The preparation follows a tradition passed down through generations.
The height of summer comes to an end, and the season of harvest begins.
Director underlines strategies on protection, promotion.
Northeast China's Liaoning province, one of the core hubs of Hongshan culture, is stepping up efforts in legislation, academic research, heritage preservation and public awareness to better protect and pass on the culture and boost its influence.
The life, music and legacy of Fryderyk Chopin have arrived in China on an unprecedented scale.
Christopher Nolan spent his 56th birthday far from Hollywood, standing inside a packed Beijing theater as hundreds of moviegoers surprised him with a Mandarin rendition of Happy Birthday.
An exhibition featuring ancient Chinese clothing culture opened at the Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, to showcase replicas of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) costumes based on pieces from the Shandong Museum collection in East China.
In the over three centuries since Bada Shanren (1626-1705), a prince-turned-monk and artist, left this world, the iconic visual language of his ink paintings has created an even deeper resonance with the public.
Experts from China and ASEAN nations urged greater use of digital tools to preserve not just historic sites and artifacts but the living memories, knowledge and experiences that give them meaning, during a forum on July 30 in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province.
A handful of beads, agates and jade pendants unearthed from a Warring States Period (475-221 BC) noble tomb in Central China's Henan province, with their exquisite craftsmanship and refined aesthetics, almost belie their age of more than 2,000 years.
"We hear about a sighting, we go twitching, and even if we don't succeed, we have no regrets."
Hongshan culture, a major Neolithic culture dating back 5,000 to 6,500 years, once spanned what is now Liaoning and Hebei provinces and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.