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Li Huadong: Culture is part of development

2015-03-12 14:53

Q&A on protection of traditional villages with Li Huadong, secretary general of the Conservation and Development Center of Chinese Traditional Villages.

Wu Xiangyang: Without protection, there is no sustainable future

2015-03-12 14:52

Q&A on protection of traditional villages with Wu Xiangyang, an entrepreneur who runs the scenic spot of Huangling, a small village in Wuyuan county in East China's Jiangxi province.

Preserve the past to live the future

2015-03-12 10:46

How and why we should protect China’s traditional villages and rural culture is a discussion that can go on and on. Thanks to the insiders, experts and entrepreneurs who talked to us in this special coverage, our insight into Chinese traditional villages has gone one step further.

Changing one village at a time: Volunteer's tale

2015-03-11 18:30

China has a huge numbers of villages and wide varieties of folk culture, and future development of villages is upon all of us. When everybody adds fuel, the flames rise high. Let's hear what a volunteer has to say.

Culture Insider: 6 things you may not know about Awakening of Insects

2015-03-06 10:10

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Awakening of Insects falls on Mar 6 and ends on Mar 20 this year.

Call to protect traditional villages grows louder

2015-03-06 07:00

About 900,000 natural villages have disappeared over the past 10 years and the situation is becoming more serious than anticipated, Feng Jicai, a famed writer and CPPCC member, said on Wednesday.

Should schools teach traditional characters again?

2015-03-05 10:56

Chinese director and CPPCC member Feng Xiaogang stressed on the cultural importance of traditional Chinese characters and suggested schools should teach those that reflect the wisdom of our ancestors.

Chinese New Year hits world media

2015-03-05 09:19

With the rise of China’s global influence this decade,comes the increased visibility of Chinese culture worldwide, and the prominence given to Chinese New Year in the world’s media is testament to this.

Culture Insider: 7 things you may not know about Lantern Festival

2015-03-04 17:31

The Lantern Festival (or Yuan Xiao Festival in Chinese) is a traditional Chinese festival with great significance, which is on the 15th of the first lunar month, marking the end of New Year celebrations.

Memorable moments from Spring Festival break

2015-02-25 14:31

The Spring Festival holiday has officially ended and most Chinese have returned to work. This year's break, as always, was packed with events. Here we present the most memorable ones.

Curve appeal: Images reveal changing Chinese fashion

2015-02-16 16:37

During the early 1910s to the late 1920s,women were not allowed to reveal their bodies and traditional dress code still dominated the society.

Spring Festival customs in literature

2015-02-13 13:53

Cao Xueqin’s book A Dream of the Red Mansions, provides a good look at how a noble family in feudal China celebrated the Lunar New Year.

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