A popular documentary following the construction of a water project in three years documents how the Yangtze River was diverted to the Huaihe River to benefit 50 million people, said producers during a recent seminar in Beijing.
With the help of professional cosplayers dressed as the Monkey King, and the romantic backdrop of a fantastical, mythological world, the Shanxi province pavilion drew numerous visitors at the China International Travel Mart in Shanghai, which concluded on Nov 24.
Bakhrieva Takhmina, an international student from Central Asia, has developed an interest in glassware techniques. She visited a glass-blowing workshop and experienced the crafting process firsthand under the guidance of Luo Qinqin, a deputy to the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress who knows the craft inside out. Takhmina was fascinated by the glass salad bowls that featured Chinese ink paintings, showing an innovative fusion of Chinese and Western styles.
A museum collecting and exhibiting cultural relics representing one of the greatest archaeological discoveries over the past decades in China opened earlier this month in the Shanxi county of Xiangfen, offering visitors and researchers an opportunity to decipher information relating to the formation of Chinese civilization.
Should the topic of wheelchair-bound Chinese writers come up, Shi Tiesheng is usually the first to be mentioned. Despite his disability, the strength conveyed in his words is profoundly moving. Today, the emergence of Ma Jun, who writes under the pen name of Liu Kexing, has introduced a new wheelchair-bound writer to the public, one who shares his touching story, much like Shi.
When 83-year-old conductor Riccardo Muti reflects on his musical training, he is proud of his teachers, especially Antonino Votto (1896-1985), the Italian conductor who was Arturo Toscanini's assistant at Milan's Teatro alla Scala. Muti, who is one of the world's preeminent conductors, has led some of the most important orchestras in the world, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, the New York Philharmonic, and the Vienna Philharmonic.
Tucked away in the storied lanes of the Enning Road historical district in Guangzhou lies a living tribute to tradition — a cluster of a dozen or so studios where the city's intangible cultural heritage is not just preserved, but celebrated.
Editor's note: Several Chinese cities maintain their cultural recollections in the form of historical neighborhoods that add to their multilayered charm and vigor. China Daily journeys to some of these timeless areas, where President Xi Jinping has left his footprints and remarked on the preservation and vitalization of heritage. In this installment, we take a walk through Guangzhou's Enning Road historical district, where the city's various intangible cultural heritage is preserved and celebrated.
Dubbed "academic bars", drinking holes that quench an intellectual thirst for enlightening lectures and lively exchanges are mushrooming across China's big cities.
Over seven decades after the passing of military hero Yang Gensi, a film retelling his heroic fight to the death has gained popularity on China's major streaming sites, including Tencent Video and iQiyi, according to producers at a seminar held in Beijing earlier this week.
An ongoing exhibition at the Shanghai Museum commemorates the life and journey of Marco Polo (1254-1324), one of the most celebrated travelers from the West to China.
The TV show "2024 China Gift" has spotlighted ceramics for its ongoing season, which debuted on Jiangxi Satellite TV on Wednesday.
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