Why do we race dragon boats and wrap sticky rice in large flat leaves every year? What ancient wisdom lies beneath the thunderous drums and fragrant zongzi? From hanging mugwort to wearing sachets, these customs once warded off evil, but today unite us.
At the recent 21st China Shenzhen International Cultural Industries Fair in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, the database of Chinese inscriptions on precipices and the digital gene bank of Mawangdui Pattern presented in the Hunan Pavilion attracted a large number of visitors' attention.
From May 19 to 23, "The Essence of Nature" Exhibition of Chinese Indigo Dyeing Art, revolving around both the inheritance and innovation of China’s traditional indigo dyeing techniques was held at the Bassam Freiha Art Foundation in the UAE and the Chinese Cultural Center in Kuwait.
Taiwan lyricist Vincent Fang donated a celadon panel inscribed with his calligraphy to the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature in Beijing on Thursday.
Beating drums, synchronous strokes and an exhilarated crowd. Such spectacles of excitement are no rare scene across China on Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
The live show "Adventures on Dragon Boat Festival 2025", presented by Henen TV to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, will be staged at 7:30 pm tonight (GMT+8).
The 2025 Beijing Foreign Studies University International Cultural Festival, held on Saturday, attracted Chinese and international students from universities across Beijing along with local residents.
Join us at 7:30 pm on May 30 (GMT+8) for "Adventures on Dragon Boat Festival 2025", presented by Henen TV to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival.
To mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Denmark and deepen bilateral exchanges and cooperation in wushu, a six-member delegation from the coaching team of the Chinese National Wushu Team visited Denmark from May 20 to 25, at the invitation of the China Cultural Center in Copenhagen.
The upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu in Chinese, is set to energize China's domestic tourism market as it overlaps this year with International Children's Day.
China and Tunisia have created an enduring legacy through vibrant artistic and trade exchanges across centuries, Xu Lin reports.
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