Archaeologists unveil the tragic story of a historic sea battle more than a century ago as they excavate an ironclad warship, Wang Kaihao reports. An iconic Chinese warship and the 245 officers-soldiers and crewmen who have been keeping a ...
Tags: Archaeologists, Sunken Heroes
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for promoting patriotism to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Xi made the remarks during a group study for the history of Chinese nation's patriotism by the Political ...
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Chinese community and local Brazilians pose for a group photo after a lion dance performance. [File photo] There has been a long tradition that Chinese people and British people are interested in each other's culture. The two countries ...
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"The Great Revenge" tells a famed story of ancient China about a king who seems to right a wrong. But in this dramatization by the Beijing People's Art Theater, the main message of the play is a warning about the corruptions of power. The ...
The newly adapted historical drama, "Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei Dynasty," hit the stage at the Luoyang Opera House on June 1, 2015. Three years in the making, the show features strong and creative performances. Zha Mingzhe, Vice ...
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Liu 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 ...
Twenty-four solid gold ornaments dating back almost 2,000 years were returned to China without compensation on Monday, on the grounds that they had been looted from tombs in Gansu province and held by French collectors. Following a similar ...
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The Forbidden City, witness to the vicissitudes of China, is of deep symbolic significance for the development of Chinese society. The pictures in photographer Li Jianhui's work, Business Wave Encircling the Forbidden City in 1993, make ...
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Sixty-five years after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), an upcoming TV series pays homage to the martyrs and veterans of that conflict. The 38th Parallel, a 40-episode drama named after the ...
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For the past few decades, actress Liu Xiaoqing has managed to stay in the media spotlight, owing to her longevity as one of China's most popular actresses, still playing roles much younger than her own age. And being a top-selling ...
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This photo shows the course of documentary Paper Culture Along the Silk Road. Great Seed began production on its new documentary titled Paper Culture Along the Silk Road in Beijing on Tuesday. The project which explores the origins and ...
In 2014, the Ministry of Commerce carried out all kinds of key work of foreign aid in a down-to-earth way, firmly pushed forward management system reform of foreign-aid projects, actively transformed the function of the government, ...
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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 Ming and Qing dynasties are seen as the most prestigious times for gold and silver ware in Chinese history. Creative skills and manufacturing processes reached their peak and jewelry from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) ...
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In 1939, a bronze ding which is an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs, was unearthed in Anyang, Henan Province. This four-legged ding known as the Simuwu Rectangle Ding was so big and heavy that it could not ...
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