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Dunhuang murals reveal festival traditions

2018-03-20 10:41

The Dunhuang Research Academy released a series of ancient Dunhuang murals online Sunday, revealing rich customs and traditions from the Longtaitou Festival, including sacrifice, haircuts, farming, enlightening education and tasting "dragon food".

Two sessions focus on cultural heritage protection

2018-03-20 09:25

Some hit cultural variety shows, including National Treasure and Every Treasure Tells a Story, have rekindled Chinese people's passion for traditional culture and offered them a new approach to learn about the profundity and charm of Chinese culture.

Tiny bit of inspiration

2018-03-20 08:19

Red beans, green beans, soybeans, black beans, speckled beans. The Chinese pantry cannot do without them, says Pauline D Loh.

A stage treat

2018-03-20 08:10

The 2018 Contemporary Theater Biennale in Shenzhen is now on. Chen Nan speaks to the brain behind the event.

Companions in color: lifelong alliance forges duo's vivid styles

2018-03-20 07:55

With their paint brushes in hand for some 60 years, Zhao Wenliang, 81, and Yang Yushu, 74, have experienced the dramatic changes in social history and artistic discourse since the 1950s.

Beacon of creativity

2018-03-20 07:30

The China Academy of Art, one of the most prestigious cradles for artists in the country, turns 90 this year. Wang Kaihao speaks to Xu Jiang, its director, about his plans.

Leading the way

2018-03-19 15:17

When it comes to museums, Tianjin leads the way. Yang Cheng takes a look at an institution that turns 100 this year. 

Chinese silk on show in Tel Aviv

2018-03-19 14:33

On March 13, the opening ceremony of a silk fashion exhibition — In Praise of Silk, Fashion with Tradition in China — was held at the Chinese Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, to officially wrap up the country's "2018 Happy Chinese New Year" celebrations.

Film rediscovered on China's resistance war against Japan in WWII

2018-03-19 10:34

A Chinese-American filmmaker is on a three-week journey to show her film that tracks a long lost, award-winning documentary on the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45).

'Amazing China' passes 300 mln yuan box office

2018-03-19 10:22

Amazing China, a 90-minute documentary recording China's achievements over the last five years, had raked in over 300 million yuan ($47 million) at the box office on the Chinese mainland as of Friday.

Rouge-red glazed porcelain delights eyes at Palace Museum

2018-03-19 09:15

Porcelain in rouge-red glaze was a type of ceramic created in the Kangxi Period, which matured in the Yongzheng Period of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

Himalayan task

2018-03-19 07:34

Richard Daniel Harris, a WWII veteran, recalls the time when he flew with supplies for Chinese and US troops. Linda Deng and Zhang Yuan report in Seattle. 

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