At the 10th French Comics and Graphic Novels Festival in Beijing this May, two young women wearing glasses sat side by side, though they appeared to come from entirely different worlds.
Set-jetting is simple: watch a film, then visit its location.
At a Peking University workshop, experts examine whether rural vitalization is also about restoring how communities perceive places.
Apple peels, grape skins and coffee grounds are being transformed into clothing and footwear. Sugarcane and cassava are finding new life as non-toxic paint. Even everyday activities such as cycling or tapping a foot can generate electricity to power smart devices.
The Dr. Farm Firefly Starlight Music Concert, organized by Huairou district's bureau of culture and tourism, the district's bureau of commerce, and Huairou town's government, was held during the ongoing 2026 Huairou Guochao (China-chic) Cultural Festival, from Saturday to Sunday at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences' Dr. Farm (Guojiawu Base) in Beijing.
Veteran scholar Su Xudong from Pingnan county, Fujian — who helped draft the UNESCO nomination — talked about the unique cultural value and ancient engineering wisdom behind Chinese wooden arch bridges.
Zhang Yan still remembers the first time she picked up a tea whisk. Her hand trembled. The slender bamboo tool felt awkward in her fingers, and no matter how hard she tried, the tea refused to foam.
Wenchang's seaside offers a different thrill: watching a rocket take to the sky with an earsplitting roar.
As dusk fell, a soft, warm glow gently flooded a painting studio in the China Cultural Center in Moscow. Holding a Chinese writing brush dipped in ink, Russian artist Anna Donchenko subtly adjusted tonal gradations before letting the brush glide across the paper.
A paper plane flies through childhood memories.
Josephine Duff McIntosh Olsson searched intently for a man's name on the Lisbon Maru survivors' memorial wall at Zhoushan Marine Cultural and Art Center in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province — a man she had never met in person.
Beneath bright studio lights, Mohamed Issa Omar speaks fluently to the camera, introducing a sleek pair of AI-powered glasses to viewers tuning in from across the globe.