The unveiling ceremony of the first Chinese Culture House overseas was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Dec 31, 2014. Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong unveiled the nameplate of the institution. Officials from both sides and nearly 200 students and teachers from the Confucius School attended the event.
The 2015 datebook published by the Palace Museum has been selling well since it hit the shelves last year. Sales of the 66 yuan ($10.59) datebook via the Internet are high as well and the calendars are sold out at many online stores.
According to a memorandum of understanding signed between China and Senegal, a China Cultural Center will be set up in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal.
One of the most famous tourism spots in China, Yellow Crane Tower, is being renovated for the first time in three decades, with all the glazed tiles being replaced in the main buildings.
Chopsticks, or Kuanzi, have enjoyed more than 3,000 years of history in China and have deeply influenced Chinese life in terms of etiquette, cuisine and living philosophy.
Fire burned Gongchen tower, a 600-year-old structure, in an ancient city in Weishan county, Dali prefecture, Yunnan province, to the ground on Jan 3, 2015. By 4:48 am, the flames that engulfed the 300 square meters of the tower were put out.
As part of "Happy Chinese New Year" 2015 cultural fairs, the mascot for the Year of the Sheep was unveiled. The mascot's design is based on traditional paper-cut art and delivers the joy and good wishes for the Chinese New Year.
The third "Light of China: Persons of the year in spreading Chinese culture" selection process concluded and the final winners were rewarded in Beijing at the end of the year 2014.
The National Museum of China will hold several important exhibitions to pay tribute to such noted Chinese artists such as Huang Junbi, Jao Tsung-I and Pan He.
Cities along the Silk Road are enormous treasure troves of history, culture, architecture and the arts. A photography competition held by the imaging and optical producer Canon Inc invited photographers to focus their lenses on these Silk Road jewels.
An important step has been made in the recovery of thousands of relics from a famous Song dynasty ship Nanhai One, which sunk in the South China Sea about 800 years ago.
The heads of four beasts of the Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace) – an ox, tiger, monkey and pig - are on display at the Shandong Museum in Jinan.
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