Chinese and US scientists have teamed up to achieve breakthrough findings that dispel myths and explain how today's avian species came to be, Yang Feiyue reports.
BEIJING — The tourism and hospitality sector in Europe welcomed an increased number of Chinese travelers during the Lunar New Year holiday. The trend is projected to continue throughout the Year of the Dragon.
CHONGQING — In the snowless urban landscape of Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, a surprising fervor for winter sports has taken hold, transforming this "furnace city" known for its scorching summers into a hub for ice and snow tourism.
Hotels nationwide were bustling during the 2024 Spring Festival holiday, which witnessed 474 million domestic trips, a year-on-year rise of 34.3 percent.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, despite the challenging -5 C temperature, the Xiaoheyan morning market in Shenhe district in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, was already buzzing before 8 am.
In a makeshift rehearsal hall in Yiyang, Hunan province, actors in elaborate costumes of Huaguxi (flower drum opera) are producing a livestream. Since their first post on short-video platform Douyin in February 2022, their account has attracted 100,000 followers and 647,000 thumbs-up.
These days, the Jinsha Site Museum transforms into a dreamy otherworld of light at night. The destination in the western part of Sichuan province's capital, Chengdu, is hosting an 18-day lantern festival through Sunday to celebrate Spring Festival and the recent arrival of the Year of the Dragon. As such, the mythical creature appears in festive displays throughout the museum.
Argylle, the Hollywood spy comedy, topped the box-office charts on the Chinese mainland on Friday, its opening day.
The third season of the music show Infinite and Beyond concluded recently on video-streaming platform Mango TV. The program brought together a diverse group of singers, spanning various age groups, to perform classic Chinese pop music pieces.
On Dec 2, 1956, novelist and dramatist Lao She (1899-1966) arrived at the Capital Theater, home of the Beijing People's Art Theater, for a reading of the script of a play he had just finished writing, titled Teahouse.
More than 40,000 believers and visitors from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at Labrang Monastery in Northwest China's Gansu province.