Chinese traditional melody brings spring spirit to Romanians

A Chinese traditional music concert enchanted an audience of nearly 800 at the Romanian Athenaeum early this week, with melodies portraying the vibrant spirit of spring -- high mountains, flowing w...

Date:2025-01-23

Wu opera enthrals Bangladesh audience in mood of Chinese Spring Festival

The "Happy Chinese New Year" Wu Opera special performance enchanted an audience of around 800 at the National Theater of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy here on Tuesday.

Date:2025-01-23

Spring Festival showcases Chinese culture, strengthens global bonds: UN official

The Spring Festival is of profound significance in fostering mutual understanding and strengthening global bonds, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) Zainab Hawa Bangura...

Date:2025-01-23

New generation of paper-cutting practitioners merging tradition, modernity

As the Chinese Year of the Snake approaches, Fu Zhao'e has been spending her days cutting and folding red paper to create snakes, numbers and other decorative designs, immersing herself in the joy ...

Date:2025-01-23

Traditional folk customs of Spring Festival: clean the house

The festive holiday atmosphere in China has gotten stronger since the beginning of the twelfth month of the lunar year, as Chinese people gear up for the upcoming Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar ...

Date:2025-01-23

90 years on, Long March's legacy inspires China's progress in the new era

At No. 96 Ziyin Road in Zunyi, a city nestled between lush hills in southwest China's Guizhou Province, stands a building that elegantly blends Chinese and Western architectural styles. Its facade ...

Date:2025-01-16

Columbia University students savor bright, eye-opening China travel

A group of students from Columbia University in the United States recently had an opportunity to visit Chinese electric carmaker Nio's delivery center in Shanghai, where they engaged in a lively di...

Date:2025-01-16

Post-00s inheritor brings traditional Yi embroidery to young audiences and international markets

In Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, there is a saying: "Every Yi child who can hold chopsticks can embroider." Since childhood, Chen Haiyan, a post-00s inherito...

Date:2025-01-16

China-Laos Railway's Spring Festival travel train hosts cross-border gala

The D87 train of the China-Laos Railway arrived at Vientiane Station in the Lao capital Vientiane on Tuesday, marking the start of the China-Laos Railway Spring Festival cultural event.

Date:2025-01-16

Study tours draw students to museums

Determined to find a study tour slot for her 11-year-old daughter at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Liu Zhengqun had been monitoring the programs offered by the country's leading museum s...

Date:2025-01-16

Bangladeshi people taste charm of Chinese Spring Festival

"I feel very nice to come to this program. I played some games and I am very happy today," Sohan Hossain, a Bangladeshi boy said, chanting "Happy Chinese New Year to all."

Date:2025-01-14

Technologies breathe new life into millennia-old treasures

When it comes to archaeology, many people might still think of a shovel and a brush as the go-to tools. But modern archaeology has evolved far beyond that.

Date:2025-01-15

Distilled wine from more than 3,000 years ago found in east China

A remarkable discovery in Shandong Province, east China, has revealed liquid in an ancient piece of bronzeware to be distilled liquor, pushing the origins of China's distilled alcohol production ba...

Date:2025-01-15

Young intangible cultural heritage inheritor revives China's long-lost legacy of Liao Dynasty ceramics

Driven by a deep fascination with ceramics since childhood, Sun Tianshu, a post-85s female intangible cultural heritage inheritor from northeast China's Liaoning Province, has revived Liao Dynasty ...

Date:2025-01-14

50 postgraduate students in Burundi awarded Chinese Ambassador Scholarship

A total of 50 postgraduate students pursuing master's degrees at the University of Burundi have been awarded the Chinese Ambassador Scholarship for 2024.

Date:2025-01-14

Chinese community in Zimbabwe celebrates upcoming Year of the Snake

​The Chinese community in Zimbabwe celebrated the upcoming Year of the Snake on Saturday with a cultural event at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare, the country's capital.

