism Luo Shugang.

Chinese Bookshelf, a project which aims to provide local readers an access to Chinese books and culture, was launched Tuesday here.

Beijing's northwestern Yanqing district plans to establish a Great Wall cultural park at the Badaling section, to better protect the cultural heritage, according to a three-year action plan released on Saturday.

A list of 20 cultural heritage projects in China's information and telecommunication industry has been released by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC).

The seventh International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage kicked off Thursday in southwest China's Chengdu city, with over 1,100 intangible cultural heritage items from 86 countries to be showcased.

A workshop on intangible cultural heritage opened Wednesday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

A photo exhibition displaying the humanities and history of Belt and Road-related countries opened in the Palace Museum in Beijing on Friday.

I feel honored to witness the Terracotta warriors, the eighth wonder of the world, said Jariya Thanomtin, a 68-year-old Thai woman who used to work at the Thai national museum.

Chinese archaeologists have discovered two large-scale palace relics in northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

China will soon announce the country's eighth group of 762 major cultural heritage sites to be put under national-level protection, according to China's National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA).

The State Council has approved China's eighth list of national cultural heritage sites under key protection, which includes 762 new entries, the National Cultural Heritage Administration told media in Beijing on Thursday.

Red cultures with the themes including patriotism and Chinese histories glittered at China International Comics Festival Expo, which was held in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province from Wednesday to Sunday.

The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival, which falls on Oct 7 this year.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Cold Dew, (Chinese: 寒露), the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct 23.

The earliest version of the Book of Songs in known existence was recently unveiled after Chinese researchers restored bamboo slips from 2,400 years ago.

Go is like a mirror, if you allow yourself to look into it. You should accept all of your mistakes and realize how flawed your plans are and how inconsistent your ideas are, maybe see ideas you didn't even know. In daily life, you don't have that, descr

Another 762 places will be added to the list of major national-level protected historical and cultural sites, it was decided on Thursday at a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.

A cap will be set for the number of daily visitors to Prince Kung's Mansion Museum in Beijing during the upcoming National Day holidays.

China has recently published a collection of 70 novels to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The administration of the Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park announced on Friday that it plans to start the restoration of 11 cultural relics that were excavated from the remains in recent years.

China is moving to become a publishing power in the world, which provides a good opportunity for the development of the publishing industry on both sides of the Straits, said Wu Shulin, executive vice-president of the Publishers Association of China, on

A recent analysis has validated the exact age of a prehistoric settlement in northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, local experts said Friday.

Chinese renowned opera artist Wang Quanzhen, head of Henan Opera House, held on Wednesday evening a lecture at the Chinese Cultural Center in Cairo (CCC) to promote Henan Yu Opera in Egypt as part of cultural exchange between the two countries.

Over 70 Chinese museums have joined hands to release a passport-like cultural product in a bid to improve visitors' experience.

As 1.4 billion people prepare to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, long-lost relics are on display to help honor the country's ongoing revitalization.

Dozens of ancient Chinese treasures including a rare Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) tankard and a 500-year-old cup that performs a practical joke are now on display at an exhibition in Scotland.

Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival in China after Chinese New Year.

The seventh International Festival of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, from Oct 17 to 22.

Eight lost pieces of Chinese bronzeware with a history of over 2,500 years were returned from Japan in August, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced in a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the National Library of China to stick to correct political direction and promote fine traditional culture.

Ten foreign photographers have been invited to record Beijing on their cameras, the Beijing Youth Daily reported Thursday.

The Northeast Asia Culture Tourism Food Festival opened Tuesday in the border city of Hunchun, northeast China's Jilin Province.

The ancient civilization of Liangzhu, China's latest cultural site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, has had its history recorded in middle school textbooks that are being used during the new school year that started on Monday.

China's Dunhuang Academy, which administers the Mogao Grottoes, will team up with the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in the field of heritage research and protection to promote cultural exchanges along the Silk Road.

An inauguration ceremony of the complete translations of three Chinese books was held here on Saturday as part of a China-Mongolia seminar on translation of literature.

At the 11th China-Japan-South Korea Cultural Ministers' Meeting held here Friday, the three ministers of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) exchanged in-depth views on further promoting practical cooperation in cultural areas.

University publishers from home and abroad gathered in Beijing on Monday to discuss the past, present and future of academic publishing in a globalized, digitalized world.

Known for its rich history and cultural heritage, Northwest China's Shaanxi province is actively participating in the Belt and Road Initiative to break new ground in its efforts to open up, the province's top official said on Wednesday.

When the national opera Yimeng Mountain debuted in Jinan in February, many in the audience were moved to tears because of Shandong province's close connection to the story.

Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has witnessed sustainable development with its cultural relic preservation work over the past 60 years, according to the region's bureau of cultural relics on Monday.

The Nishan World Center for Confucian Studies was founded on Sunday in Nishan, the ancient philosopher's birthplace, in eastern China's Shandong province in an effort to establish a research and study center for Confucianism with global appeal.

When I first visited the famous Mogao Caves in Dunhuang 10 years ago, the beauty of the ancient Buddhist art was not the most moving part of the experience.

Research laboratories that could simulate environmental conditions surrounding historical sites and relics have been put into operation, helping Chinese researchers in their cultural heritage protection endeavors.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has called for well preserving the quintessence of Chinese culture.

An international forum on fossil protection was held Sunday in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, attracting over 180 paleontologists worldwide, according to the organizer.

An epitaph dating back over 1,300 years has been found in Linxi County in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.

At about 8 pm every night, one hour after his dinner, 45-year-old Xie Zhongguo opens his computer and searches for new items to exhibit at his Liu Sanjie cultural museum.

Colored potteries, tombs and a skeleton were excavated in a Neolithic settlement, dating back 9,000 years, in east China's Zhejiang Province, according to local authorities.

The 10th Yixing International Ceramic Culture and Arts Festival will kick off on Oct 18 and run through to the end of the month in Jiangsu province's Yixing, a city which is often hailed as the capital of ceramics in China, it was announced a media conf

Up to 65 percent of online literary works were about realistic themes, a 24-percent increase year on year, according to a report on the development of Chinese online literature in 2018.

Music interrupts the conversation of contented diners as dancers dressed in traditional Kazak and Uygur costumes invite the restaurant's customers to put down their cutlery and dance. The waiters and waitresses set down their trays and join in.

Shanghai unveiled a list of cultural activities and tour routes to boost its nighttime economy on Thursday.

Legislative measures will be taken to protect the largest traditional village cluster in eastern China's Zhejiang province, local authorities said Monday.

A six-day national summer camp on the restoration of cultural relics recently concluded at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China's former imperial palace also known as the Forbidden City.

A final review meeting for selecting China’s Culture City of East Asia for 2020 took place in Beijing on Aug 1.

An exhibition about the history of Shanghai university museums was held at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom from July 18 to 22.

China's police and cultural relic authorities have launched a five-month crackdown campaign on cultural relic-related crimes.

Thousands of kilometers lie between the Forbidden City in Beijing, China's imperial palace complex from 1420 to 1911, and the Tashihunpo Monastery in Shigatse, the Tibet autonomous region, built in 1447 and now the seat of the Panchen Lama, a Tibetan spir

A jade disk which dates back to the Liangzhu civilization more than 4,300 years ago has been unearthed in East China's Zhejiang province.

Two hours after the 29th National Book Expo opened in Xi'an's Qujiang International Exhibition Center on Saturday, 200 sets of two-volume thriller The Longest Day in Chang'an were sold out.

The Palace Museum of China dived in their records and from that mission was created a new series of children's books, focused on real and imaginary creatures.

A new exhibition at the Palace Museum provides a panoramic view of the role played by jade in 5,000 years of Chinese culture, Wang Kaihao reports.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Heat, (Chinese: 大暑), the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 23 and ends August 6.

More than 1,000 students and teachers from 31 Confucius Institutes in 16 Central and Eastern European countries gathered in Beijing Language and Culture University on Monday for the opening ceremony of the 2019 CEEC Confucius Institute Summer Camp.

The unveiling ceremony for the China-Russia commemorative envelope took place Friday at the Liangmaqiao Diplomatic Office building in Beijing.

Monday was absolutely a big day for Mulan fans and fans of Chinese actress Liu Yifei because Disney finally dropped the teaser trailer for the live-action remake of the 1998 animated classic, with Liu playing the title role.

BEIJING -- The Palace Museum has unveiled a number of upgraded and newly developed digital products to promote the rich history and culture it represents.

On the wide, misty Xin'an River surrounded by lush green mountains, Fang Shuyun balances in the water on a bamboo pole.

A major exhibition examining the pivotal role played by the Tibetan Tubo regime in the Silk Road era is breaking new ground, Wang Kaihao reports in Dunhuang.

All you need to know about Liangzhu Culture.

The 43rd session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee wrapped up here on Wednesday, with a total of 29 new sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, according to Azerbaijan's state new

In less than three years, about 360,000 internet users have donated more than 45 million yuan (about $6.54 million) to renovate and repair the Great Wall through a crowdfunding campaign, the Beijing Daily reported Wednesday.

