When Wei Qing and his team drafted the application seeking UNESCO World Heritage status for Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, in 2023, they soon realized that the city's ceramic legacy could not be told through kilns and workshops in downtown Jingdezhen alone.
In ports as far as in Egypt and Kenya, discoveries of bluish-white Chinese porcelain shards from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) may prompt people today to imagine an epic of craftsmanship and a grand picture of the Maritime Silk Road overcoming waves and time.
Want to stand where Beijing's ancient past converges with the present in one breathtaking panorama? Zhengyangmen Gate is the perfect option.
In the height of summer, Hupao Park is a natural sanctuary of green energy. The moment you step into the park, Hangzhou's sweltering heat and summer haze seem to disappear behind layers of lush greenery.
Tencent's SSV Digital Culture Laboratory and the Jingdezhen government launched a World Heritage-themed WeChat mini-game, Digital Jingdezhen: Porcelain Craft Adventure.
The Song Mausoleums are hailed as an open-air museum of Chinese stone carving art, preserving a total of 1,027 stone statues in Gongyi, Henan province.
On July 23, a literary event titled "Famous Writers Arrive at the Literary 'County' Scene" was held in Qinshui county of Jincheng, Shanxi province, organized by the China Writers Association. Qinshui is the hometown of the celebrated "people's writer" Zhao Shuli, whose 120th birth anniversary falls this year.
From July 21 to 22, a series of cultural and tourism exchange activities were held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the creative landscape, but filmmakers and writers say the emotional depth and lasting power of literature remain beyond the reach of machines. That message emerged at "Literary Interface: AIGC Image Experiment", a special screening hosted by Tencent News in Beijing earlier this month.
An upgraded visitor experience powered by cutting-edge technologies will be offered at the upcoming Third Baotou Art Expo, which will be held in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, from July 30 to Aug 3.
A national arts gala celebrating emerging grassroots creators and China's fast-growing micro short drama industry will be held in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, from Aug 5 to 7, organizers announced at a news conference in Beijing on Thursday.
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