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Centennial of Sun and Soong's Wedding Held in Beijing

Oct 27, 2015

An exhibition and a forum marking the 100th wedding anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the forerunner of China's democratic revolution, and his wife Madame Soong Ching Ling were held at Madame Soong's former residence in Beijing on Oct 25. ...

Tags: Soong Ching Ling, antiques, qipao, traditional dress

Rock Craving on Show

Oct 27, 2015

Huian, located in East China's Fujian province, boasts a long-standing history of stone carving that dates back to 1,600 years ago. Its beautiful coastline has a well-preserved fortress in rocks built centuries ago. Heavenly Crafted, an ...

Tags: stone carving, carvings on wood, carvings on rocks, folk art

Chinese Art Troupe Presents Gala Performance in Albania

Oct 27, 2015

A Chinese gala performance presented by a visiting Chinese art troupe and Tirana University Confucius Institute was presented in Tirana on Saturday, bringing Chinese artistic shows to local audience. The artistic group from Changsha ...

Tags: Chinese art troupe, flutes, pipa, bamboo lutes

Scholars Gather in Beijing for 3rd Annual Symposium on China Studies

Oct 27, 2015

The opening session for the 3rd annual Symposium on China Studies took place Monday at the Regent Hotel Beijing. Over 40 senior sinologists and Chinese scholars were present in the event. Hosted by China's Ministry of Culture and the ...

Tags: symposium, cultures, globalized economy

218 Traditional Villages Recorded for Conservation

Oct 8, 2015

Since June, a conservation program has surveyed and made records of 281 traditional Chinese villages, said the center responsible for the program Wednesday. Pu Jiao, vice director of the Research Center for Conservation and Development of ...

Tags: traditional Chinese villages, original village layout

8 Things You May Not Know About Cold Dew

Oct 8, 2015

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Cold Dew, the 17th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 8 and ends on Oct 23. At this time, temperatures are much lower than in White Dew in most ...

Tags: fishing, pomegranates, chrysanthemum wine

China's Young Return to Traditional Roots

Oct 7, 2015

Ancient classics provide lessons that are still relevant today Dressed in the style of the Han Dynasty that ruled China 1,800 years ago, 6-year-old Chen Quanjin is chanting ancient Chinese classics with several other children about the ...

Tags: Traditional Roots, Dizigui

Sportsman Finds Magic in Traditional Medicine

Oct 6, 2015

French sportsman Julien Vandelli didn't foresee that he would spend five years reading the abstruse ancient Chinese medical text Huangdi Neijing in a Chinese university, where he practices acupuncture and medical massage. However, the ...

Tags: Traditional Medicine, vitamin injections

New Deal Between China and US to Promote Exchanges

Sep 21, 2015

China's State Council Information Office (SCIO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. National Geographic Society (NGS) and venture capital organization International Data Group (IDG) to promote the Chinese culture and ...

Tags: Chinese culture, cultural exchanges

Fascinated by Engraving Art

Sep 18, 2015

Gao Junwei, an engraving artist aged over 80, shows a stone engraved with tiny Chinese characters on an intangible cultural heritage festival held in Sichuan on Sept 16, 2015. Gao can engrave 155 characters on one-square-centimeter area of ...

Tags: Engraving Art, stone Engraving

Qi Baishi's Grass and Insect Paintings on Display

Sep 18, 2015

The exhibition Just Silence —The Grass and Insects World of Qi Baishi is underway at the Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy. It features the biggest collection of the grass and insect artworks of the maestro. On display are ...

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Qing Dynasty Art on Display in Shanghai

Sep 18, 2015

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 ...

Tags: Qing Dynasty Art, cultural treasures

Palace Museum to Display China's Mona Lisa

Sep 1, 2015

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 ...

Tags: Qingming Shanghe Tu, Precious Collection

Return of Madam Snake

Aug 26, 2015

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 ...

Tags: Madam White Snake, Chinese fairy tale

Gifts of Love in Ancient China

Aug 24, 2015

The Qixi Festival is here! Have you ever been caught up in a situation that leaves you clueless on what item to buy for your boyfriend or girlfriend? The ancient Chinese were never baffled by this problem. Here are some classic gifts for ...

Tags: Jade pendants, comb, Hairpins, Jade bracelet