Faced with closure during the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, art museums and other cultural institutions have been generating colorful digital content to engage audiences.
When Zhao Duo walks on a street, the words he sees on signboards or shop windows are not simply a combination of letters but a glimpse into the fonts used. He only needs one glance to infer how the 26 letters of the English alphabet should look like based on a particular style.
Beijing is a city of opposites, with one foot in the past and another in the present. Nowhere is this duality visible than in its architecture, where traditional and modern styles coexist and bold designs blend with vintage structures from bygone eras.
The exhibition Terracotta Warriors and Ancient China - Heritage from the Qin and Han Dynasty opened on Friday at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in Japan.
Located in Tianfu New District, the "underwater bookstore" has a glass curtain wall that extends into the water on one side of the bookstore, allowing readers to see water plants and fish in the lake.
A wood carving craftsman for nearly four decades, Zheng Chunhui's passion for the art continues to grow stronger.
Discoveries ranging from the exotic-looking gold and bronze masks from the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan province to the mausoleum of a famous emperor from over 2,000 years ago are among the brightest stars of China's archaeological finds last year.
Tongren is famous for the local Regong thangka. It is part of the Regong arts that were inscribed on the UNESCO intangible heritage cultural list in 2009.
China chic incorporates unique cultural elements into latest trend in various industries, which not only satisfies younger consumers’ needs for pursuing personality and fashion, but also plays a role in bringing back the traditional culture.
Sourcing materials and landscape inspiration from nature, people in ancient China created an architectural system that is today known as the classical Chinese garden, backed by Taoist thoughts on achieving harmony between humans and universal rules.
To help people better understand the charm of classical gardens, here's Suzhou Garden Museum's summary of some basic principles of landscaping:
Seeing these "gardens" is akin to looking at a universe in a plant pot.
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