China has pledged to put more efforts in protecting the country's newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage -- Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, according to the country's top cultural heritage official.

The Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City near Hangzhou city in East China's Zhejiang province has finally opened to the public, after it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

An exhibition on the Tibetan Tubo Kingdom (about 618-842) opened in the city of Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province Tuesday.

As a part of series for Egypt's 2019 China Tourism and Culture Week, the Chinese Cultural Center in Cairo hosted a lecture on classic styles and fashion of Chinese costumes on June 29.

Dalian Night,a key cultural program featuring a gala and delicacies held July 1, spiced up the ongoing 2019 Summer Davos held from July 1-3 in Northeast China's coastal city Dalian.

A park focusing on the innovation and development of intangible cultural heritage opened in Beijing on June 28, the first of its kind in China.

May our old folk tunes and our new songs that blend the harmonies of East and West be another bond between free peoples, wrote Madame Sun Yat-sen (Soong Ching Ling) in a preface to the release ofChee Lai: Songs of New China in 1941.

Launched by the Traditional Chinese Culture Research Center at Renmin University, a group of experts in archaeology, history and cultural promotion went to Jingbian county in Northwest China's Shanxi province from June 16 to 19 to discover and study mater

China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) greatly contributes to boosting cultural interaction and exchange as well as mutual understanding and respect of differences among participants, a Chinese scholar told Xinhua in an interview.

Mysterious coffins high up off the ground, a historical and cultural heritage with hundreds of years of history in Southwest China's Sichuan province, remain safe and sound after the recent earthquakes.

The Chinese Folk Culture Tour to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was launched at the ASEAN Secretariat recently.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains by Huang Gongwang from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) is one of China's best-known ancient paintings.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Summer Solstice (Chinese: 夏至), the 10th solar term of the year, begins on June 21 this year and ends on July 6.

China is keen on ensuring that ethical standards take hold in the booming artificial intelligence industry, says Chen Xiaoping, director of the Robotics Lab at the University of Science and Technology of China.

To further introduce China's natural scenery and cultural heritage to foreign visitors, a cultural salon was organized in Beijing's Haidian district on Saturday.

More than 70 works of fine art are currently on show through June 19 at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing, marking the 60th anniversary of democratic reform in Tibet autonomous region.

More than 3,200 activities were held across China to celebrate this year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which falls on the second Saturday of every June.

A series of books in Chinese and English covering eight classic works of Peking Opera were recently released, with the aim of revealing details about the art form in a straightforward way.

The Chinese Cultural Center in Cairo held a symposium titled Tourism Bridge of Communication between People: Egypt and China as a Model on Sunday night.

More than 3,200 activities have been staged across China to celebrate this year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which falls on the second Saturday of every June.

An intangible cultural heritage fair - which showcases 40 items on UNESCO's World Intangible Cultural Heritage List - started in Guangzhou on Friday.

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism published a guideline for local governments on planning the development of cultural sectors and tourism, a ministry statement said Wednesday.

More than 1,000 foreign students from 29 local universities participated in this year's Shanghai International Students Dragon Boat Race on June 1.

Cultural events will be held on June 8 all over China to celebrate Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

A total of 95 ancient tombs have been discovered on the campus of Tsinghua University, a prestigious university in Beijing.

A number of cultural activities are ready to open to the public to celebrate the approaching national Cultural and Natural Heritage Day on June 8, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Thursday.

Beijing's culture trade reported steady growth in 2018 with its foreign trade volume up 17.5 percent year on year, according to the ongoing 2019 China International Fair for Trade in Service.

For people who are familiar with Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Last Supper, the version being exhibited at the Palace Museum in Beijing may look familiar yet peculiar.

A series of celebrations of the literary world between China and the European Union kicked off in Beijing last week, and will continue with 90 literary talks and workshops scheduled to take place through June 5 in four bookstores.

Cultural events can be a catalyst for building cooperative platforms for people and organizations in Belt and Road countries.

North China's Shanxi province, an area rich in cultural relics, will open the Shanxi Bronze Museum in July, with exhibits mainly sourced from stolen antiques recovered by police.

Chinese experts have called for prudence and coordination in protecting and developing the heritage of the Grand Canal, the world's longest man-made waterway.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Buds, (Chinese: 小满), the 8th solar term of a year, begins on May 21 this year, and ends on June 5. It means that the seeds from the grain are becoming full but are not ripe

There's a genre to please every art lover - from dance and stage drama to folk opera - at the 12th China Art Festival, which officially opened on Monday in Shanghai.

The number of visitors to museums across China increased by 16 percent year-on-year to reach 1.13 billion in 2018, said Liu Yuzhu, chief of the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA), on Saturday.

