The International Workers’ Day, sometimes
People
A recent report was issued by the China Tourism Academy,
The Mid-Autumn Festival or the Moon Festival traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.
In the past, the Moon Festival
The common customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival include family
Mooncakes are the must-eat Mid-Autumn food in China. Other foods
Festival food traditions are changing. The younger generation have their own choices about
Nausicaa Giavarra, a drama teacher from Italy, moved to Ningbo with her husband in 2009 and is teaching drama lessons at a local international school.
Tianyi Pavilion, the oldest existing private library,
Giavarra says she loves the classical architectural style of Tianyi Pavilion, adding that walking in the courtyard and the bamboo grove (竹林)
“I am very pleased that Ningbo has such a deep cultural connection with Italy. I hope and believe that China and Italy will have more
Spring Festival Gala sees viewership rise nearly 13% to 679m
This year’s Spring Festival Gala (庆典), a celebration
The gala was also broadcast in about 200 countries in 68 languages,
This year, the gala, besides Beijing, had four branch venues (分会场) in Shenyang, Liaoning province, Xi’an, Shaanxi province, Changsha, Hunan province, and Kashgar in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Audience enjoyed a
Since its first broadcast in 1983, the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala
In and around China’s southwestern Sichuan Province, one can often find folk artists producing sugar paintings with liquid sugar along the streets and in the parks.
According to some academic studies, sugar painting
Although the number of sugar painters has
Nowadays, this art is getting support again from the general public and it has already been listed as Provincial Intangible Culture Heritage by the Sichuan Provincial Government. Moreover, the sugar painting artists have gained increasing
The Tang suit is an essential part of traditional Chinese culture. Nowadays, an
A skywell, or “tian jing” in Chinese, is a typical feature of a traditional home in Southern and Eastern China. They are commonly seen in homes
Since decades ago, the government
The fact that skywells still exist today shows
Being the most splendid and incredible in the world, Chinese gardens are not
One of the typical characteristics of Chinese gardens is their use of space. Unlike Western gardens, Chinese gardens work with the natural landscape
Another key feature of Chinese gardens is their consideration for
The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er gained the World Heritage Site status on September17th 2023, becoming China’s first World Heritage Site related
The heritage site, located in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County in Pu’er, Yunnan Province,
In the long history, local people developed
Originated in China, tea became popular
After four days of wonderful performances, the 7th China Quanzhou International Puppet Festival
In China, string puppetry is
Each puppet is equipped with 8 to 16 strings, while more complex performances may require up to 36 strings. The strings
To master string puppetry, skilled
On May 20, 2006, Quanzhou string puppetry was added
As the hometown of string puppetry, Quanzhou was also the first city in China to hold an international puppet festival and succeeded in