Yu qian (literally meaning left money), or the seeds of elm trees, got the name from its resemblance to coins used in ancient China. The seeds, often mistakenly considered flowers of elm trees, are found around March and April each year.
The 24 solar terms, a complementary calendar system invented in ancient China, has been brought to life thanks to a creative designer from Southwest China’s Guizhou province.
Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe - and to love mackerel.
James Stent insists China is not heading for a banking or financial crisis any time soon. The 71-year-old veteran banker says those who argue this underestimate the ability of China's financial managers to deal with the current pressing issues.
When he was just another young man from the countryside, his girlfriend, an urban woman, betrayed him after he failed the college entrance examination.
The novel behind the popular television drama In the Name of People has sold out in bookstores, both online and physical, around the nation.
From conspiracies to action, television series based on spy stories have long been a popular genre on China's small screen.
Acclaimed architect Wang Shu completes a decade at the helm of an experimental school. Wang Kaihao reports from Hangzhou.
Which domestic film is the best in the eyes of Chinese directors? The answer will be revealed at the upcoming Eighth China Film Directors' Guild Awards.
More than 300 mountaineers from around the world will try to conquer some of the planet's highest peaks during this year's spring climbing season in the Tibet autonomous region.
Jianbing, a popular Chinese street snack, has lately taken New York City by storm. Brian Goldberg, founder of Mr Bing, and Reuben Shorser, co-founder of the Jianbing Company, both discovered jianbing while studying Mandarin in Beijing. After returning to New York, they both started their own jianbing businesses.
A ballet combining Neumeier's Song of the Earth and Spring and Fall, will be staged at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center from May 12-14.
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