Date:2025-01-14

Event welcoming Chinese New Year held in Pakistan

​An event welcoming the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, was held here on Saturday, with over 500 overseas Chinese and Pakistani guests participating.

Date:2025-01-14

Young man in China's Zhejiang promotes ancient wooden movable-type printing

During a recent New Year's Eve cultural event, Pan Yucheng, a Gen-Z docent from the China Wooden Movable-type Printing Exhibition Hall in Ruian city, east China's Zhejiang Province, showcased a uni...

Date:2025-01-14

Chinese Embassy in U.S. hosts Spring Festival gala for Chinese, American youths

The Chinese Embassy in the United States recently hosted the 2025 Spring Festival Gala for Chinese and American Youths, with over 500 young students from both countries and members of the American ...

Date:2025-01-14

Male inheritor of Uygur embroidery in China's Xinjiang leads local embroiders to prosperity

Kader Rehman, an inheritor of traditional Uygur embroidery who was once ridiculed as the only male embroiderer in his village, is now leading a team of over 100 artisans in Hami city, northwest Chi...

Date:2025-01-14

International students attend cultural event in Chongqing

International students learn paper-cutting in Pianyan ancient town, Beibei District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Jan. 7, 2025. A group of international students attended a cultural ev...

Date:2025-01-08

Inheritors share stories of global recognition of China's intangible cultural heritages

Recently, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Spring Festival, the social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional ...

Date:2025-01-09

Couplet culture thrives in Sidi village, N China's Shanxi

Couplets, known as Yinglian in Chinese, are one of the treasures of Chinese traditional culture. As the saying goes, "The most exquisite form of literature is poetry; the finest essence of poetry i...

Date:2025-01-09

China steps up efforts to protect its traditional Shui script

The Shui script is the unique traditional writing system used by the people of the Shui ethnic group in China to keep records of their astronomy, calendar, meteorology, folklore, and religion, just...

Date:2025-01-08

Laba Festival marked across China

A staff member (1st R) offers a citizen free Laba porridge in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 7, 2025. This year's Laba Festival falls on Tuesday.

Date:2025-01-08

Australia Post reveals commemorative stamps for Lunar New Year

Australia's postal service on Tuesday launched a set of stamps to commemorate the Lunar New Year.

Date:2025-01-07

inheritor of traditional Reba Dance in Xizang

Ani, 60, is an inheritor of the traditional Reba Dance. Reba Dance is a form of drum dance, and a blend of performing arts, integrating storytelling, singing, dancing and acrobatics. In 2006, it wa...

Date:2025-01-07

Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival welcomes Year of the Snake in Shanghai

Festive lights twinkled at Shanghai's Yuyuan Garden this New Year's Day as its annual lantern festival opened, charming visitors from far and wide.

Date:2025-01-03

Young Tibetan woman promotes ethnic craftsmanship

Maisu township in Dege county, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province is famous for traditional Tibetan craftsmanship such as Thangka painting, copper casting, and ...

Date:2025-01-06

The Commercial Press' "Chinese Translations of World Academic Masterpieces Series" reaches 1,000 titles

The Commercial Press, a leading publishing house in China, just celebrated a remarkable milestone in 2024: the publication of the 1,000th title in its "Chinese Translations of World Academic Master...

Date:2025-01-06

Beijing Central Axis to open more heritage spaces to public

Beijing will accelerate work to protect and utilize cultural relics in its core functional areas, and promote public access to more heritage sites along the Beijing Central Axis, which was recogniz...

Date:2025-01-06

Stamps issued to welcome Year of the Snake

China Post on Sunday unveiled a set of two special stamps to celebrate the upcoming Chinese zodiac Year of the Snake. Inspired by Dunhuang murals and traditional customs, the stamps, integrating th...

Date:2025-01-06

Shaolin kung fu – dharma cudgel

Are you amazed by the stunning Shaolin kung fu skills in martial arts movies? Introducing the dharma cudgel, a unique Shaolin martial artsweapon!

