The 74-year-old art historian Mimi Gates has
Looking back, Gates says
When Fan Jinshi, the then-head of the Dunhuang Research Academy,
The painting Prosperous Suzhou, ink and color on paper, 1,241cm in length and 36.5cm in width, is
China Post issued a set of six special stamps based on this painting
Among the Han people, which make up a vast majority of
This ceremony started from the clan society (氏族社会) and continued to be held until the Qing Dynasty. The Manchu rulers then felt that this ceremony was
When a young man reached 18 or 20 years old, the capping ceremony,
There are other interesting customs concerned. For example, boys of the Yao nationality have to pass about ten dangerous tests and take oaths (宣誓)
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Dunhuang, located in Northwest Chinn’s Gunau province, was
From December 5 to 8, a micro-variety show, titled “The Dunhuang You Don’t Know”,
Chinese people are familiar with Dunhuang’s magnificent beauty, from the renowned Mogao Grottoes housing rich collections of Buddhis artwork
In recent years, with the rise in
Patrick Sommier, a French theater director, is dovoted to passing on the true meaning of Chinese operas to the French public.
On the occasion of the
Recalling his first cooperation with the Chinese team, Sommier says he was impressed by the actors’ makeups, costumes,
Sommier began exploring into different performance forms and suggested introducing Chinese operas
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
Xi’an, capital city of Shaanxi, served as the capital of 13 dynasties in Chinese history, which in total
People call Shaanxi History Museum “Bright Pearl in Ancient Capital and Precious Treasure of China”, for it is an art palace
The basic halls in the museum are divided into three exhibition halls
While
With his wrinkled fingers, Wang Qiming put traditional makeup on the faces of young performers before dawn, making final preparations for the shehuo parade (游行庆祝).
The shehuo parade, a time-honored performance enjoying widespread
Wangmazui is in Longxian county,
More than 100 shehuo festivities are held in Longxian every year, each of
Wang, 65, has clear
The Chief Executive Officer of Beijing Aiqi Technology Yang Zhang has revived the Chinese cultural practice of using the mortise and tenon(榫卯)technique for construction which is on the edge of extinction.
He used the ancient mortise and tenon technique
The mortise and tenon technique,
Chinese culture is full of wonders. The reason why human culture can be exchanged and spread is
On October 12, 2022,
In the 19th century, missionary Angelo Zottoli included the article in his Cursus Litteraturae Sinicae and considered it an
The prophet(先知) Muhammad is known for a saying
British writer Oscar Wilde, in an article, shared his insights about Chuang Tzu(庄子369B.C.-286B.C.), “ He is one of the Darwinians
Some Turkish sinologists(汉学家) say that The Art of War contains Chinese wisdom; some Kazakhstan sinologists say they have a special