Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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Historical Relics From The Ming Tombs Move to New Storehouse
Nov 26, 2015Entering the new storehouse you can see the dust removal equipment mounted on the walls. [Photo/Beijing News] Unearthed after 59 years, more than 3,000 precious historical relics from the Ming Tombs in Beijing's suburban district of ...
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Mainland Director Wins Best Leading Actor Award in Taiwan
Nov 26, 2015A screen capture of Feng Xiaogang in Mr. Six. [Photo/Mtime] The award ceremony was held late Saturday night in Taipei. Feng played an aged gangster in the action comedy "Mr. Six". He won the award for the best adapted screenplay of ...
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'007: Spectre' Tops China's Box Office
Nov 26, 2015Daniel Craig and the latest Bond girl, Lea Seydoux, at a Beijing promotional event for the latest Bond film. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] The latest James Bond film Spectre topped China's box office in the week ending Nov. 15, ...
Tags: film, Spectre, China's Box Office
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Tibet to Raise Life Expectancy to 70 by 2020
Nov 26, 2015Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China plans to raise its average life expectancy by two years to 70 in five years, a local official has said. Medical services in rural areas will be greatly improved to achieve this goal, Zeng ...
Tags: Medical services, average life, Tibet Autonomous Region
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Peking Opera Returns to The United Kingdom After a Decade
Nov 25, 2015Liverpool City Councilor Gary Millar (center) takes a photo with leading performers Li Shengsu (left) and Yu Kuizhi of The Warrior Women of Yang in Liverpool on Nov 13. [Photo provided to China Daily] With star performers, lavish ...
Tags: Peking Opera, United Kingdom
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187 Large Gold Coins Found in 2,000-Year-Old Tomb in Jiangxi
Nov 25, 2015An archaeologist measures the gold items from the tomb of "Haihunhou" (Marquis of Haihun) that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), in Nanchang, capital of East China's Jiangxi province, Nov 17, 2015. Chinese ...
Tags: Large Gold Coins, 2, 000-Year-Old Tomb, Jiangxi
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McDonald’s in Historical Residence Stirs Public Debate
Nov 25, 2015A McDonald’s cafe opens in former residence of Chiang Ching-kuo. [Photo/Oriental Morning Post] Fast food chain McDonald's recently opened a cafe in the main building of the former residence of historical figure Chiang Ching-kuo, ...
Tags: McDonald, McDonald's cafe, residence of Chiang Ching-kuo
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Zimbabwe Launches First Ever Shona-Chinese Dictionary
Nov 25, 2015The University of Zimbabwe on Friday launched the first ever Chinese- Shona dictionary. [Photo/CRI] The University of Zimbabwe on Friday launched the first ever Chinese-Shona dictionary alongside five other books as the country's oldest ...
Tags: Zimbabwe, Chinese-Shona dictionary, intercultural exchange
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China to Train Successors of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Nov 25, 2015Yue Yunsheng, a representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage clay sculpture in Gansu shows one of his sculptures in his workshop. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] China plans to train 100,000 people to protect intangible cultural ...
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Yoko Ono Charms Beijing Audiences in Solo Exhibition
Nov 25, 2015Yoko Ono poses with her work, To See the Sky, at her solo show in Beijing. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] The 82-year-old conceptual artist and singer Yoko Ono was in Beijing late last week for her exhibition Golden Ladders, which is ...
Tags: Yoko Ono, Solo Exhibition, artist
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Gu Changwei's Latest Project Is Based on a 100-Yuan Note
Nov 25, 2015Chinese film director Gu Changwei is staging his solo show The Vision in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily] Film director and photographer Gu Changwei's latest production isn't at the cinemas but rather at three exhibition halls of ...
Tags: Film, Gu Changwei, 100-Yuan Note
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Chinese Painters Give Traditional Art New, Realistic Touch
Nov 25, 2015The Ritual by Sun Zhensheng is one of the gongbi paintings on display at the show Subtlety Transcend. [Photo provided to China Daily] The highly detailed gongbi technique, with a history of 2,000 years, is still held dear by Chinese ...
Tags: gongbi paintings, Traditional Art
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Faye Wong to Release Album in 12 Years
Nov 25, 2015The cover art of Faye Wong's album. [Photo/China.org.cn] Faye Wong has announced that she will release a new album entitled "Getting By", which will be her first album release in 12 years. The pop diva hasn't released a studio album in ...
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London Applauds Peking Opera Closing Show
Nov 25, 2015Warrior Women of Yang. [Photo/China.org.cn] After performing three days at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre, the China National Peking Opera Company made their final curtain call to the applause of the international audience on Nov. 22. ...
Tags: Peking Opera, London, Wells Theatre
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News New TV Version of The Legend of The Condor Heroes
Nov 25, 2015A new television production of The Legend of the Condor Heroes is coming. [Photo provided to China Daily] A new TV version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Shediao Yingxiong Zhuan) is set to be made to attract a young audience. The ...
