Li Xingchang repeatedly stirred leaves in an iron pan at a temperature of several hundred degrees day after day for years. A decade later, Li's mother, Kuang Zhiying, who taught him all about tea, finally smiled after sipping from a cup that Li had made.
At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from the ground, smells it and knows immediately that it is not ready.
Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. China Daily looks at the protection and inheritance of some of these cultural legacies. In this installment, we retrace the footprints of the "tea saint" to discover the origins, and understand the evolution, of Chinese tea culture.
Sitting cozily around a charcoal stove, upon which boils a pot of tea, Sui Xin and two of her friends spend a whole afternoon roasting nuts and fruits while chatting and relaxing.
Residents danced enthusiastically on a square in Chongwen street, Guanxian county, Shandong province, on April 20.
China Oriental Performing Arts Group launched its musical team in Beijing on April 20.
In 1900, a great discovery was made at the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. A small chamber later dubbed the Library Cave was opened for the first time in hundreds of years, revealing more than 60,000 cultural relics, including a wide range of manuscripts dating from the 4th century to the 11th century.
Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra staged a concert under the baton of conductor Zhang Yi at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on April 23.
Flashover, an upcoming disaster action movie based on the true stories about firefighters, held a premiere in Beijing on April 22.
Xiaoguo Culture, a Shanghai-based comedy company, has launched a theatrical space in Beijing's historical and newly renovated Longfu Temple on Friday.
Tucked away among skyscrapers, shopping centers and five-star hotels along Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, the auditorium of Peking Union Medical College — one of China's longest established medical schools — stands quietly and distinctively on the bustling street.
This spirit of diligence was behind the accomplishments of Li Jiazhen (1917-2008) in oil painting.
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