This photo taken on June 12, 2025 shows a carved ivory chess set displayed at the China (Hainan) Museum of the South China Sea in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province.
"At first, Bakhitzhan Baikadamov thought Xian Xinghai was just an ordinary performer. Only when he reached the theater did he realize Xian's true talent as a musician," Sabit Kurmanbekov, the Kazak...
Born into an Indonesian family with a martial arts pedigree, Zeela Nebulani began training at the age of six. In May 2024, she traveled to the Daqingshan Tai Chi research base in the city of Rizhao...
Dongtai Hair Embroidery, originating from the folk custom of using human hairs as thread to embroider Buddha in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) of China, has a history of over 1,300 years. The craft, wh...
Visitors to the Lion Grove Garden, one of the classical gardens in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province are now greeted by an unexpected encounter: a digital tour guide who appears to have travele...
Li Yaohua skillfully engraved an auspicious cloud pattern onto a silver bracelet, using an engraving tool in his left hand and a small hammer in his right, in Xinhua village, Caohai town, Heqing co...
For the first time, highlights from the Shanghai Mint Museum's prestigious collection of commemorative coins and medals are being showcased in London.
As a national intangible cultural heritage, the pottery-producing skills of Li ethnic group bear the wisdom and cultural memory of the group. In Heitu Village of Sanya, the establishment of a potte...
With the aroma of oolong tea wafting in the air and melodies drifting from guzheng (a traditional Chinese zither) and piano, the Chinese embassy in Washington was transformed into a stage for cultu...
The vitality of China-Kenya cooperation in culture and tourism was on full display Friday night at a gala event filled with music, dance and acrobatic performances.
Once the heartland of heavy industry and manufacturing in China, the northeastern provinces are often stereotyped as a rust-belt region. However, more local enterprises are now embracing innovati...
In Fenshuiling Town of Luzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, the making of the oil-paper umbrella has been passed down for over 400 years, preserving techniques such as tung oil coating ...
In a dimly lit gallery in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Zhou Jie stood before a life-sized plaster cast of a Pompeii victim, who was encased in volcanic ash nearly 2,000 years a...
A total of 209 pieces (sets) relics are on display during this exhibition, offering a unique opportunity to explore the resonances between the Chinese and Mayan civilizations and to enhance the cul...
Stunned by a futuristic drone performance above the gate tower of an ancient town in Chongzuo, a city in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Nguyen Anh Thu from Vietnam said she now ...
The opening ceremony of the 2025 Kazakhstan "Chinese Silk Road Literature Week" and a thematic forum titled "New Rhythms of the Silk Road: Literature Makes Life Better" were successfully held on Sa...
The Serbian finals of the 2025 "Chinese Bridge" competition concluded on Sunday at the Archives of Vojvodina in Novi Sad, with three winners standing out to represent Serbia at the global finals in...
At midday, Lin Guochun, nearly 60, teaches children the basic movements of Gaojia Opera at an inheritance center in Cendou village, Shijing town, Nan'an, a county-level city in Quanzhou, southeast ...
At midday, Lin Guochun, nearly 60, teaches children the basic movements of Gaojia Opera at an inheritance center in Cendou village, Shijing town, Nan'an, a county-level city in Quanzhou, southeast ...
The "Nihao China" China-Serbia Duanwu International Dragon Boat Festival officially opened Saturday at Ada Ciganlija Lake in Belgrade, bringing together professional and amateur paddlers from acros...
The 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Ethiopian college students was held Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, with 14 finalists from universities across the country...
Nigerian guests and their Chinese friends had a refreshing time at the 2025 Tea for Harmony and Yaji Cultural Salon, a cultural event organized to exhibit China's tea art in Nigeria's capital, Abuj...
In a wooden stilt house in Luomian village, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Miao embroidery designer Jiao Hongxiu, dressed in modernized Miao costumes, was instructing an embroiderer to add sil...
The annual "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign students drew strong participation over the weekend, with enthusiastic performances from university, secondary, and primary s...
China's museum sector is growing rapidly, fueled by more museums, better exhibits, new technology and improved services.
When her name was called to perform a traditional Chinese dance, eight-year-old Shirleen Chepkemoi lit up the stage with rhythmic precision, an infectious smile, and a natural connection to the aud...
Suzhou Silk Museum staff members Chen Yanlu (L) and Meng Xiaochou arrange a silk garment dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 18, 2025. Restorat...
A concert featuring artists from northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was held Tuesday night at the Chinese Cultural Center of Benin in Cotonou, the country's economic capital.
Remnants of an ancient Chinese silk manuscript, lost long ago, finally touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sunday, ending nearly 80 years of overseas wandering.
Figurines featuring two painted pottery females holding hands attract tourists to Luoyang Museum in C China's Henan
A new photo album showcasing contemporary China through the eyes of a Hungarian author was unveiled in Budapest on Wednesday.
Cambodian and Chinese artists will jointly perform here this weekend to mark the official launch of the "Cambodia-China Tourism Year 2025," said a statement from Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism on T...
A collection of art works by renowned Chinese sculptor Liu Shiming and American conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas was previewed Tuesday at the Liu Shiming Art Gallery in midtown New York City.
The overwhelming number of visitors flocking to the newly opened Suzhou Archaeological Museum came as a surprise to the curator Cheng Yi.
Digital innovation, spanning immersive exhibitions, artifact restoration and preventive conservation, is reinvigorating China's museums and transforming historical treasures into interactive stor...
The 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for Egyptian university students concluded Saturday in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
Italian museums seek to deepen dialogue with Chinese museums to facilitate mutual learning between civilizations, some curators and experts of renowned Italian museums have said.
For many children, museums are where dreams take root. For Peter Tamm Senior, however, a dream sparked by a simple childhood gift gave root to a museum - one that now tells a global story of connec...
Under the morning sun in Purwokerto city in Indonesia's Central Java province, the sound of young voices reciting Chinese rhymes echoes through the classrooms of Sekolah 3 Bahasa Putera Harapan, a ...
A Chinese publishing group has launched a bookshelf project here in the Czech Republic during the ongoing Book World Prague, an international book fair.
A 20-year-old Tanzanian female university student emerged as the champion of the 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students held on Friday at the Confucius I...
The Ghana division final of the 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese proficiency contest was held on Friday in Cape Coast of Ghana's Central Region, with many young talents capturing the hearts and mind...
The event provided a platform for students to express their passion for the Chinese language and share their dreams of visiting China.
During the five-day May Day holiday, museums across China recorded more than 60.49 million visits, setting a new record and marking a 17 percent increase year on year.
During the May Day holiday, a scenic area in northwest China drew visitors seeking to explore its ancient way of life, dating back more than 1,000 years.
As the film ended and the lights gradually came on, Ababacar Niang, a Senegalese businessman, could hardly contain his excitement after watching his transnational journey to Yiwu City, east China...
Villagers in Banmu village, Ximeng Wa Autonomous County, Pu'er city, southwest China's Yunnan Province have recently been busy weaving brocade during the farming off-season.
The 10th cross-Strait exchange event on the culture of Emperor Yan (Shennong), a legendary ancestor of the Chinese nation, was held in Gaoping city, north China's Shanxi Province, on May 5, 2025.
The "Belt and Road Youth Friendship Exchange Program – Eurasian Media Trip to Luoyang," a six-day event organized by People's Daily Online, made a stop April 24 at the Yingzui Mountain campsite in...
Residents of New Zealand's South Island immersed themselves in the world of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on Sunday at an exhibition held in Christchurch.