In Beijing’s bustling northern district of Changping,Huitian.an acronym tor Huilongguan and Tiantongyuan.is recognized as one of Asia’s largest residential areas,home to about 860.000 people.Once known as a"dormitor...
The traditional textile spinning,dyeing,weaving and embroidering techniques of China's Li ethnic group were added to the UNESCO-endorsed Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on December 5.
At the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services(CIFTIS),Lu Xiaodong,a staff member working at the booth of mobile payment platform Alipay,addressed a screen in front of a small crowd of visitors."I'm lookin...
China has a wide variety of items on its official intangible cultural heritage(ICH)list,and one of the most colorful folk crafts included is the embroidery of the Yi ethnic group.With a history stretching back 1,700 y...
When Iwas young,a film made in Bollywood movie industry became famous,not so much for its content but for the title,which remains on people’s lips even now.The title,Roti,Kapda Aur Makan,sums up the three basic neces...
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China, which has a large population of the Yi ethnic minority, boasts the best preserved Yi embroidery. Believed to have a 1,700-year-old history, the art has been recog...
In her new book called Finding Iris Chang,Paula Kamen delves into the life and mind of the author who committed suicide seven years after writing her epic novel,The Rape of Nanking Chinese-American journalist and auth...