Stepping into Taoyangli feels like entering a thousand-year dream dominated by porcelain. Mottled kiln bricks, winding ancient lanes, and the rekindled glow of kiln fires welcome visitors to the heart of China's ceramic capital, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province.
MACAO — China's Macao Special Administrative Region began a series of activities on Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Historic Center of Macao being inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Art has transcended singular forms; and what vitality emerges when art liberates itself from traditional constraints.
From the skull fossils of ancient humans to gleaming bronze vessels, from charred grains of prehistoric rice to exquisite embroidered silks, relics unearthed along the Yangtze River offer a glimpse into the evolution of life and culture along one of the world's greatest rivers.
From Shenzhen to São Paulo and from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Dutch photographer Frank van der Salm, 61, has travelled the world over the last 30 years to document urban landscapes, resulting in a stunning oeuvre that both enthralls and confuses the audience.
In a dimly lit gallery in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Zhou Jie stood before a life-sized plaster cast of a Pompeii victim, who was encased in volcanic ash nearly 2,000 years ago in what is now southern Italy.
When Alice Schoenfeld (1921-2019), an internationally acclaimed violinist and educator, visited Harbin in Heilongjiang province around a decade ago, she exclaimed, "It's a beautiful city. It's a beautiful country. This year's competition (takes place) in beautiful Harbin. It is a music city."
Unknown to many, Guyuan, a city in northwestern China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, was a strategic stronghold and intersection of cultures.
Miao artisans use their heritage training to inject vitality into local economies and cultural preservation efforts, Yang Feiyue reports.
More than 200 objects tracing the diverse evolution of musical instruments and their social role are on display at The Sound of Harmony, at the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum in Urumqi.
The award ceremony for the third Global Youth Bilingual Broadcast Announcing and Anchoring Contest took place on July 12, sponsored by the Communication University of China (CUC) and organized by CUC's School of International Studies.
More than 300 years ago, writer Pu Songling penned nearly 500 fantastical short stories — many centered on romances between human beings and spirits, ghosts, or otherworldly beings.
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