Wu Lingshu is a provincial-level inheritor of blue calico printing and dyeing, a craft listed as national intangible cultural heritage, and curator of the Nantong Blue Calico Museum in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province. She grew up in a blue calico workshop, watching her father dye and wash fabrics.
An art gallery in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, has turned a colossal ancient encyclopedia into something anyone can enjoy.
On the morning of August 23, the graduation ceremony for the 2026 cohort of graduate students was held at the Nishan Joint Graduate School for Fine Traditional Chinese Culture in Nishan, Qufu, Shandong Province.
On the morning of August 23, the inauguration ceremony for the 2026 cohort of graduate students specializing in fine traditional Chinese culture was held at the Nishan Joint Graduate School for Fine Traditional Chinese Culture in Jining, Shandong Province. A total of 730 graduate students attended the ceremony, both on-site and online.
On August 24, the Fourth Doctoral Student Academic Forum of the Nishan Joint Graduate School for Fine Traditional Chinese Culture was held in Jining, Shandong Province.
On the evening of August 27, the 5th Cross-Lingual Chanting Assembly of Confucian Classics was held in Qufu, Shandong. The event, themed "Benevolence, Propriety, Harmony, and Shared Beauty and Harmony in Diversity," blends digital technology with diverse art forms to vividly interpret the contemporary value and global significance of Confucianism, building an important bridge for exchange and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.
Tracing a creative arc from "socarrat," an ancient Arab ceramic-making technique flourishing in Valencia, Spain, to Jingdezhen's classic Chinese techniques, Spanish artist Xavier Monsalvatje has been reinterpreting modernity from these centuries-old legacies.
China's premier digital publishing expo will open in late August, featuring for the first time an exhibition area highlighting the integration of traditional Chinese culture and online games.
The Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana (UB) has served as the cornerstone for Botswana-China relationship to promote educational and cultural exchange, said UB Deputy Vice Chancellor Maria Nnyepi on Monday.
On a grassy field in Wuba village of Dengqen county, Qamdo city, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, 62-year-old Ani stood at the center of a formation, his arms stretched out like an eagle spreading its wings as he guided the other dancers.
China's cultural and related industries achieved record-high operating revenue of nearly 20.83 trillion yuan (about 3.06 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up 8.8 percent year on year, according to a report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday.
Gordon Mar, 89, carefully unfolded the yellowed paper, but the words would not yield their meaning. A Sydney-born Chinese Australian educated in English, he could not make out the letters written in his ancestors' bold brushstrokes.
A woman from Huayao branch of Yao ethnic group makes Tiaohua cross-stitch embroidery in Longhui County of Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, June 23, 2026. Tiaohua cross-stitch embroidery is a traditional handicraft passed down through generations by women of Huayao, a branch of Yao ethnic group, in Longhui County.
A roundtable dialogue inspired by Chinese Peking opera master Mei Lanfang opened Monday at the China Institute of America in Lower Manhattan, aimed at enhancing mutual understanding between China and the United States.
For many creators, Jingdezhen, China's porcelain capital, serves as a massive and living workshop, with numerous local artisans dedicating themselves to a specific niche within the craft in the eastern Chinese city.
Dressed in a bright red tai chi uniform, Khadija Sultan Alkhoori stepped onto the stage in Dubai and confidently recounted her journey of learning Chinese in fluent Mandarin.
Liede urban village in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, held its traditional "caiqing" (greenery picking) ceremony for dragon boats on June 6, a ritual intended to bring the boats back to life for a new season.
The Kizil Caves are located southeast of Baicheng county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. They bore witness to the flourishing Buddhist culture that thrived in Xinjiang from the third to the 13th century.
With hearts racing and dreams of future opportunities in mind, young Chinese-language learners stepped onto the stage one by one, transforming months of study into moments of performance before a packed audience in Yangon.
The "Reel China" overseas screening and promotion event made its South African debut on May 26 at Nu Metro, Hyde Park Corner in Johannesburg, marking a significant milestone in cultural exchange between China and Africa.
