Wearing a sun hat and armed with a sickle, Meng Yu carefully clears overgrown vegetation on a small hillside. At the summit lies a concealed cliff adorned with trees and rock-cut Buddhist and Taoist statues first built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
Exhibition showcases the careful attention to detail that weaves through the ages, Yang Feiyue reports.
On May 14, 2025, the Symposium on the Publication of An Illustrated Guide to the Cultural Heritage of Beijing Central Axis and on the Protection of the Beijing Central Axis after its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List was held at Beijing Union University.
As an important part of the ancient Silk Road, Northwest China’s Gansu province has seen commercial and cultural exchanges between the East and West for millennia.
The magnificence of Dunhuang and the Mogao Caves should be seen by the world. The issue has always been how to show them to more people, but still protect the delicate thousand-year-old treasures at the same time.
The Chinese play Lin Zexu lit up the stage at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on April 19.
It was a Saturday night, and the air had a crisp early spring chill that seeped into the narrow passages of Beijing's hutong. A couple of young people stood outside a small bar called Jianghu. They didn't say much — just the occasional chuckle or a quick glance at their phones, their faces half-lit by the soft glow of the streetlights. The alley around them was quiet, almost reverent, as if the city itself was holding its breath.
Yang Shengwei, a master tea craftsman and key inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of Enshi Yulu tea-making, has dedicated over 60 years to preserving and modernizing this traditional craft.
In the legendary animation Ne Zha 2, numerous treasures of ancient cultural relics are brought to life, traveling through thousands of years and "resurrecting" on the silver screen. Let's take a closer look at these cultural elements and the real-life prototypes that inspired them.
This is your chance to get published! "My China Moments" — an international collection of essays, videos and visual works compiled by China Daily — is now open for submissions. The initiative seeks diverse stories and insights from foreigners in China.
China became the third overseas country in which I have worked in July last year, as if to fulfill the dreams of my late parents.
Exhibitions of rare porcelain artifacts, woodblock paintings and interactive experiences pack in visitors to Prince Kung's Palace Museum, Yang Feiyue reports.
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