Asian Film and TV Week kicked off on Thursday, bringing together more than 100 celebrities from some 10 countries for the launch at the Beijing Working People's Cultural Palace.

More than 30,000 people from China and abroad will join in the Asian Cultural Carnival, which will be held at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, on Wednesday in Beijing.

The floor of an office in Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park is full of broken porcelain pieces that are all lined up. The scene is not an contemporary art installation-the categorized pieces are just waiting for cultural-heritage restorers to find their long-lost b

The curtain was raised on a major exhibition at National Museum of China in Beijing on Monday that presents the great wealth and diversity of Asian cultures.

Tourists to Shenyang Palace Museum in Northeast China's Liaoning province can experience ancient building repair work from Saturday, the museum said.

Since he started learning thangka painting at age 12, Nyangbon, now in his late 40s, and a generation of other artists have dedicated years to the revival of the ancient Buddhist art form.

To promote nvshu, a language used by women only, the Nv Shu (Beijing) International Culture Exchange Center was recently established, marking the launch of the Nv Shu Global Exhibit project.

Emperor Qianlong's passion for calligraphy and painting is the subject of an ongoing exhibition at the Palace Museum, Wang Kaihao reports.

Chinese culture centers and tourism offices overseas will host more than 250 cultural and tourism events in over 40 countries from May 15 to June 30.

A decade in development, Peking Opera star Zhang Huoding's adaptation of the classic Farewell My Concubine in the Cheng style is nothing short of a dream come true, Chen Nan reports.

An ongoing Liuli (colored glaze) art exhibition in the US city of Costa Mesa in southern California showcases the heritage and innovation of an ancient Chinese craft.

Though Ranagul Sopi started learning embroidery in a small village in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, her craftsmanship has taken a magical leap onto the catwalks of the Paris Haute Couture Week.

An exhibition on calligraphy art of Chinese oracle bones was launched Wednesday evening at the UN headquarters in honor of the 120th anniversary of the discovery of Chinese oracle bones.

Archaeologist in Dahe town in Sunan county in Northwest China's Gansu province discovered many ancient rock paintings, including some in deer-shaped pattern, in the Yangkan Gorge and the Yumu Mountain in the Qilian Mountains on April 15.

Qi a state that existed from the 11th to the third century BC was a flourishing regional kingdom that boasted political, economic and cultural significance in ancient Eastern China. Its capital city in present-day Linzi, in Shandong province, was known as

Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy are on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing starting Wednesday.

Zhao Yishen is bent over, his eyes staring at the woodblock. Holding a chisel in his right hand, he guides it forward steadily and precisely across the woodblock using his left hand.

Chinese audiences nationwide will be able to take a virtual tour of a royal hall in the Forbidden City over the next three years, the Palace Museum said Friday.

The 12th China Arts Festival will bring a slew of art activities to the Chinese economic and art hub Shanghai.

The National Museum of China in Beijing is now accepting applications for postdoctoral positions from those who are interested in carrying out studies on the Chinese history, archaeology and museuology, conservation of cultural relics and documentation.

Guo Moruo Cultural Week kicked off on Wednesday at the Confucius Institute of Suez Canal University in Ismailia in northeastern Egypt.

A handicraft based on Manchu applique art is also helping with poverty alleviation, Wang Ru reports.

Chinese archaeologists have found pottery fragments dating back about 17,000 years in southern China's Guangdong province.

China is using high-tech measures, such as satellite remote sensing technologies, in protecting its cultural heritage, according to an official with the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA).

The China Cultural Center in Cairo participated in the event with 22 other cultural institutions in Egypt from the European Union, the United States, Iraq, Libya, South Africa and other countries and regions.

Nearly 10,000 Chinese people from more than 40 countries and regions attended a grand ceremony last Sunday morning in Central China's Henan province to worship the legendary ancestor Huangdi, or the Yellow Emperor.

The 26th Beijing College Student Film Festival kicked off at the student center of Beijing Normal University on Sunday and will come to a close on April 28.

According to a public announcement from the Palace Museum, director and curator Shan Jixiang has retired April 8, succeeded by the director of the Dunhuang Academy, Wang Xudong.

China is playing a key role in protecting and displaying heritage, not only at home but also in the region.

An online documentary series, now in its fourth season, shows that young people have the time and patience for tradition, Wang Kaihao reports.

The tour guide believes it is his responsibility to pass it down and let more people know about it

Feng Mantian and his band plan a tour to promote his brand of Chinese music, Chen Nan reports.

The Culture City of East Asia 2019 opened in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, March 27.