THE 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

THE Song Dynasty (960-1279) indisputably represented a golden age for Chinese ceramics, remembered for a number

FOR centuries, Tibetans have been devoted to protecting their unique traditional culture.

BLUE calico, a kind of home-made fabric colored by plant dyes, is commonly seen in Chinese people’s daily life, in particular in South China. Clothes, bedspreads, quilt covers, scarves, handkerchiefs, door curtains, or even wrappers, made of the plain and elegant blue-and-white fabric, can be seen almost everywhere.

This literary term is used in poetry to comment on a ruler’s moral character, policies, decrees, and performance, either in praise or criticism.

CHENGDU is the capital of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, boasting a history of over 2,300 years. With rich natural resources and developed agriculture, it was the main source of grain and revenues of the central regime in ancient times.

THE Jian kiln has an important role in the history of Chinese porcelain, and although not among the top five porcelain producers in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), one of its products – the Jian tea bowl – was given as a tribute to the Song royal family and therefore highly coveted.

THIS May, the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center and the China Puppet Thea-ter were full of spectators, who enjoyed The Flaming Mountain of the Quanzhou Puppetry Troupe.

CHINA has nearly 5,000 years of recorded history. However, the history of Chinese furniture is even longer than that of its writing

TAI chi is a unique Chinese cultural symbol, often portrayed on-screen as a supreme form of self-defense.

Lesser Heat is one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, usually falling on July 7 or 8, which signals the start of the hottest days

This term refers to the mutual dependence and integration of an author’s description of scenery and objects

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off yesterday in Moscow, starting a month-long football competition rivalled by no other