Costumes are an important symbol of social civilization. Besides satisfying the living needs of people, costumes also represent the culture of particular periods and areas. In the modern times, due to various factors, the Shanghai fashion has formed its own unique style, occupying an important position in the development history of Chinese costumes.
Every three years since 1995, fans of Peking Opera have celebrated a big festival of their own - the China Peking Opera Art Festival. As the fifth one, this year鈥檚 China Peking Opera Art Festival wrapped up on November 8 at Jinan.
China-US Cultural Forum, a seminar centering on cultural heritage protection has just wound up in Beijing on December 9. More than fifty experts, scholars and professors from China and the US took part in an in-depth discussion on a wide range of issues concerning Preservation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage in Digital Age.
The second phase of the construction project of the National Library of China (NLC), a new library, was opened to the public on September 9. Covering an area of 80,538 square meters, the new library can sit 2,900 readers and accept 8,000 visitors a day. The new addition makes the total construction area of the NLC 250,000 square meters, ranking third in the world. Designed by a German architectural firm, the modern library is the largest collection base for Chinese documents in the world.
For centuries Asian rulers and the wider society has had a devoted attachment to the luxurious green stone that is jade.
If the discovery of a certain culture presents a comprehensive range of artifacts, unravels a huge number of historical mysteries, and even points to the origin of a civilization, there must be only one candidate to select: the Hongshan Culture.
Doucai is a kind of decorative porcelain formed by the combination of underglaze blue-and-white and overglaze decoration. Doucai enameling was invented in the early fifteenth century and perfected during the reign of the emperor Chenghua period (1465-87) in the Ming Dynasty. Apparently the emperor loved small, perfectly formed ceramic wares that he could hold in his hand. During his reign, a great many such pieces were produced for the imperial palace, particularly cups, small dishes and jars.
Archeologists have excavated a 3000 year-old group of graves discovered among Shang and Zhou dynasty ruins at Luohan Mountain in Fujian...
The Li ethnic minority lives mainly in south China's Hainan Province. According to historical records, they have been living on Hainan Island for over three thousand years.