Qipao 2.0
2012-08-13 15:57:42
Can a traditional dress adapt to modern tastes? You bet, today's style-makers tell Tiffany Tan.
Precious clothes displayed in Kong family mansion in Jinan, China's Shandong
2012-08-10 16:40:50
Precious clothes displayed in Kong family mansion in Jinan, China's Shandong.
Master of inkstone carvings in China's Anhui
2012-08-10 15:48:09
Master of inkstone carvings in China's Anhui.
Great Wall collapses after heavy rain, repair work underway
2012-08-10 10:38:48
Repair work is underway for a section of the Great Wall in north China's Hebei province that collapsed after days of continuous rain, local officials said Thursday.
The rare finds of Beijing Antique Markets
2012-08-09 17:26:48
From centuries old relics to last year's DVDs, almost every conceivable thing produced in China can be found in Beijing's antique markets.
'The Execution of the Judge of Hell'
2012-08-08 14:25:44
Experimental Peking opera, an innovative attempt to revive a traditional Chinese art, is pervasive nowadays.
Where there are Chinese there are always lion dance costumes
2012-08-08 14:24:36
As a fifth-generation lion dance costume maker, Zhong Jiachao, 64, has been through the many ups and downs of the business.
Colourful Yi Headgear
2012-08-07 13:31:10
Yi people have a tradition of wearing colorful headgear, which is part of their unique culture.
Using Sugar to Paint Figures
2012-08-03 15:46:01
The sugar painting is just paintings made of sugar, which can not only be eaten but also appreciated.
Culture: Xanadu – the rise and fall of a dynasty
2012-08-02 16:05:07
Learn more about Xanadu, a place described by Venetian traveler Marco Polo, romanticized by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which is the only intact evidence of the rise and fall of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).
Commercialization of historic homes stirs controversy
2012-08-02 10:39:03
Inside an old-fashioned courtyard in the downtown of Nanning, waiters are serving customers with elaborately cooked dishes.
Torrential rains damage cultural relics in Gansu
2012-08-01 10:58:54
Rain-triggered flooding and mudslides have seriously damaged cultural relics dating back more than 1,000 years at a temple's grotto in northwest Gansu province.