People living near the ancient salt pan located at the connection point between the southwest regions of Tibet and Yunnan, still maintain the traditional way of evaporating brine in the sun to make salt by hands. According to the ...
Just by merit of being old, things gain value. But frankly, not everyone bubbles with enthusiasm to examine fragments of pottery and arrowheads. Likewise, a museum dedicated to stuff made out of bronze hardly sounds exhilarating. But in the ...
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The once imperial residence of Changan City (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), Weiyang Palace was the largest palace ever to be constructed. It was 6.7 times the size of the Beijing's Forbidden City, 11 times the size of the Vatican City. The ...
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During the Tang Dynasty (618 – 690 and 705 – 907 AD), the city of Chang'an (now present day Xi'an) had the largest population of any urban center, a bastion of cosmopolitan life. Emperor Gaozong relocated the imperial court to ...
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As part of festivities marking the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Palace Museum in Beijing, a "Long Live Celebration" show will be staged. Many rarely- or never-before-seen national treasures will be displayed and Riverside Scene ...
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An exhibition opened on Wednesday in Beijing observing the 3,060th anniversary of the founding of Beijing. More than 40 items are on displayed at the Capital Museum, which give an insight into the past life of the ancient capital of Yan ...
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The newly adapted historical drama, "Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei Dynasty," hit the stage at the Luoyang Opera House on June 1, 2015. Three years in the making, the show features strong and creative performances. Zha Mingzhe, Vice ...
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With its beautiful sceneries and cool and refreshing weather, the Emei Scenic Area (in southwest China’s Sichuan province) is a popular place to escape the heat of summer. A poem by famed Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai says "There are many ...
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Liu Zhaopu from central China's Henan province recently established a Heluo Coin Family Museum, which shows all kinds of ancient coins and money that are used in several dynasties in Chinese history. Liu Zhaopu, a 52-year old man from ...
Chinese and foreign journalists from the department of Chinese, Pashto, Tamil and Turkish under CRI Online visited the 1500-year-old Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang city, experiencing China's world-class rock carving art on September 19. ...
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The 2nd International Tourism Exhibition was successfully held on 26th, September, during which many ideas and concepts were introduced for the first time. Now let's take a look at them one by one. Highlight One: the main venue imitates ...
Pingyao in Shanxi Province, was China's financial capital back in the Qing Dynasty. But when modern banks stormed the scene, Pingyao fell out of favor and got left in the proverbial coal dust. Virtually forgotten by the masses for about a ...
Hundreds of guests gather outside of the ticket office since the exhibition kicked off earlier this month, with a staff member from the Palace Museum leading each group into the exhibition hall. Starting from Saturday, each of the ...
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Buyers of ancient Chinese art will reappear in Sotheby's salesroom in Hong Kong next month. The last time Sotheby's auctioned classical ink art in the city was some 15 years ago. More than 50 lots of ink paintings and works of ...
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Twenty-four solid gold ornaments dating back almost 2,000 years were returned to China without compensation on Monday, on the grounds that they had been looted from tombs in Gansu province and held by French collectors. Following a similar ...
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