Date:2025-01-03

Beijing's unique cultural identity draws record tourists in 2024

Beijing's tourism industry soared to new heights in 2024, enjoying record-breaking numbers of domestic and international visitors that were driven in part by the popularity of its newly listed UNES...

Date:2025-01-03

11 technology innovation centers launched to drive China's cultural, tourism growth

Eleven new technology innovation centers have officially begun operations amid efforts to advance the country's cultural and tourism sectors, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Mo...

Date:2025-01-02

Ethnic fashion show displays the speical cultural charm in Wuzhishan in S China's Hainan

An ethnic fashion show is held in Wuzhishan of south China's Hainan Province Sunday. The show, integrating the traditional costumes of Li and Miao ethnic groups with modern fashion elements, is aim...

Date:2025-01-02

Carving out a symbol of virtue

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme examples of Chinese cultural heritage. China Daily publishes this series to show how master artisans are using dedication and innovation to in...

Date:2025-01-02

China's phenomenal poetic dance debuts in U.S.

The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting, a phenomenal poetic dance presented by the China Oriental Performing Arts Group, was performed at the San Diego Civic Theatre in the U.S. state of Cal...

Date:2025-01-02

Yuan Dynasty granary ruins indicate multi-ethnic society along Grand Canal

A granary ruin dating to the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) along the Grand Canal has been excavated for the first time in Wuqing District of Tianjin, according to Tianjin Cultural Heritage Conservatio...

Date:2024-12-23

Cultural tourism thrives in C China's Henan

Central China's Henan Province boasts rich historical and cultural resources associated with the Yellow River. By tapping into these treasures and embracing innovation, Henan has rolled out new ide...

Date:2024-12-23

Pic story of intangible cultural heritage inheritor of ivory carving in Beijing

Ivory Carving, an ancient craft in China, was famous for its elegance due to its pure white material -- ivory. The earliest ivory carving artwork was found in a cultural relic in China during the N...

Date:2024-12-24

Chinese theater troupe breathes new life into French classics

In a quiet French village theater, the soft glow of stage lights fell on a scene that feels both familiar and entirely new.

Date:2024-12-24

Jade prospers as vanguard of civilization

Jade, a gem carrying ancient lore, whispers tales of emerald dreams that reflect how our ancestors saw the world. Its verdant hues also mark a dawn of civilization whose lineage thus becomes visible.

Date:2024-12-24

Explore an immersive cultural and creative products market at the Xinjiang Library

From Dec. 15 to 18, the Xinjiang Library in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, hosted a cultural and creative products market as part of the "Inheriting Culture, Nurturing ...

Date:2024-12-23

"Finding a home away from home," Malacca heritage strengthens China-Malaysia ties

Wang Lin, a tourist from Hangzhou, marveled at the artifacts in the Cheng Ho Cultural Museum in Malacca, where the stories of China's legendary navigator and diplomat Zheng He were vividly brought ...

Date:2024-12-23

First China-Ethiopia Film, TV Festival opens to promote cultural exchange

The first China-Ethiopia Film and TV Festival commenced Saturday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, aiming at promoting cultural exchange among the BRICS member states through collaborating i...

Date:2024-12-23

Li brocade well inherited, gains international fame

Date:2024-12-23

Unremitting preservation efforts keep ancient Potala Palace young

On a viewing platform near the Potala Palace in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, many tourists, each holding up a paper note, have lined up for an opportunity to take a photo with the ma...

Date:2024-12-18

Gen-Z musicians inject vitality into traditional Chinese musical instruments

In a mesmerizing performance, a haunting melody of a bone flute dating back more than 8,000 years ago echoes through the Henan Museum in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan Province, transporting...

Date:2024-12-20

Talented cook from rural China chases painting dream ceaselessly

Liu Tao, from a village in central China's Henan Province, only completed elementary school. He is a cook specializing in cold dishes at a restaurant in Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Date:2024-12-20