The life, music and legacy of Fryderyk Chopin have arrived in China on an unprecedented scale.
Christopher Nolan spent his 56th birthday far from Hollywood, standing inside a packed Beijing theater as hundreds of moviegoers surprised him with a Mandarin rendition of Happy Birthday.
An exhibition featuring ancient Chinese clothing culture opened at the Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, to showcase replicas of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) costumes based on pieces from the Shandong Museum collection in East China.
In the over three centuries since Bada Shanren (1626-1705), a prince-turned-monk and artist, left this world, the iconic visual language of his ink paintings has created an even deeper resonance with the public.
Experts from China and ASEAN nations urged greater use of digital tools to preserve not just historic sites and artifacts but the living memories, knowledge and experiences that give them meaning, during a forum on July 30 in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province.
A handful of beads, agates and jade pendants unearthed from a Warring States Period (475-221 BC) noble tomb in Central China's Henan province, with their exquisite craftsmanship and refined aesthetics, almost belie their age of more than 2,000 years.
"We hear about a sighting, we go twitching, and even if we don't succeed, we have no regrets."
Hongshan culture, a major Neolithic culture dating back 5,000 to 6,500 years, once spanned what is now Liaoning and Hebei provinces and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
The 7th "Wisdom at Fingertips" Youth Abacus Calculation Cultural Heritage and Aesthetic Education Conference officially kicked off on Saturday in Beijing.
Editor's note: Using a blend of words and visuals, this series explores unique communities and reveals the heart of China through food, architecture, craftsmanship, landscapes and traditions.
I did not expect a small county in the hills of Fujian province to make me homesick for Bangladesh. But that is what happened when I visited Jianning county in Sanming city and found myself ankle-deep in mud, planting rice seedlings beside a farmer I had met only minutes earlier.
At 5 am, the first orange-red glow spread across the sea off Bali, Indonesia, as 12-year-old Xu Yuehan walked toward the waves with a surfboard under her arm.
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