Tian Longxin is known today as the “living soul of Tujia music” and “leader of aboriginal Tujia folk music in China.” Born in Hunan Province, Tian is fluent in the Tujia language and an expert in Tujia folk music.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Winter Solstice,the 22nd solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 22 and ends on Jan 6.
The news that Chinese collector Liu Yiqian splashed around $45 million on a Thangka at a Christie's sale in Hong Kong on Nov 26 has overwhelmed social media. Do you know what is Thangka?
Minor Snow, the 20th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 22 and ends on Dec 7.
The Quanzhou Maritime Museum is preparing a new theme pavilion themed with the Maritime Silk Road.
More sections of Shibing's karst landform, in Shibing county, Guizhou province, were officially added to UNESCO World Heritage List on June 23.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Winter, the 19th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 7 and ends on Nov 22.
The ancient Chinese are not that "ancient" as modern people imagine.
China's Grand Canal, the longest artificial waterway in the world, was inscribed on the World Heritage list on June 22, 2014.
Located 60 kilometers southwest of Hezhou city in Guangxi, Huangyao Ancient Town is surrounded by three rivers and oddly shaped peaks.
In a village of the Miao people, one of the largest ethnic minorities in Southwest China, parents will make a costume for a girl who has just learned to walk.
Generations of Chinese artists exerted their utmost efforts to transform art from ancient Chinese civilizations into modern works.
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