What if you could hold a perfect replica of a book more than 100 years old in your hands, feel its weight and texture, trace the raised ink on paper, and pause over a scholar's margin note as clear as if it had been written yesterday?
NANCHANG — In a quiet studio in Jingdezhen, a Chinese city famous for its ancient porcelain heritage, Turkish artist Dilan Atasayar guides a brush dipped in cobalt blue across the curve of a white clay body.
The China NCPA Chorus, one of the most iconic resident ensembles of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, has unveiled its 2026 season with the theme of "Heartbound".
The morning he was due to fly back to Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, Shi Lei found his 5-year-old son curled inside his suitcase. The boy had quietly climbed in and pulled the lid shut, hoping to be taken along. "I'm afraid you'll leave me behind," he whispered.
The pressure cooker is a modern kitchen marvel that slashes cooking times for favorite stews. But the technology was developed in China more than 2,000 years ago — and it was a lot cuter back then, because the pot had feet.
The latest episode of Embracing Cultures explores the evolving definition of "civilization," shifting away from rigid historical categories toward a more inclusive and appreciative perspective.
In 2018, the first official Chinese-Egyptian joint archaeological mission was launched by the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
At Guo Nian, a New Year exhibition that has just opened at the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum in Beijing, one finds horses in all forms and media.
In 1959, Chinese archaeologist Xia Nai handed researchers Qiu Shihua and Cai Lianzhen a copy of Radiocarbon Dating, a book by American scientist Willard Libby, which sparked the first revolution in modern archaeology.
Ancient classics long confined to archives can now be brought together through algorithms, while bricks and tiles from the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) and Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) can be digitally revived through codes. With the help of artificial intelligence, the secrets embedded in China's profound history are becoming traceable and accessible to people today.
A photo of a group of elderly villagers beaming with joy in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum, their faces radiating with a warm sense of excitement, recently went viral online.
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