Jianzhan porcelain was among the eight most famous varieties of porcelain back in ancient China's Song Dynasty (960-1127). Production techniques for the porcelain were listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in China in 2011.
It is believed that the earliest chunlian couplet found in China was written on a page of the Dunhuang Manuscripts, a cache of documents previously sealed in one of the Mogao Caves in northwestern Gansu province.
Lui Che-woo, founder of the Lui Che Woo Prize - Prize for World Civilization, pays tribute to world renowned Sinologist Jao Tsung-i, who passed away in Hong Kong early on Feb 6.
Chinese graduates from foreign universities are returning home in bigger numbers than ever before, as the strength of the Chinese economy and the technology industry in particular being cited among a number of significant factors, Forbes has reported.
Shi Lin, a Chinese artist born in 1989, uses an ancient classic, his knowledge of animal anatomy and his imagination to feed the imagination.
Customarily, couplets with characters gou or quan, which means "dog", are rarely seen. However, Guo Zengfa, a calligraphy enthusiast, ditched the common practice and created Spring Festival couplets featuring character gou or quan.
A lantern fair to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival was held in the underground dwellings in Shanzhou district of Sanmenxia city, Central China’s Henan province, on Monday evening.
Renowned Sinologist and scholar Jao Tsung-I passed away in Hong Kong on Feb 6, 2018. He was 101 years old, born on Aug 9, 1917.
The United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh is fulfilling her mission by taking lessons – embroidery lessons.
From pink ceilings to pink chairs, as soon as you walk into Blufish, the little girl trapped inside of you is readily summoned.
When asked why he is fascinated with setting fire to chairs during live performances, leading British performance artist Nigel Rolfe said in all seriousness that he has hated chairs after being injured by one several years ago.
The earliest known landscape mural from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) was unearthed in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology said.
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