The country entered this year's sanfu period — the hottest days of the year, traditionally divided into three phases — on Wednesday, prompting people to seek different ways to stay cool and healthy. Some choose sanfu moxibustion therapy, others sip the traditional sour plum drink suanmei tang, while some escape to mountain resorts to beat the heat.
For Samar Kerkeni from Monastir, a coastal city in Tunisia, the trip marked her first close-up encounter with China's coastline.
For many visitors today, Shichahai is a place of quiet pleasures. But its calm beauty is the result of decades of restoration.
A nationwide documentary screening program celebrating China's rich intangible cultural heritage was launched in Beijing earlier this week, bringing traditional culture to wider audiences through the power of cinema.
Using technology and light, visitors are immersed in the 18th-century ruler Qianlong's retirement garden, experiencing history firsthand.
The 22nd Shanghai Book Fair will run from Aug 12 to 18 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center and Shanghai Book Mall, the city's Administration of Press and Publication announced on Tuesday.
Due to China's rapidly aging population, with more than 320 million people aged 60 and above and those aged 65 or older accounting for 15.87 percent of the country's citizens, aging has become an increasingly urgent social issue rather than a distant demographic trend.
Universal Music Publishing Group China has wrapped up the latest edition of its "Code-M: Conversation in Music", an international songwriting camp with the theme of Conversation in Music, reaffirming its commitment to connecting Chinese-language music with the global songwriting community.
Can a folk song reveal the rhythm of nature? Can climate science deepen the way we experience literature and music? Those questions were at the heart of "When Science Meets Art: The Science and Poetry of the Solar Terms", an interdisciplinary cultural salon held at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts on July 12.
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