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Cross-Straits Center of Guoxue

Cross-Straits Center of Guoxue

Pingtan Shell Carving

Pingtan Shell Carving

Cane Shield Exercise

Cane Shield Exercise

Yuyu Lantern Kite

Yuyu Lantern Kite

Pingtan’s opera gets re-birth to apply for intangible cultural heritage

Pingtan’s opera gets re-birth to apply for intangible cultural heritage

The time-honored Ciming Opera once again performed its melody in a clan temple of Pingtan International Tourism Island, Southeast China’s Fujian Province.

24 Solar Terms: 7 things you may not know about Major Heat

24 Solar Terms: 7 things you may not know about Major Heat

Major Heat, the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 23 and ends August 6.

Well-acclaimed artifact documentary makes a comeback

Well-acclaimed artifact documentary makes a comeback

The second season of highly rated documentary If National Treasures Could Talk will make a comeback on China Central Television on July 23 (Monday). A total of 25 episodes will feature artifacts kept at museums across the country which are of both historic significance and artistic sophistication.

Foreign students experience Peking Opera in Jiangsu

Foreign students experience Peking Opera in Jiangsu

Foreign students from Jiangsu University visited a Peking Opera school in Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province to experience Peking Opera culture.

The 2rd Cross-Straits Cultural Forum opens in Taipei

The 2rd Cross-Straits Cultural Forum opens in Taipei

The 2rd Cross-Straits Cultural Forum was held in Taipei, China’s Taiwan on July 12. With the theme of “Chinese Culture Connecting Cross-Straits, Chinese Wisdom Leading the World”, the forum explored ways for the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan to jointly make Chinese culture known to the world.

International scholars enhance China studies in Shanghai

International scholars enhance China studies in Shanghai

The Visiting Program for Young Sinologists (Shanghai), which opened on July 9, attracted 32 international scholars from 27 countries to experience contemporary China.

Sinologists get a look at local culture

Sinologists get a look at local culture

An exchange program recently brought together 38 Sinologists from 34 countries for research and study at several institutes in Beijing.

24 Solar Terms: 6 things you may not know about Minor Heat

24 Solar Terms: 6 things you may not know about Minor Heat

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Heat, (Chinese: 小暑), the 11th solar term of the year, begins on July 7 this year and ends on July 22.