Throughout the history of the world, buildings have reflected the beliefs, ambitions and challenges of the societies that created them. Religion, government, geography, climate, technological development and social traditions have all shaped the way nations approach architecture, leaving behind a physical record of their history.
A seven-day program exploring Shanxi province's ancient architecture, organized by Shanxi Daily and China Daily, concluded on July 20 after bringing together more than 10 visual artists and bloggers from nine countries, along with journalists and communication scholars.
In a conference room in Dunhuang, a lecture explored China's various earthen heritage sites and the scientific study of traditional craftsmanship.
For a few days in mid-July, the high-speed train from Beijing to Chongli in Hebei province sells out within hours.
In ports as far as in Egypt and Kenya, discoveries of bluish-white Chinese porcelain shards from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) may prompt people today to imagine an epic of craftsmanship and a grand picture of the Maritime Silk Road overcoming waves and time.
Want to stand where Beijing's ancient past converges with the present in one breathtaking panorama? Zhengyangmen Gate is the perfect option.
The Song Mausoleums are hailed as an open-air museum of Chinese stone carving art, preserving a total of 1,027 stone statues in Gongyi, Henan province.
From July 21 to 22, a series of cultural and tourism exchange activities were held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Longfusi Summer Fair, now underway in one of Beijing's historic districts, celebrates the Chinese concept of Fu — happiness and good fortune.
"My job is to watch other people cry. I cannot cry." Inside consultation room No 8 at the Shanghai Putuo Notary Public Office, notary Li Chenyang meets older people carrying some of life's most difficult questions.
Wandering through a temporary exhibition on lunar exploration held at the China Science and Technology Museum, an 11-year-old boy surnamed Huang from North China's Hebei province was still thinking about the virtual journey he had just taken.
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