A polished bronze mirror unearthed in China's most complete Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) cemetery bears the earliest known image of Confucius.
The following dishes, labeled Chinese food, are very popular in some western Chinese restaurants, but ask anyone in China and you'll get a blank look, unless they've studied or worked outside the country.
Children's author Cao Wenxuan's novel Goat Do Not Eat Heaven Grass is set to be adapted for the stage later this year. The China National Theatre for Children will put on the play on July 7 during the 7th China Children's Theatre Festival.
Shanxi has released a series of creative cultural products on Sunday. Money boxes based on the Xiao You, an ancient bronze wine vessel from Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), in the shape of "angry birds" characters, blue and white porcelain plate paintings of four ancient literary figures were unveiled at the Taiyuan Art Museum in Shanxi.
Chinese nianhua, or lunar New Year paintings, are often used as decorations during the Spring Festival. They are placed on doors or walls to ward off evil spirits and bring good luck to families in the new year.
Over 2,000 copies of archived records of the direct descendants of Confucius will be published over the next four years, authorities in the eastern province of Shandong said Sunday.
Authorities in East China's Anhui province are making efforts to protect traditional operas that see decreasing audience and dwindling influence.
A leading Chinese publishing house released its annual sales figures this week and one of its top bestsellers turns out to have been the legendary thinker's "Analects", a classic text composed over 2,000 years ago.
The exhibition featuring over 160 rare selections from recent excavations in China's Jiangsu province, is held from Feb 17 to May 28.
It is a cold day early in the Lunar New Year, and 82-year-old Cai Hongyi Is sitting in a wooden chair at the entrance of the four-storey Kangyi Nursing Home in Caiji Town in Suqian, in Jiangsu province.
Chinese artist Han Meilin, 80, donated 80 works, including paintings, calligraphic pieces and his designs of zisha teapots and furniture, to the National Museum of China on Sunday, the last day of a two-month-long solo exhibition World of Meilin at the Beijing museum.
The 22nd Francophonie Festival, organized by 20 embassies and diplomatic offices in China, will begin on March 8 and continue until March 28. A series of events across the country are planned to promote not only French language but the culture of French-speaking countries and regions, according to the announcement on Thursday at the Canadian embassy in Beijing.
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