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Calligraphy & Painting
Guang Jun'sStilt Workersis on show at the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibition gives a deliberate impression of being unfinished. CHINA DAILYShow by veteran artist Guang ···
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Other Genres
Yang Benfen's new book Douzi Zhima Cha, a work of nonfiction about the destiny of several people she met. CHINA DAILYAt the tender age of 83, Yang Benfen has recently published her fourth book, Do···
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Architecture & Garden
The Margaret Grigg Nanjing Friendship GardenThe Margaret Grigg Nanjing Friendship Garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden is modeled on the “scholar’s gardens” of the southern provinces of China, n···
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24 Solar Terms
The Autumn Equinox arrives between September 22 and 24. At Autumn Equinox, the Sun shines directly on the equator, and, as a result, daytime is as long as nighttime. By the time this solar term arrive···
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Myths & Legends
Chinese people usually use two common idioms to describe a man’s insatiable desires.One of them isrenxin buzu shetunxiang, or literally, “a man’s heart is never content, just like a snake wanting t···
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Confucianism
If there were three sequential options right now, the Chinese would most likely choose the one in the middle - that's how the Chinese joke about themselves. Unsurprisingly, this is also related to···
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Opera & Drama
The talking and chanting clown may wear an official robe with a sash, a loose robe or a belt-pouch, and may play a spirit or a devil, or an old man. The acrobatic clown is a product of combining the p···
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China launches new-generation marine satellite
China launches a new-generation ocean color monitoring satellite by a Long March 2C carrier rocket at 11:55 am (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Nov 16, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua]JIUQUAN -- China on Thursday sent a new-generation ocean color monitoring satellite i...
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Cutting-edge technologies, new products debut at 6th CIIE
An Orbera gastric balloon to accelerate weight loss is displayed at the 6th China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Nov 6, 2023. The 6th CIIE kicked off on Sunday, with many cutting-edge technologies and new products making their debut at the event. [Photo/VCG]The world's smallest cardiac p...
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Technology empowers autumn grain harvest
A farmer drives a harvester to harvest autumn grain on a high-standard farmland in Liuyang of Hunan province on Nov 1, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua]The late rice planted in Longfu town, a large agricultural town in Liuyang of Hunan province, recently arrived at the mature harvest stage.The local intelligent...
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Pop Music
Musician Xiao Jun, who composes, plays guitar and piano, released his latest album,Atypical Airship, with a nationwide tour which kicked off in Shanghai on April 30 and concluded in Beijing on Saturday.On the last two shows of the tour, which took place at the Beijing Blue Note on Friday and S
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Film & TV
Scenes from the program show Zhang Chunlong (right), a researcher at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introducing a wooden strip unearthed from Liye ancient city in Longshan county, Hunan province.[Photo provided to China Daily]In an observation room in the Hu
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ACG
Monster Hunter Now and Honkai Star Rail are among the favorites to win (Image via Capcom, miHoYo)Honkai Star Rail and Monster Hunter Now will be favorites to win at The Game Awards 2023 in the "Mobile Game of the Year" category. The two 2023 hits are among the five nominees for the prestig
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Exhibition
Over the past five years, the Belt and Road Film Festival Alliance has grown exponentially in its quest to promote cultural exchange through international film festivals.Based on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road Film Festival Alli
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Music & Dance
Students of the Junior Youth Dance Company made their stage debut in Beijing on Nov 27. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]The Junior Youth Dance Company, a new performing arts troupe at the Beijing Dance Academy, made its debut with a show on Nov 27.Featuring ballet and Chinese dance, the show wa
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Architecture & Garden
The Margaret Grigg Nanjing Friendship GardenThe Margaret Grigg Nanjing Friendship Garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden is modeled on the “scholar’s gardens” of the southern provinces of China, near Nanjing, which are smaller and less ornate than the Imperial gardens of the north. Designed by C
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Poetry
Mount Eternal Southby Wang Weitranslated by Xu YuanchongThe highest peak scrapes the sky blue; it extends from hills to the sea.When I look back, clouds shut the view; when I come near, no mist I see.Peaks vary in north and south side; vale···
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Fantastic China focuses on the international communication of Chinese culture. Founded in 2021, it integrates the English website Heychinaculture.com and overseas social media matrix.
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