Changbai Mountain research reveals how obsidian helped humans survive an unforgiving northern landscape over 50,000 years ago, report Wang Ru and Liu Mingtai.
Carved into cliffs on the edge of the Gobi Desert in Gansu province, the Mogao Caves have stood for centuries as a testament to cultural exchange along the ancient Silk Road. Renowned for their exquisite murals and painted sculptures, the site is not only a treasure of the past but also a source of knowledge shaping how such heritage is preserved today.
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Industrial players and experts emphasized how technology and shifting consumption patterns are reshaping the tourism sector at the 2026 China Cultural Tourism Economy Innovation Week in eastern China's Zhejiang province in early April.
Giuseppe Verdi's monumental opera "Aida" returned to the stage of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on April 8, opening the NCPA Opera Festival 2026.
A cross-regional culinary collaboration is bringing the refined traditions of Huaiyang cuisine to the capital, as InterContinental Beijing Beichen hosts a limited-time food festival led by two master chefs from northern and southern China.
William Shakespeare's King Lear is usually staged in London's West End or New York's Broadway. But on a night in Leping, Jiangxi province, a county-level city in East China's Jiangxi province, the tragic king reappears as Li Er, reimagined through Ganju, a centuries-old local opera.
Renowned authors bring stories to remote villages, empowering both adults and children through the healing power of literature, Yang Feiyue reports.
The ongoing exhibition includes several works that attest to this two-way exchange.
Millennia-old lacquerware sheds light on the use of black and red to create a visual language of art in everyday life, Zhao Xu reports.
Chinese vendors are quickly becoming online celebrities, thanks to the meme-worthy ways they sell their ware.
Deng Ping (1908-35), a senior commander who made great sacrifices in the fight for victory more than 90 years ago in Zunyi, Guizhou province, recently rose again to greet the world with a smile.