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Wang Biao, 60, a seventh-generation inheritor of Wang's Shadow Play, takes preserving and promoting the art as his life-time course.
February 24, 2025 2025-02-24
Wang Biao, 60, a seventh-generation inheritor of Wang's Shadow Play, takes preserving and promoting the art as his life-time course.
February 24, 2025 2025-02-24
As dawn breaks over a village in suburban Beijing, 75-year-old Hao Lanying sits at her desk, scissors in hand, cutting red paper into the shape of a snake winding around a bird. The design is part of a series she has created to celebrate the Year of the Snake.
February 14, 2025 2025-02-14
Driven by a passion for ceramics, thousands of foreign artists have migrated to Jingdezhen, a city with a population of less than 900,000, in recent years. During the peak period, there was one foreigner among every six migrants.
February 5, 2025 2025-02-05
To celebrate the Spring Festival in the Year of the Snake, 59 "Lucky Star" clay figures were released on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year.
February 2, 2025 2025-02-02
As the Chinese Year of the Snake approaches, Fu Zhao'e has been spending her days cutting and folding red paper to create snakes, numbers and other decorative designs, immersing herself in the joy of her craft.
January 22, 2025 2025-01-22
As the Chinese Year of the Snake approaches, Fu Zhao'e has been spending her days cutting and folding red paper to create snakes, numbers and other decorative designs, immersing herself in the joy of her craft.
January 22, 2025 2025-01-22
A humble cheongsam shop in Yinchuan is bridging cultural connections with its exquisite handmade wedding dresses tailored to local and foreign brides-to-be.
January 15, 2025 2025-01-15
On Tuesday, an exhibition on inkstone culture and examples unearthed in Guangdong was launched in the province's capital, Guangzhou.
January 15, 2025 2025-01-15
Hobbyists keep passion for postage alive in digital age.
January 10, 2025 2025-01-10
An ethnic fashion show is held in Wuzhishan of south China's Hainan Province. The show is aimed at displaying the speical charm of culture in Wuzhishan area and the achievement of local rural revitalization.
December 31, 2024 2024-12-31
The Potala Palace, a typical Tibetan traditional earth-stone-wood structure with more than 1,200 rooms, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994 -- the same year the maintenance team was established.
December 25, 2024 2024-12-25
Artisan dives deep into researching craft's history to master the tradition while adding innovations and passing his skills on to future generations.
December 17, 2024 2024-12-17
Enchanted by the beauty of white Chinese porcelain, Marc Leuthold has spent the past two months creating contemporary artworks using the local clay and firing methods of Quyang, a county in Hebei province, with over a thousand years of ceramic-making history.
December 12, 2024 2024-12-12
As the younger generation learns more of China's history, replicas of iconic relics let them take home a little piece of the past.
December 10, 2024 2024-12-10
Filigree Mosaic art reached its peak in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In 2008, Filigree Mosaic art was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage.
December 9, 2024 2024-12-09
The first stop of the "Belt and Road" International Handicraft Art Exhibition, themed "Dialogue with World Cultures," opened in South Africa on Friday.
December 1, 2024 2024-12-01
For Meng Genhua, a dedicated Mongolian ethnic attire artisan, her greatest joy has stemmed from seeing her business grow from a humble 20-square-meter workshop to a thriving 500-square-meter store over the course of nearly four decades.
November 28, 2024 2024-11-28
Meng Genhua has spent decades preserving Mongolian ethnic costume traditions in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, earning recognition as one of the region's most respected designers.
November 17, 2024 2024-11-17
In an intangible cultural heritage employment workshop in Xiji County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, several women sit around tables, busy making embroidery patterns.
November 12, 2024 2024-11-12
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