Vine tea, or Ampelopsis grossedentata, is a medicinal plant, and locals call it meicha. It has both nutritional and medicinal properties.
NANNING — Amid the earsplitting sound of firecrackers and the dazzling glitter of firelight, shirtless men danced a colorful bamboo dragon through the streets, as people threw lit firecrackers.
Amid China's Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, numerous people braved bustling trains and other crowded vehicles to reach home and reunite with families, while millions of railway staff pulled out all the stops in order to ensure they all had smooth and safe journeys.
All across China, cultural venues enjoyed an uptick in footfall during the Spring Festival holiday, as crowds poured into museums and galleries to find historical and artistic enlightenment.
During the Qin (221-206 BC) and Han (206 BC-AD 220) dynasties, shells were carved with simple patterns of birds and animals or inlaid as ornaments on a wide range of objects. Toady, in East China's Fujian province, a group of artisans are committed to carrying forward the ancient craft.
Consisting of 39 episodes, "The Knockout " stars actors Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yi, who respectively play a fishmonger-turned-gang boss and a devoted police officer, recounting how they turn from friends to foes over a period of two decades.
People perform Wulong Xuhua to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taijiang county, Southwest China’s Guizhou province, Feb 4, 2023
Since the Spring Festival, Miao villages in Rongshui county in Liuzhou city, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have organized various Pohui festivals, to celebrate the new year.
Zheng, born in 1929, is the first female conductor in China. She was the chief conductor of the China National Opera House and formed and conducted the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the former director of the Conducting Department of the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music. Now, she is devoted to popularizing opera with her Zheng Xiaoying Opera Center headquartered in Xiamen, Fujian province.
The TV show Today Celebrity Show has gathered entertainers to comically share their respective stories revolving around the topic of "family" in its newest episode released on Sunday, creating a festive atmosphere for the Lantern Festival and reminding people of their good memories about family reunions.
An exhibition was held at Bape Gallery at Parkview Green FangCaoDi in Beijing to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of BAPE.
Song Dynasty (960-1179) witnessed a booming of activities involving art and culture. For example, Lou Ji, a scholar-official from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), compiled a dictionary of selected characters from two noteworthy writings of history, Han Shu (Book of Han) by Ban Gu and Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian) by Sima Qian. Lou's work featured those characters seldomly used in his time and included their pronunciations, meanings and references.