In 2008, the Zigong Lantern Festival was listed as a national cultural heritage. The Festival,
Setting themselves apart from lanterns in other places, Zigong lanterns use modern technologies such as AI and mechanical engineering. They serve
The
When it comes to intangible cultural heritage, China currently has 38 items on the UNESCO list.
Many important dates in China
Apart from its symbolic festive meaning, Chinese cuisine shows
In addition to health concerns, some Chinese dishes show great social
Although each plate of Chinese food contains years of ancestral wisdom, sometimes it’s beyond a
Now, the association is working on an
The latest technological advancement centering on the conversation at work, at school, and sometimes even at home, largely due
While most of the Internet agrees it’s not as good as a human at performing many tasks, the debate continues as to
The Grand Canal (大运河) is the oldest and longest man-made waterway in the world with a history of more than 2,500 years,
The canal functioned
In 2014, it was listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. In 2019 China issued a plan
The Silk Road is neither an actual road nor a single route. It instead refers to a trade network which
One of the most
From China, merchants carried silk to Europe, where it was well received by the nobility and wealthy people.
The significance of the Silk Road to human history has received widespread
Many people may throw away the pits (核) or nuts after eating fruits, but inheritors (传承人) of nut carving have instead collected them and turned them into artworks.
“One nut,
Weifang nut carving
Tan couldn’t forget
“Now, the number of inheritors is about 1,000. But I believe it could be
The Amazon rainforest, known as the “lungs of the Earth”, is a vital ecosystem that is home to a variety of species of animals and plants. However, human activities such as agriculture and cattle farming pose a grave threat to its
Pompeii is an alarming example.
Dead Pompeii is hard to recreate, but the living Amazon is worth
8 December, Cantonese dim sun
In Guangzhou, morning tea is such
The Cantonese do not hurry over their breakfast, as I found
Wild Chinese sturgeon (鲟) are thought
The Chinese sturgeon “Houfu”, which literally means “good fortune for ever after”, arrived at the Beijing Aquarium on Monday after 22 hours of transport
When found by a fisherman in the Yangtze River Basin, it had been suffering from multiple
Nicknamed “Aquatic giant pandas” and listed as a wild creature under state protection,
When Lin Qiaozhi was 18 years old, she didn’t follow the
In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman ever
Dr Lin Qiaozhi played a key role in the medical field of our
Known