http://news.alibaba.com/china%2523style-and-culture/feed/ The latest china-style and culture news, articles and galleries from around the world. en-us Alibaba http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100014110-1-red-blessings-year.html 5 Feb 2009 05:12:59 GMT Farmers display a giant Chinese character "Fu" (luck and blessings for the New Year) by stretching several large pieces of red cloth on a field in a village in Yangqu county of Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi province February 4, 2009. Around the Chinese New Year, people often put up posters with "Fu" on them upside down on doors as a regular decorative way to welcome the new year. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100012501-1-people-buy-goods-spring-festival.html 14 Jan 2009 06:02:07 GMT As the Spring Festival draws near, people start to buy goods for celebration and family reunion. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese lunar New Year, falls on Jan. 26 this year. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523travel/100009309-1-23rd-international-ice-sculpture-competition.html 9 Jan 2009 04:49:29 GMT A visitor looks at an ice sculpture during the 23rd International Ice Sculpture Competition in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, January 8, 2009. About 60 competitors from 12 countries and regions took part in this event which concluded on Thursday. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100009103-1-%2522ping-pong-diplomacy%2522-celebrated.html 8 Jan 2009 05:00:37 GMT BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- They are not common diplomatic tools: several paddles, a few ping pong balls and some table tennis players from China and the United States. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523travel/100008741-1-sweet%252C-sweet-home-spring-festival.html 6 Jan 2009 08:50:32 GMT Guangzhou Railway Station has seen a sharp rise in the number of travellers since the New Year holiday started on January 1. An early travel rush with travellers mainly migrant workers and college students return home for Spring Festival holiday. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100008427-1-people-around-china-welcome-new.html 4 Jan 2009 07:24:42 GMT People around China welcome the New Year http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100008426-1-laba-festival-observed-throughout-china.html 4 Jan 2009 06:34:22 GMT Citizens take free "Laba Porridge" outside a time-honored pharmacy in Shanghai, China, Jan. 3, 2009. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100008209-1-giant-bell-stele-garden-hanshan.html 31 Dec 2008 03:12:15 GMT Giant Bell and Stele Garden at Hanshan Temple opens http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007904-1-vicissitudes-shanghai-style-costume.html 29 Dec 2008 10:00:04 GMT The Vicissitudes of Shanghai Style Costume http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100034739-1-vicissitudes-shanghai-style-costume.html 29 Dec 2008 09:49:59 GMT 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. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007805-1-feast-peking-opera.html 29 Dec 2008 08:27:04 GMT 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. http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100034639-1-feast-peking-opera.html 29 Dec 2008 08:19:59 GMT 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. http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100034632-1-china-us-joint-efforts-protect.html 29 Dec 2008 07:50:50 GMT 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. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007800-1-china%2527s-top-10-cultural-events.html 29 Dec 2008 07:04:36 GMT China's Top 10 cultural events in 2008 http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100034623-1-china%2527s-top-10-cultural-events.html 29 Dec 2008 07:00:52 GMT 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. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007730-1-50th-anniversary-tibetan-song-%2526.html 29 Dec 2008 06:44:13 GMT 50th anniversary of Tibetan Song & Dance Troupe http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523travel/100007725-1-xiangfan-museum-central-china-opens.html 29 Dec 2008 06:12:12 GMT Xiangfan Museum in central China opens http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007721-1-happy-new-year%252C-giant-panda%2521.html 29 Dec 2008 06:02:35 GMT Happy New Year, giant panda! http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007605-1-shining-its-own-style.html 26 Dec 2008 06:46:39 GMT For centuries Asian rulers and the wider society has had a devoted attachment to the luxurious green stone that is jade. http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100034177-1-shining-its-own-style.html 26 Dec 2008 06:43:40 GMT For centuries Asian rulers and the wider society has had a devoted attachment to the luxurious green stone that is jade. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007603-1-an-imposing-culture-admired.html 26 Dec 2008 06:34:50 GMT An Imposing Culture to be Admired http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100034172-1-an-imposing-culture-admired.html 26 Dec 2008 06:31:04 GMT 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. http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100034169-1-jingdezhen-chenghua-doucai-cups-decorated.html 26 Dec 2008 06:22:16 GMT 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. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007377-1-christmas-atmosphere-china.html 24 Dec 2008 08:01:30 GMT Christmas atmosphere in China http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007375-1-3000-year-old-graves-excavated-fujian.html 24 Dec 2008 07:51:57 GMT 3000 year-old graves excavated in Fujian http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100033528-1-3000-year-old-graves-excavated-fujian.html 24 Dec 2008 07:48:43 GMT Archeologists have excavated a 3000 year-old group of graves discovered among Shang and Zhou dynasty ruins at Luohan Mountain in Fujian... http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007329-1-freezing-weather-grips-much-china.html 23 Dec 2008 09:01:41 GMT Freezing weather grips much of China http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007323-1-7th-national-acrobatic-contest-shenzhen.html 23 Dec 2008 08:45:50 GMT 7th National Acrobatic Contest in Shenzhen http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100007248-1-song-dance-show-nanning.html 22 Dec 2008 09:42:40 GMT Song and dance show in Nanning http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/china%2523style-and-culture/100032400-1-bamboo-dance---li-ethnic.html 21 Dec 2008 11:54:44 GMT 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.