Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved rammed-earth architectural complex at the Zhouyuan site in Baoji, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The Beijing-Yuxian Expressway, a vital new route connecting Beijing’s western region to Hebei Province, officially opened on Wednesday. The new expressway cuts travel time from Beijing’s Sixth Ring Road to Yuxian County from three hours to under two, with Zhuolu County, now reachable within an hour.
With the latest excavations at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan province, revealing a jade-processing workshop, archaeologists are gradually piecing together a picture of what life in the ancient city looked like.
The annual Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival will light up Shanghai on New Year's Day to mark the upcoming Year of the Snake, celebrating its 30th anniversary with a special exhibition, according to the organizers.
Archaeological studies have shed light on the original facade and features of the imperial library in Beijing's Yuanmingyuan, the royal resort also known as the Old Summer Palace, and suggest a respect for traditional culture.
A Chinese research team has collected a total of 118 species of mammal fossils and more than 2,000 stone artifacts from the Longgupo Site in Wushan county, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
The Chinese edition of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare was released recently by Democracy and Construction Publishing House. The book launch and sharing event took place in Beijing on Saturday.
“Macao, a city with over 400 years of history, serves as a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and the West. The University of Macau, located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, is known for its globalization and internationalization,” said Yonghua Song, rector of the University of Macau (UM), in an interview with China News Network in Beijing.
A joint archaeological team formed by China and Uzbekistan has discovered a large number of cultural relics, including silk fragments, coins and a bronze mirror from the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220), at the renowned Mengchaktepa site in Uzbekistan.
A granary ruin dating to the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) along the Grand Canal has been excavated for the first time in Wuqing District of Tianjin, according to Tianjin Cultural Heritage Conservation Center on Thursday.
The Xuecheng Ancient Culture Site in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, has been dated to 6,300 years to 4,000 years ago, making it the oldest and the largest prehistoric settlement in the region.
The new Chinese opera A Dream of Splendor, created jointly by the Shanghai Opera House and Tencent Video, will have its global premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theatre from March 28 to 30.
Renowned Chinese film actress Xie Fang, who portrayed Lin Daojing in the film The Song of Youth, passed away at 2:14 am on Thursday in Beijing at the age of 89, the Beijing Daily reported.
China welcomes international travelers to visit the country and experience the smash-hit cultural products and the unique charm of Chinese culture, and write their own Journey to the East, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press conference on Wednesday.
At the 2024 Shanghai-Taipei City Forum on Tuesday, the two cities signed a memorandum on the exchange and conservation of red panda species.
Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the designation of the Potala Palace in the Xizang autonomous region as a UNESCO World Heritage site, a milestone celebrated with ongoing efforts to preserve and digitize its cultural treasures.
In Xi'an, Shaanxi province, archeologists recently unearthed remains of two chariots from the No 2 pit at the mausoleum belonging to Qinshihuang, China's first emperor who unified the country in 221 BC.
A special exhibition titled “The Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles -- China-France Cultural Encounters in the 17th-18th Centuries” opened on Monday at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic ties as well as the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism.
The Potala Palace in the Xizang autonomous region has achieved notable results in phases in the protection and utilization of ancient texts.
Archaeologists have discovered a rare Terracotta Warrior figure resembling a senior military officer in the No. 2 pit nearby the tomb of Qinshihuang, the First Qin Emperor.
DNA technology has decoded information about a newly discovered cemetery and the intriguing relationship between two extended families living nearly 3,000 years ago in what is now Beijing.
About 30 rocks containing dinosaur bone fossils were unearthed at Port Island in Hong Kong, south China, according to the Development Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (DEVB) on Wednesday.
A group of teachers from Central China Normal University and Peking Opera theater of Hubei Province embarked on a journey of cultural exchanges to Indonesia on Wednesday evening.
New evidence of East Asia's earliest rice beer was recently found in China. Researchers revealed 10,000-year-old fermentation techniques at Shangshan site, East China's Zhejiang Province.
In recent days, the temperature has dropped to around minus 10 degrees Celsius in Karamay, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. A group of white-headed ducks (Oxyura leucocephala), along with seven-month-old ducklings, have begun their migration south for the winter.
People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to the Chinese nation, sharing a deep understanding of the values of peace, harmony, and unity embodied in the Spring Festival, according to China’s State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday.
Archaeologists have uncovered 1,240 ancient tombs in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, revealing nearly 4,000 artifacts during the past two years. Among the findings are the tombs of the family of Dong Guifei.
China’s Shanxi Institute for the Preservation of Ancient Architecture and Polychrome Murals (Shanxi Ancient Architecture Institute) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Harvard University's Chinese Art Media Lab (CAMLab) to jointly promote the preservation, study, and dissemination of Shanxi's ancient architectural heritage, according to Shanxi Ancient Architecture Institute on Tuesday.
China's ambassador to the U.S. has said that a program encouraging more young people in the United States to study in China is prospering.
Nearly 1,000 thangka paintings have been cataloged, appraised, and scanned in high definition in the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, since the palace began digitizing them in early March.