China to air mini-documentaries on museum relics
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — A series of short videos documenting cultural relics from China’s major museums will be aired on the state broadcaster China...
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Rapid-fire Douyin videos revive faded craft glory
Screenshots of douyin account of Oil-paper Master HANGZHOU – Wen Shishan, 57, wandered in a bamboo grove, holding a machete in search of ideal materials...
"Detective Chinatown 3" hits fifth on all-time China box office list
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — “Detective Chinatown 3,” the latest installment in Wanda Pictures’ well-received “Detective Chinatown” comedy film franchise, has overtaken the 2019 American...
China prepares for new college term amid epidemic control measures
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese college and university students will soon embrace a “normal, safe and staggered” opening of the spring semester amid coordinated...
PhD graduate of Yi ethnic group finds business opportunities in local culture
Yang Ding, a post-90s PhD graduate of the Yi ethnic group from Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, showcases a product she designed. Founder of a woodware...
“Learning Chinese, Broadening Horizons” online international winter camp opens
The “Learning Chinese, Broadening Horizons” online international winter camp, hosted by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of China’s Ministry of Education and organized...
Exhibition celebrates the ox’s role in Chinese culture
Laozi Goes Out of the Hangu Pass, a bronze sculpture by Wu Weishan, on display at the exhibition Lucky Ox at Beijing’s National Museum of...
Classical dance show on Tang Dynasty becomes cultural hit
Photo shows an image of the dance show Banquet in Tang Dynasty Palace. (Photo courtesy of Zhengzhou Song and Dance Theater) A classical dance show...
Feeding the imagination
A series of picture books gives children and adults a taste of traditional culture by exploring the history and origin of popular Chinese dishes in...
Henan beauty
Dancers perform their acclaimed interpretation of A Tang Dynasty Banquetas part of Henan TV’s Spring Festival gala. [Photo/Xinhua] A dance production set in Tang era...
Refreshing beat of life
Advocate and practitioner of ba duan jin, Zhang Yan, and her team won the 2020 Gansu Provincial Ba Duan Jin Contest in November. The contest,...
China’s Spring Festival box office record spirals upward
A scene from Hi, Mom. [Photo/Mtime] The Spring Festival box office on the Chinese mainland has notched up another 1.6 billion yuan (around $248.4 million)....
Hollywood’s filmmakers aspire for fluid exchanges between U.S. and China
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — As the United States heads into its first month under President Joe Biden’s administration, Hollywood’s entertainment industry hopes that...
"Mind-written" couplets add technology to Spring Festival celebrations
TIANJIN, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) — Hanging the Chinese character “Fu” (“happiness” in English) on doors and walls is the most common and important custom when...
20 years on, Chinese master promotes tea culture in Singapore amid pandemic
SINGAPORE, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Many of the Singaporean clients were amazed to find Chinese tea specialist Wang Yong travelled from China to Singapore to...
Advance box office sales for Spring Festival holiday top 46 mln USD
(Photo/CGTN) BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Advance box office sales during China’s upcoming week-long Spring Festival holiday totaled around 300 million yuan (46 million U.S....
H5N8 bird flu in Beijing under control after death of three black swans
(Photo/China News Service) The H5N8 bird flu in wild swans at Beijing’s Old Summer Palace has been brought under control, local animal disease prevention and...
Pre-sale box office tops 100 mln yuan for China’s Spring Festival movie-going season
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Advance sales for major films set for release during this year’s Spring Festival holiday exceeded 100 million yuan (about 15.5...
Documentary traces the colorful history of Xinjiang
A poster of “China’s Xinjiang: Unforgettable History.” (Photo/CMG) A documentary about the history of China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was aired on Jan 25. It...
Making scents of history
Incense maker Lu Wen, 38, lights a stick of incense during a workshop in Lanzhou, Gansu province. She has so far re-created 108 kinds of...
China to air documentary on Xinjiang’s history
Tourists are seen at a teahouse in the ancient city of Kashgar, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 22, 2020.(Xinhua/Zhao Ge) BEIJING, Jan. 24...
One pandemic, two cultures
(Photo provided to China Daily) Chinese writer in Rome reflects on her experiences. Chinese-born writer and editor Hu Lanbo met her husband Carlo in 1989...
Exhibition highlights key Marxist document
Li Ya’nan, a volunteer member of the narration team at Fudan University, interprets exhibits for visitors in November 2019. (Photo provided to China Daily) Just...
Documentary on Wuhan’s COVID-19 fight premieres in Beijing
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — “Days and Nights in Wuhan,” a documentary reflecting the lives of ordinary people in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province during...
"A Little Red Flower" continues leading Chinese mainland box office
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese feature film “A Little Red Flower” on Friday remained the top-grossing title on the Chinese mainland market, raking in...
3,000-yr-old copper workshop found in central China
WUHAN, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Archaeologists have discovered a large copper workshop dating back to the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) in central China’s Hubei Province....
China publishes photocopies of Dunhuang’s ancient Tibetan literature
LANZHOU, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — China has for the first time published photocopies of ancient Tibetan literature taken to France from the famed Mogao Grottoes...
Cicada-shaped jade unearthed from 3,000-yr-old tomb in central China
ZHENGZHOU, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — Archaeologists in central China have uncovered a jade item carved to resemble a cicada from a tomb dating back to...
Chinese-born director Chloe Zhao wins big at U.S. NSFC Awards
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese-born director Chloe Zhao’s feature film “Nomadland” became a big winner on Saturday with four trophies at the annual...
2021 LPL Spring Split kicks off in Shanghai
SHANGHAI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — The 2021 League of Legends Pro League (LPL) Spring Split kicked off here on Saturday. In the opener, SN beat...