Cuiping Mountain also has a connection with Ne Zha, a figure in Chinese mythology, with a famous temple on the mountain dedicated to him.
Why do we race dragon boats and wrap sticky rice in large flat leaves every year? What ancient wisdom lies beneath the thunderous drums and fragrant zongzi? From hanging mugwort to wearing sachets, these customs once warded off evil, but today unite us.
At the recent 21st China Shenzhen International Cultural Industries Fair in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, the database of Chinese inscriptions on precipices and the digital gene bank of Mawangdui Pattern presented in the Hunan Pavilion attracted a large number of visitors' attention.
Taiwan lyricist Vincent Fang donated a celadon panel inscribed with his calligraphy to the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature in Beijing on Thursday.
Beating drums, synchronous strokes and an exhilarated crowd. Such spectacles of excitement are no rare scene across China on Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
The 2025 Beijing Foreign Studies University International Cultural Festival, held on Saturday, attracted Chinese and international students from universities across Beijing along with local residents.
To mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Denmark and deepen bilateral exchanges and cooperation in wushu, a six-member delegation from the coaching team of the Chinese National Wushu Team visited Denmark from May 20 to 25, at the invitation of the China Cultural Center in Copenhagen.
The upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu in Chinese, is set to energize China's domestic tourism market as it overlaps this year with International Children's Day.
A collection of dinosaur specimens, the largest to ever be exhibited, will give visitors a glimpse into the efforts of generations of paleontologists whose discoveries have made China the country with the most diverse species, He Qi reports.
Following the trendy topic "Gen Z Shaking Up the Workplace", a sequel-like hashtag "Gen Z Workplace Reformers Go Bankrupt" has gone viral.
Play based on ancient story with character battling severe odds resonates with modern audiences facing their own challenges, Wang Xin reports.