Familiarity with its cultural soul is the key to understanding a nation, and in China's case that includes exploring and appreciating the poetry and lyrics gifted to the world by its 5,000-year civilization.
Baduanjin helps stretch the body, loosen the joints and tone the muscles, while promoting good circulation.
After years out of the limelight, violinist Tang Yun returns to the stage as he embarks on a notable musical journey with his partner, Lin Ziqing.
When looking out across the lush forest along the banks of the Grand Canal, three major landmarks will jump into view.
Since my high school years, I've always been encouraged by a line from the prose A Trip to Baochan Mountain by Wang Anshi, a renowned Northern Song period (960-1127) politician and poet.
"Without the Belt and Road Initiative, I wouldn't have come to China, and I wouldn't have had the opportunity to fulfill my dreams," said Mielnik Maciej Dominik, a 34-year-old Polish man who founded his own international logistics company in Wuhan, the capital city of Central China's Hubei province.
In the theater, crafted by Zhao Xin with light and shadows, time seems to flow backward and dreams become reality, as animal specimens are not only bound by the laws of nature, but have a life of their own.
Deep in the Gobi Desert in Northwest China's Gansu province, remnants of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) Great Wall stand firm.
The rubbing of inscriptions on bronze and stone artifacts has been a simple but effective way to duplicate information for more than two millenniums in China, and a new exhibition at the Shanghai Museum is now showing visitors just how important this craft has been.
Audience favorite, Romance of the Western Chamber, set to charm a new generation.
The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, spreads across 720,000 square meters in the heart of Beijing.
Among China's myriad forms of silk products, one of them — yunjin — remained shrouded in mystery for more than a millennium. Historically reserved exclusively for imperial use, its intricate techniques were passed down from generation to generation within the family lineages of select artisans.
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