Famous author and cartoonist Tsai Chih-chung, better known as C. C. Tsai in the West, may already be 73 this year, but the septuagenarian has no plans to slow down or adopt a more "normal" life.
The Lasting Charm of Cultural Relics, an ongoing exhibition at Sichuan Museum, in Chengdu, examines the long-standing influence of the exchanges between different civilizations in the East and the West which were boosted by the ancient Silk Road.
China's long history of using natural lacquer to make daily objects more beautiful and durable is evident in the lacquer ware found in Neolithic relics in the country. Throughout centuries, the production of lacquer objects boomed to elevate the craft to a higher level of artistry.
"In 2020, the most important thing is not what you've already lost, nor what you've yet to achieve, but rather what you have now. Let go of the past, and laugh for the rest of your life."
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, China Media Group, the National Museum of China and the Central Academy of Fine Arts are promoting a program called History of the CPC in Classical Fine Arts.
KUNMING－The number of Phayre's leaf monkeys, also known as Phayre's langurs, an endangered species, has been rising steadily in Southwest China's Yunnan province.
BEIJING－China will promote science and technology innovation in agriculture to support all-round rural revitalization in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences said recently.
NANJING－China's first solar probe, Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, or ASO-S, is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2022, marking the country's first-ever mission to observe the sun.
KUNMING－More than half a million people living on the southwestern Chinese border have thrown off the shackles of poverty, their ancestors having long been isolated from the rest of the world.
With the delayed commencement of the new semester and students being forced to embark on learning at home instead of in the classroom, university life was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in China last year.
It was 6 am, and a team of six students from Beijing's Tsinghua University finally breathed a sigh of relief after an arduous 72 hours of competition.
Incense smoke, coiling lazily upward, can evoke memories, induce a feeling of relaxation and even take our minds to places we've never been to. The burning stick is reminiscent of another time, another place－as the song goes, "the images unwind... in the windmills of our mind". Incense maker Lu Wen believes history is not just words on paper, but that it can come alive in the imagination triggered by smell.
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