More than 2,500 years ago, ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius said his famous quote: "It's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar." And this sense of hospitality has remained in Shandong province — Confucius' home — ever since.
The China Tourism Office in Rome is presenting a series of short bilingual videos on intangible cultural heritage through various social media platforms. The videos center around items such as Kunqu Opera, taichi and guqin, showcasing their contemporary resonance.
It demonstrates the rich cultural deposits of the southern metropolis, which has a history spanning thousands of years.
Archaeological discoveries in Dahutou and Nanshan in Yuecheng district, Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, have shed a fascinating light on daily life in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC).
One early morning in April 2018, Liu Keming, having been "jostled awake", stepped outside of her carriage on the night train to be "greeted by the instant coolness of the steppe air mixed with that sweet, earthy smell of the alluvial plains".
With no narrative or stage set, musicians from Jiangzhou Drum Troupe use drumbeats and the sounds of Chinese cymbals to tell a heartwarming tale about a mouse who is seeking the strongest husband for his daughter.
Yang Yue, a veteran radio disc jockey in Beijing who has gained a fan base through podcasting and livestreaming his shows, recently shared a video he created by using AI software.
The second Poetic Nature Sino-Australian joint art exhibition opened on July 6 at the China Cultural Center in Sydney.
Cao Minghao and Chen Jianjun, a Chinese artist duo based in Chengdu, and Adrien Missika, a French artist based in Berlin, have also been engaged in this endeavor. The three artists stood out among nine artists competing for the 2022 Choi Foundation Contemporary Art Award, a prize recognizing and supporting artists whose practices are imbued with environmentalism.
In 1966, for his 16th birthday, French composer Laurent Petitgirard's elder brother gave him a copy of the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West. Petitgirard was fascinated. He read the novel over and over again, sparking the idea of putting it into music, a quest that took him 53 years to embark upon.
Several years ago, using satellite technology, Chinese researchers, alongside scientists from Tunisia, Italy, and Pakistan, discovered 10 archaeological sites, including walls, military fortifications and agricultural irrigation systems from ancient Rome in Tunisia, at the western end of the ancient Silk Road.
Songjiang, now a district of Shanghai, was a place favored by artists who sought to reinvigorate painting in the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) by emphasizing copying the works of old masters, their refined brushwork and the cultivation of a scholarly temperament.
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