The China Cultural Center in Rabat hosted "Paddling Forward Together: A Vibrant Dragon Boat Festival" ahead of this year's Dragon Boat Festival on June 17, local time. Nearly 100 locals, overseas Chinese, and followers of the cultural center attended the event, which aimed to deepen Moroccan understanding of Chinese traditions through festive experiences.
After lifetimes spent working and caring for others, older Chinese people are now packing their sketchpads and notebooks and heading abroad, Yang Feiyue reports.
Digital technologies including laser scanning, high-definition photography and 3D modeling are applied to protect the Longmen Grottoes.
Nestled in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan, the Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces are a breathtaking masterpiece of landscape art.
When Lin Kai bites into a zongzi during Dragon Boat Festival, he doesn't think about prestige brands, gift boxes or online discounts.
At 87, Qian Xiaoping shows no signs of slowing down. One moment, the veteran craftswoman is leaning over a worktable, discussing fabric textures and structural details with young apprentices as they develop trendy, gold-ingot-shaped handbags from traditional Song brocade at her studio in the Suzhou Silk Museum in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. The next, she is focused on her phone, holding remote meetings with factories to refine weaving patterns and optimize production processes.
In a meandering stretch of the upper Yangtze River in Jiang'an county of Yibin, Sichuan province, a remarkable chapter is unfolding for the Yangtze sturgeon.
Across China, taking off on a bicycle into the morning light is becoming a more common part of daily life. As more people trade cars or bus rides for a more physically rewarding experience, cities like Beijing and Shenzhen have adjusted their transport rules to allow bicycles on subways.
For Zhang Zhi, a 47-year-old freelancer in Beijing's Chaoyang district, cycling is not about chasing speed, beating personal records, or weaving through packs of riders in matching jerseys. It is about something quieter and harder to find in a city of more than 20 million people: balance.
Sayram Lake whispers "I love you" in numbers, fizzes with countless ice bubbles and teems with impossible fish where nothing swam for as long as anyone knew — unless you count the lake monster.
Circling Sayram Lake is like spinning a ring inlaid with dazzling jewels.
Eating "zongzi" during the Dragon Boat Festival is a cherished Chinese tradition.