It was a feat that would have made any detective or researcher proud. Fragments of information have been painstakingly restored to shed light on a fascinating era. After more than a century, scattered ancient documents marking cultural exchanges along the Silk Road have been "reunited" in a digital form and finally revealed to the public.
The hot weather of summer still lingers, but, as usual, the Palace Museum in Beijing is ahead of time as it reminds us, through its calendar, that a new year is not far away.
The Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) scholar Wu Cheng compiled The Seventy-two Micro Seasons of the Moon Order, in which he succinctly and clearly defined the laws of the 24 solar terms and their seasonal characteristics, with each term divided into three micro seasons. The arrival of chushu, or End of Heat, signals that the sultry and scorching heat will gradually dissipate, and the weather will become cooler by the day.
A large retrospective exhibition of US pop artist Keith Haring is taking place at the Meet You Museum in Shanghai, presenting 70 groups of artworks from the collection of the Keith Haring Foundation.
A watercolor exhibition at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, celebrates the glorious past of these ancient ports and new developments in Guangxi.
China International Culture Association, a key sponsor of "Happy Chinese New Year", the global celebration of Chinese lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is calling for rabbit-themed mascot design submissions for the Year of the Rabbit, which starts on Jan 22, 2023, according to the traditional Chinese calendar.
Lin Fengmian, one of the preeminent artists of modern China, once said art would soothe all the pains of life and bring peace to human society.
Directed by Ding Yiteng and produced by Drum Tower West Theater, a private theater located in the capital's downtown, the Chinese play, I Did Not Kill My Husband, made its debut in Beijing on Aug 19.
Chinese musical, Shi Jing Cai Wei (Classic of Poetry), was staged in Beijing on Aug 19.
Beijing's Huairou district launched a government service station on Thursday to process the administrative procedures both at the municipal and district levels regarding film and television production.
To promote the music of different ethnic groups across China, the Chinese National Geography magazine and Eastern Music Culture signed an agreement to become strategic partners in Beijing on Aug 20.
In front of the camera, Robert Adolf, a 25-year-old German, is learning horsetail embroidery techniques from the Shui people by stitching horsehair on a shoe in Sandu Shui autonomous county, Southwest China's Guizhou province.
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