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Saving A Tibetan Tradition
Dec 18, 2015Trinley (right) performs at the Norbulingka Park in Lhasa during the Shoton Festival.[Photo provided to China Daily] Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, ...
Tags: Trinley, ancient art, Tibetan Tradition
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Culture Insider: Ancient Chinese Table Games
Dec 16, 2015A tomb found by archaeologists which has a history of 2300 years in Shandong.[File Photo] What did ancient Chinese do for fun? Obviously they couldn't surf the Internet or watch TV; in fact, ancient Chinese had many kinds of board and ...
Tags: Ancient Chinese, Table Games
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Peking Opera Gets a New Look
Dec 15, 2015Lots of Peking Opera characters like, from left, Sun Yujiao, Bao Zheng and Yang Yuhuan appear in the new animated movies. [Photo/Shanghai Daily] The Shanghai Institute of Visual Art has made 25 animated movies in a Chinese ink style about ...
Tags: Peking Opera, characters
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131 Hanging Coffins Found in Hubei
Dec 15, 2015A shot of the hanging coffin tomb in Moping township of Zigui county of Hubei. [Photo/people.cn] A total of 131 hanging coffins were recently discovered in Moping township of Zigui county, central China's Hubei province. The coffins were ...
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Venerable Villages on Mount Danxia
Nov 26, 2015Niubi Village ensconces among mountains in the Mount Danxia hinterland. [File photo] Scenery along the world's longest high-speed railway from Beijing, on the vast North China Plain, southward to Guangzhou, over the Yellow River and ...
Tags: Venerable Villages, Mount Danxia
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Puppets Get People Hooked at Fujian Festival
Nov 26, 2015A German artist performs at the China Quanzhou International Puppet Festival. GUO HONGSONG/CHINA DAILY It was a fiesta for puppets-those artful creatures that come to joyful life and overcome language barrier. Last week, as a highlight ...
Tags: Puppets, Chinese marionette, Fujian Festival
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Seeing China Through Tuscan Eyes
Nov 26, 2015The Tree by Domenico Monteforte. [Photo provided to China Daily] Artists from Tuscany in Italy have used brushes, colors and even a shuttlecock to portray their impressions of China. The exhibition, New Ways of Seeing, at the Shaw Hall ...
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British Museum Puts Exhibits Online with Google Street View, Including Admonitions Scroll
Nov 25, 2015Admonitions Scroll (detail). [Screenshot of Google Cultural Institute site] Fans of the British Museum are now able to avoid the crowds to enjoy some 5,000 high-resolution images of the museum's collection online, including the ...
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Expo Offers 10,000 Yuan to Translate Sacred Sutras in Sanskrit
Nov 4, 2015A 10,000 yuan ($1,571) reward is being offered to whoever can translate the Sanskit scripture written on a prized collection of 171 Pattra-leaf sutras that will be exhibited at the 3rd Taihu International Buddhism, Tourism and Culture Expo ...
Tags: Pattra-leaf sutras, Tibetan culture, reward, translate
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Luoyang Student Named as Kyoto Honorary Goodwill Ambassador
Nov 3, 2015At a local cultural event, Chen Xiyao (R) poses for a picture with Latvian Dana (L) and Yamada (M),magistrate of Kyoto county. Chen Xiyao, a student from Luoyang recently received a pleasant surprise to be named the Kyoto honorary ...
Tags: Chen Xiyao, honorary goodwill ambassador, cultural exchange
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THousand Years Old Salt Pan in SW China
Oct 30, 2015People 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 ...
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Delightful Daming Palace
Oct 30, 2015During 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 ...
Tags: Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, Daming Palace
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High Speed Train to Emei Scenic Area
Oct 30, 2015With 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 ...
Tags: High Speed Train, Emei Mountain
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Coin Family Museum Displays Money of Dynasties
Oct 30, 2015Liu 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 ...
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a Review of Highlights of ITE Sichuan
Oct 30, 2015The 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 ...
