Inscription at Guangling Pier on a Bamboo Painting by Ex-Censor Fangby Dong QichangPoem and painting merge as one on a lake vast,Bamboo shoots sprouting here and there.Dawn drizzle dampens Qiongshui Stream sails;While Dragon's Offspring fresh sheaths wear.In this poem, the Qiongshui stream flows...

The Du Fu Thatched Cottage is one of the most popular cultural landmarks for visitors. CHINA DAILYFirst-time visitors to Chengdu, Sichuan province, may find it to be a city with rich cultural heritage.They may notice the emblem of a circular gold leaf, featuring four flying birds surrounding the sun...

Inscription on a Bamboo Paintingby Tang YinSlender bamboo outside the window, clear as daylight dims,A mountain monk stirs from deep meditation, with arriving pilgrims.Forbearing great temptation to wax lyrical about those boughs,I know full well the world's supreme verse conveys no sound.Ta...

Tourists visit theChengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum in Sichuan province on June 7, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua]In anticipation of the Chengdu FISU World University Games, which starts on Friday, the Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum in Sichuan province has been holding an orchid exhibition.Dur...

Asking the Bambooby Wang YinO, my lovely lone bamboo:I must bid you farewell soon.If to lose each other is our fateWho yet shall high repute sustain?Wang Yin, born in Anhui Province, was a poet in the Ming Dynasty. Chinese literati love to compare themselves to bamboo, because in Chinese culture, ba...

Young vloggers visited the Nanjing City Wall in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. (Photo from Nanjing Broadcasting System)(ECNS) -- The millennium-old Nanjing city and its classical literature offered young vloggers from Russia, Equatorial Guinea, Turkmenistan, El Salvador, and Bangladesh a unique opportun...

Inscription on an Ink Bamboo Paintingby Wang ShenDusk clouds form a misty veil over the Xiao and Xiang,No soul in sight: midst distant green fronds only a sun on decline.Boat docked at the pier, travelers bed overnight at the Temple.Twixt occasional spring rains, listening to a partridge warble.Born...

Zhang Lian in his native home in Yanchi, in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, at sunset.KUANG LINHUA/CHINA DAILY'Peasant poet' Zhang Lian, whose words paint vivid pictures of his remote, vast home, has captivated and inspired professors and plumbers alike, Zhao Xu re...