Through his six-decade career, Han Meilin-who is well-known as the chief designer of Fuwa, the good-luck mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008-has always turned to Chinese cultural traditions for inspiration. The 80-year-old began ...
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Artistic communication between China and Mexico can be dated back to 116 years ago, when Feng Gangbai became the first Chinese to study art in Mexico. Now the National Art Museum of China has enhanced the cultural link by displaying ...
Chinese New Year celebrations in South Korea kicked off on Jun 17 in Seoul with a variety show. The event, themed Culture of China, Festival of Spring, featured Chinese ethnic charms such as dance, Peking opera, acrobatics, cross talk, ...
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The Buddha statue on display at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest in March. [Photo/Xinhua] A 1000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside, now in possession of Dutch private collector Oscar van Overeem, ...
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Chinese Ambassador Chang Hua attends the opening ceremony. [Photo/Xinhua] A Chinese Cultural Zone was opened at the Hamdan Bin Zayed School in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates on Dec 9. The zone was donated by the Chinese Embassy in ...
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The Confucius Institute in Barcelona holds activities for local people to experience Chinese culture, Sept 25, 2015.[Photo/barcelona.es.chinesecio.com] Representatives from eight universities in Catalonia, northeastern Spain, met in ...
Vice-Minister Ding Wei(left) and Ottawa mayor Jim Watson (right) shake hands in Beijing on Nov 18 [Photo\Culturalink.gov.cn] Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture Ding Wei met Ottawa mayor Jim Watson on Nov 18. Ding noted that the ...
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China was set to strengthen its ties with Nigeria by enhancing the cultural relations between the two countries, an official said on Tuesday. Yan Xiangdong, the Director of Chinese Cultural Center, disclosed this at a news conference to ...
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong and Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders have inaugurated a new Chinese cultural center in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Wednesday. The pair watched several musical and dance performances at the ...
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The 18th Beijing Art Expo attracted a large turnout of aficionados from around the world, with one thing in common - the pursuit of art and the different approaches to portraying beauty. From their work can be seen a spirit of life and ...
Asian giant gears up to pull out all stops to halt the fall in inbound tourism, Yang Feiyue reports. China will step up efforts to reverse the decline in the number of inbound tourists. A total of 33,500 modern public restrooms will be ...
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Travel host Denise Keller talks about impressive moments of the journey at the launch ceremony in Beijing on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. Passage to China is a new Chinese cultural documentary series that follows a half Chinese - half German ...
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A Century of Enlightenment, a Chinese film retrospective exhibition, will kick off on Friday in the US capital Washington D.C. During the one week activity, a forum on Sino-US cultural and film exchange will also be held. Sponsored by the ...
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The University of Abomey-calavi on Saturday afternoon hosted second annual Global Confucius Institutes Day aims to promote the Chinese language and culture. Students from the Confucius Institute of Abomey Calavi University, Chinese ...
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Following the example of The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat, a special gallery featuring traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting in the Palace Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it will hold a world-class ...
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