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China's '24 solar terms' listed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage

2016-11-30 17:02

China's '24 solar terms' was added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) world intangible cultural heritage list on Wednesday.

6,000-year-old pentagon house discovered in North China

2016-11-30 14:44

Archaeologists have found ruins of a pentagonal structure believed to have been a tribal meeting hall or a leader's office from 6,000 years ago, authorities in North China's Shanxi province said Monday.

Zhuang culture: home of colorful dresses, folk songs

2016-11-30 10:53

Women dressed in traditional Zhuang costumes sing folk songs to welcome guests in Liuhezhai, a scenic spot of Yizhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Nov 29, 2016.

Beijing's Summer Palace opens online store

2016-11-30 10:39

Summer Palace in Beijing officially opens its flagship store on China's e-commerce platform Alibaba on Nov 29, 2016.

World heritage on display

2016-11-30 07:57

Beijing's celebrated Jingju Theater Company will stage two classical Peking Opera pieces in Australia as part of a cultural festival.

7th Chinese Traditional Opera Festival ends in Paris

2016-11-29 13:43

Timothy and Nora Sandholm Azemar perform Kunqu opera after 6-day learning in opera workshop brought by Chinese opera masters during the 7th Chinese Traditional Opera Festival in Paris, France on Nov 28, 2016.

China's '24 solar terms' looks to be added on heritage list

2016-11-29 11:09

China's "24 solar terms" received attention at the 11th session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritages that opened in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa on Monday.

Contemporary ceramic art exhibition in Quito

2016-11-29 08:58

Ceramics are one of the most representative forms of Chinese cultural creativity, and it plays an important role in global exchanges even today.

Rare Ming royal stem bowl to feature at Christie's auction

2016-11-29 08:30

A 15th-century qinghua (blue-and-white) stem bowl that was meant for the sacrificial rituals of Chinese emperors will go under the hammer at Christie's sale in Hong Kong on Nov 30.

Vows of trust

2016-11-29 07:45

A copy of a personal undertaking signed in Tokyo by Sun Yat-sen and his wife, Soong Ching-ling, is at the center of an ongoing Beijing exhibition.

China cultural center inaugurated in Den Haag, the Netherlands

2016-11-28 18:06

A new China Cultural Center, co-built by China's Ministry of Culture and Jiangsu provincial government, inaugurated in Den Haag, the Netherlands, on Thursday.

Wu Zhen scroll set to be auctioned

2016-11-28 16:44

A 2-meter-long color ink scroll from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) will be auctioned on Dec 6 in Beijing.

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