Urban dwellers in China are taking up paddleboarding to beat the sweltering summer heat and get closer to nature as COVID-19 restrictions limit their chances to go on long-haul trips.
It is the job of Song Yiwen, 29, a fashion blogger based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, to sell a fancy lifestyle. She cutely poses at posh coffee shops and restaurants with exquisite makeup and never wears the same dress twice in front of the camera.
Flaming maple leaves and clear blue skies, steaming hot stew and pumpkin pies, a nip in the evening air, but not much daylight to spare－the rite of passage from summer to autumn is as spectacular as it is heartbreaking.
It was a joke, a bit of horseplay, literally, that became a much-loved song. In 1939, when songwriter Wang Luobin was with other crew members on a set in the Jinyintan Grassland in Northwest China's Qinghai province, he got to know a Tibetan girl who had a part in the film. One day Wang wanted to play a joke on her and whipped the horse she was riding. The horse bolted and she nearly fell off. The girl later got her own back on him. The experience, along with the beautiful scenery, became an inspiration for Wang to create his later famous work At A Faraway Place based on a folk song of the Kazak ethnic group.
Zhuji, a county-level city in Zhejiang province with history and scenery, is known as the native home of Xishi, one of the "four beauties of ancient China". Xishi was a local girl who lived in a village surrounded by mountains and waters, under the rule of the Yue state in the late Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).
Zhang's story was adapted into a Chinese play, titled Teacher Guimei, by Yunnan Drama Theater, which launched a nationwide tour by visiting eight cities with 11 performances. On Aug 9, the play will make its debut in Beijing's Poly Theater.
Shaanxi province in Northwest China is one of the major places of origin for ancient Chinese civilization.
The Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, fell on Aug 4 this year.
The China Writers Association recently held a launch ceremony for new creative writing plans within the mountain villages of Yiyan, Central China's Hunan province.
A 54-year-old experienced craftsman managed to replicate the exquisite crown of a queen who wore the original 1,400 years ago. The replica attracted many fans recently.
During the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), Emperor Wu sent his imperial emissary Zhang Qian to the western regions on an unprecedented mission to explore the far reaches of his empire and establish contact with foreign lands.
Students impress instructors and the audience alike with their aptitude for songwriting and music at a summer camp and concert hosted by the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Chen Nan reports.
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