Chinese authorities and tech companies are working together to speed up the digitalization of rarely-used Chinese characters, which will allow them to be recognized by computers as the country's banks, hospitals, and government units move transactions online.
Ruijin city in Jiangxi province draws an influx of visitors with its rich "red tourism" resources, which are integrated with rural tourism and study tours.
Huichang county in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi province is known for picturesque scenery, Hakka culture and its rich history as a revolutionary base.
A recently released national survey on reading among Chinese people has shown a steady rise in reading as a habit in the country.
The wax figure of Su Yiming, China's first Olympic champion in men's snowboard big air, was unveiled in the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Beijing on April 21.
Paintings, prints, watercolors and sculptures which span over more than 80 years and reflect the country's dramatic changes are on show in Quzhou Art Museum in the city of Zhejiang province.
A cultural institution rises from the former site of an electrical machinery plant in Beijing's southwestern part, to enrich the art landscape of the area.
Global Youth Chinese Elites Project of Theater Director, a project co-organized by the Central Academy of Drama and Guilin Festival, was announced on April 23.
Li Xingchang repeatedly stirred leaves in an iron pan at a temperature of several hundred degrees day after day for years. A decade later, Li's mother, Kuang Zhiying, who taught him all about tea, finally smiled after sipping from a cup that Li had made.
At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from the ground, smells it and knows immediately that it is not ready.
Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. China Daily looks at the protection and inheritance of some of these cultural legacies. In this installment, we retrace the footprints of the "tea saint" to discover the origins, and understand the evolution, of Chinese tea culture.
Sitting cozily around a charcoal stove, upon which boils a pot of tea, Sui Xin and two of her friends spend a whole afternoon roasting nuts and fruits while chatting and relaxing.
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