According to the China Book Critic Society, a total of 12 newly published books were recommended in April. Here is the list.
A money pot might carry a sweet childhood memory for some. But as early as 2,000 years ago, in today's Yunnan Province of southwest China, it means wealth, status, and power.
What was school life like in China's Xinjiang in ancient times? A document unearthed in 1969 in Astana ancient cemetery in Turpan, eastern Xinjiang, offers an intriguing glimpse.
In many people's eyes, Sinology is about sophisticated classics that are difficult to comprehend, Sinology Around Us, a new collection on Sinology for teenagers, wants to change that stereotype.
A dozen of short films are not playing online as part of the Brazilian Short Film Festival, co-launched by the Brazilian embassy in China and curator Marcos Jorge, on the embassy's official accounts on major Chinese streaming platforms until May 29.
In Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, a major archaeology and restoration project ongoing at the site of Deshou Palace is expected to restore the complex and transform it into a Southern Song Dynasty Museum.
A national treasure, the bronze sword of Fuchai, king of the State of Wu in 495 BC, is on display in the west branch of the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province to celebrate the International Museum Day. With its superior craftsmanship, the sword is still very sharp even after 2,400 years.
Sheng Chun, an artisan from Wuzhong district, Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, has been striving to restore the Suzhou fan, a traditional handicraft in China known for its long history and elaborate craftsmanship, to its former glory. She incorporated calligraphy and Chinese painting in creating a series of tiger-themed works.
Artist Shao Jie's project, Alley, Ghost and Eighty Cents, draws on his childhood memories to reflect on the link between the past and the present, the meanings of texts and the logic lying behind.
An exhibition of ancient glassware that reflects cultural exchanges along the Silk Road opened Tuesday in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
Today marks International Museum Day, an annual event created in 1977 by the International Council of Museums.
More than 81 million domestic and overseas tourists visited South China's tropical island province of Hainan in 2021, equivalent to 97.5 percent of visits in 2019, local authorities said Tuesday.