The audience and viewership for this year’s Spring Festival TV gala, which was aired on Feb 9, Lunar New Year’s Eve or Chinese Lunar New Year, both reached record
This year, the gala, in addition
Since its broadcast in 1983, the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala
Delicate strokes (笔画), carved from wood, with ultimate precision. This is woodblock printing (木版印刷),
Certain people are believed
Traditional wooddblock printing can be divided into four major steps: writing, engraving, printing, and binding. With each step then sub-divided into several procedures,
The Buddhist scripture Diamond Sutra, the “earliest dated printed book”, can only be seen in the British Library,
The invention of writing gave life to great thoughts,
Chinese screen, also known as pingfeng, is a unique and elegant piece of
Typically, it
With its roots in Chinese culture and ancient history, the screen is more than just
Today, Chinese screens are treasured and employed for their multiple
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In recent years, Chinese consumers’ sense of identification and
During the just-ended Spring Festival holidays, Chinese people wearing traditional clothing can almost
Caoxian started to produce Hanfu in 2018 and benefited a lot from the growth of e-commerce. Today, Caoxian accounts
Caoxian is
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In China, 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, or “loong,” as is known in Chinese. This creature appears on many cultural artifacts
Unlike Western dragons,
For thousands of years, the Chinese have respected the loong,
At a historical site in Liaoning Province, a stone sculpture of a loong was discovered in 1994.
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Driven by a great passion for guqin,
In 1958, Li became the only gugin major in the Traditional Chinese Instruments Department. Given that guqin was
In order to introduce it
In the following years, more enthusiasts and musicians like Li worked on the art. With
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Every Wednesday afternoon, Le Duc An, a Vietnamese PhD student at Beijing University of Technology, practices calligraphy in the calligraphy group.
The 33-year-old
When he came to Beijing in 2019 for his PhD studies focusing on the environment, he also spent time practicing Chinese calligraphy,
An says that places
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In a wooden fan workshop in Jiangxi Province, China, Yu Xiuying is
“Now I decorate at least 120 fans a day,” says the artist,
The fans Yu has painted in Ganzhu Township in Guangchang County
The fans are
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The “Three Mountains (Fragrant Hills, Jade Spring Hill and Longevity Hill) and Five Gardens (Jingming Garden, Jingyi Garden, The Summer Palace, Changchun Garden and Yuanmingyuan)” are important landmarks in Beijing that represent its rich cultural and historical heritage.
Unfortunately, many valuable cultural items
The project has created a digital museum that showcases these cultural relics in seven different
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A Warring States Period Qintripod-shaped bronze lamp
The lamp has a diameter of 11.3 cm and a height of 16.7 cm when
When not
This