An exhibition called Times of Prosperity: The Imperial Art of High Qing at the Long Museum West Bank in Shanghai is showcasing Qing Dynasty art treasures from the 17th-18th centuries. The show, which runs until Nov 18, features art and ...
We all know of China's long history. It's a history that dates back as early as 1200 BC. A major part of China's history is its education through teachers. School education in China has a long history. In the spring and autumn periods ...
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The Palace Museum in Beijing will display authentic Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival (Qingming Shanghe Tu) from September 8 to November 8 in an exhibition titled "The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat". One of the most famous ...
The Chinese fairy tale figure Madam White Snake is back again, this time in two very different guises. The first is in the time-honored way in which audiences are used to seeing it, and the other in a very contemporary form. The first ...
The Kenyan government has commenced discussion with Chinese authorities to help showcase the East African nation's cultural heritage in the Asian nation's museums, officials said on Monday. Mzalendo Kibunjia, Director General of ...
Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi province, has over 1700 years' history of making pottery. As China is the center of the world's china production, and Jingdezhen is the center of China's china industry, many pottery artists around the world come to ...
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Ruins of a classical Chinese garden landscape of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) have been discovered at a construction site in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, according to Sichuan Daily on Sunday. Although the ...
Milk, sugar of cream? Grande, Vente? Those are words never uttered at a Chinese teahouse. At Starbucks, yes. Food and beverage chains all rely on add-ons to get the consumer hooked one way or the other. And of course, speed of delivery. ...
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Though the Chinese government promulgated the "Great Wall of Protection Ordinance" in 2006, the world famous ancient stone fortification is still disappearing at a tremendous speed, especially the parts in forsaken mountain areas. ...
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Chinese cuisine, widely seen as representing one of the richest and most diverse culinary heritages in the world, is a reflection of the distinctive and profound Chinese culture. Some of the food, though ordinary and familiar to us, is ...
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The Auspicious Leaves The 5th lunar month is marked as "Poison" month in Chinese Farmer's Calendar. This is because the gem, insect, fly, mosquito, and pest are active in this summer month and people is easy to catch infectious disease. ...
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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Summer, the 7th term of the year, begins on May 6 and ends on May 20 this year. Start of Summer signals the transition of seasons. On this day, the ...
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AkzoNobel’s Decorative Paints business is helping to recreate one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World – the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in China. Built during the Ming Dynasty, the original pagoda was mostly destroyed ...
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The Tian and Ming temples of the Ancient City of Luoyang, which date back to the Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907), opened to the public for the first time on April 11 after undergoing restoration. The rebuilt Ming Temple is more than ...
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The jade used since ancient times in China is nephrite, which in its pure state is white but may be green, cream, yellow, brown, gray, black or mottled due to the presence of impurities, chiefly iron compounds. Chinese used the generic term ...
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