The exhibition of Ingenuity of Volumes:The Aesthetics of Ancient and Modern Chinese Bookbinding recently opened at the Museum of China Press and Publication in Shanghai, turning the spotlight on the beauty of books as physical objects and tracing the cultural roots and meanings embedded in their forms.
BERLIN — Petra Lehmann did not expect such a vivid glimpse of traditional Chinese culture so close to home just a month before setting off on a two-week trip to China.
In November 1994, The Fugitive, an action-packed thriller starring Harrison Ford, arrived in Chinese cinemas, becoming the first major American feature film released on the Chinese mainland since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
"The scenery is stunning," Ilia Popov, 25, a Russian pursuing postgraduate studies at a university in Xianyang, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, exclaimed when taking in the majesty of the Ganquan Canyon. "It's like a painter has drawn his brush across the stone."
As dusk settles over the Tangjin Canal, rows of lanterns begin to glow, while visitors wander through the lively streets and along the waterfront. Named after the meeting point of the Meihe River and the Tangjin Canal, Hetou was once an important hub for Tangshan's coal transportation more than a century ago.
For an opera written more than two centuries ago, the story begins in an unexpected place: a metro platform.
On a morning in early September, at Tsinghua University Library, the doors of the reading room are pushed open to reveal rows of wooden desks beneath green-shaded lamps, standing in quiet readiness for students returning for the new semester.
As a terracotta head is carefully fitted onto a pre-assembled body by several pairs of hands, a pile of seemingly disordered pottery fragments is transformed into a majestic Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) Terracotta Warrior.
President's sustained attention steered porcelain capital's heritage list bid.
As China's circular economy moves closer to consumers, companies are exploring how to design, use and keep products in service longer.
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