Height of adventure

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Photographer captures adventures at great heights

An on-site scene from the exhibition Through the Snow to the Peak at the 10th edition of the Jimei × Arles International Photo Festival in Xiamen, which will run through Jan 12, 2025. This question was raised by Wang Zhen during the preface of the exhibition Through the Snow to the Peak at the 10th edition of the Jimei × …

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Daredevils descend on Zhangjiajie's iconic peaks

China Daily

Wingsuit contestants aim for a target during their glides in Zhangjiajie. The number of travelers on international flights this year had reached almost 400,000 as of Sept 26, with more than 2,500 flights arriving, marking an increase of 177 percent compared to last year, he said. The scenery and landscape in Zhangjiajie are amazing, and he had no idea something …

Zhangjiajie

2 months, 3 weeks ago

A Journey Through the Mogao Caves: Exploring the Vision of a Master Painter

China Daily

An exhibition showcasing the works of artist Chang Shuhong, who played a significant role in preserving and promoting the Mogao Caves, is currently on display at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou. Visitors can explore the artist's journey through the caves, with his paintings reflecting the beauty and cultural significance of the place.

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Adventurous woman creates career behind camera

China Daily

Tibetan children stand in front of a yak tent on the Jiatang Grassland in the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. Qiubi finds her niche snapping shots of rural lives, polar excursions, starry nights Adorning the walls of airport rail links and subway lines in Beijing are thousands of captivating photos. Birth of a shutterbug Born in 1987 in …

Beijing Qiubi Friends Children

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Adventurous woman creates career behind camera

China Daily

Tibetan children stand in front of a yak tent on the Jiatang Grassland in the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. Qiubi finds her niche snapping shots of rural lives, polar excursions, starry nights Adorning the walls of airport rail links and subway lines in Beijing are thousands of captivating photos. Birth of a shutterbug Born in 1987 in …

Beijing Qiubi

4 months, 1 week ago

Dedication of plateau patrollers moves filmmakers

China Daily

A snow leopard is released back into the wild in the Changtang reserve in May. He is the captain of 42 wildlife rangers in the Xizang Serling Tso National Nature Reserve and has been working there for over 15 years. He loves photography, and we have discovered that he has a unique eye as a wildlife photographer," Zhang said. In …

Zhang

4 months, 1 week ago

Dedication of plateau patrollers moves filmmakers

China Daily

A snow leopard is released back into the wild in the Changtang reserve in May. He is the captain of 42 wildlife rangers in the Xizang Serling Tso National Nature Reserve and has been working there for over 15 years. He loves photography, and we have discovered that he has a unique eye as a wildlife photographer," Zhang said. In …

Zhang

6 months, 1 week ago

Photography exhibition capturing Fenglin's beauty

China Daily

A photography exhibition highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, is now on at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. A photography exhibition debuted on Tuesday at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province. Featuring 131 photos, the exhibition captures the natural beauty and unique phenomena of the …

Fenglin Exhibition Capturing Photography Exhibition

6 months, 1 week ago

Photography exhibition capturing Fenglin's beauty

China Daily

A photography exhibition highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, is now on at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. A photography exhibition debuted on Tuesday at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province. Featuring 131 photos, the exhibition captures the natural beauty and unique phenomena of the …

Fenglin Exhibition Capturing Photography Exhibition

6 months, 1 week ago

Photography exhibition capturing Fenglin's beauty

China Daily

A photography exhibition highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, is now on at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. A photography exhibition debuted on Tuesday at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, highlighting the landscapes of Fenglin county in Yichun, Heilongjiang province. Featuring 131 photos, the exhibition captures the natural beauty and unique phenomena of the …

Fenglin Photography Exhibition

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and forged a lifelong love of Dunhuang that has lasted for …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and forged a lifelong love of Dunhuang that has lasted for …

Her Father Chang Shana Dunhuang Art

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and forged a lifelong love of Dunhuang that has lasted for …

Her Father Dunhuang Chang Shana Father Chang

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

By Lin Qi | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-05-24 07:25 A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and …

Her Father Dunhuang Chang Shana

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

China Daily

A 93-year-old recalls spending her childhood with her father protecting the Mogao grottoes to highlight their legacy with the world, Lin Qi reports. The young girl endured harsh living conditions in the desert while working with her father to copy the murals and Buddhist statues in the Mogao Caves, and forged a lifelong love of Dunhuang that has lasted for …

Her Father Chang Shana Protecting Dunhuang

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Capturing humanity at its finest

China Daily

Following surgery and radiotherapy for cancer treatment, Jiu'er, a mother of three from Northeast China's Liaoning province, recovers and the family feels optimistic about the future. After successfully receiving chemo and radiotherapy, her cancer returned in 2020, and before she underwent surgery, she invited photographer Wang Naigong to take family photos. The award is given in recognition for the best …

Wang Capturing Humanity

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Capturing humanity at its finest

China Daily

Following surgery and radiotherapy for cancer treatment, Jiu'er, a mother of three from Northeast China's Liaoning province, recovers and the family feels optimistic about the future. After successfully receiving chemo and radiotherapy, her cancer returned in 2020, and before she underwent surgery, she invited photographer Wang Naigong to take family photos. The award is given in recognition for the best …

Wang

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Exhibition offers a captivating insight into photographer's exploration of western China

China Daily

Overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang introduces a photo of him to visitors to the exhibition at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing on Wednesday. The Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing inaugurated an exhibition featuring the landscape photography works of overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang on Wednesday. The exhibition presents 64 of Zhou's photographs, which …

China Chinese Zhou

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Exhibition offers a captivating insight into photographer's exploration of western China

China Daily

Overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang introduces a photo of him to visitors to the exhibition at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing on Wednesday. The Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing inaugurated an exhibition featuring the landscape photography works of overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang on Wednesday. The exhibition presents 64 of Zhou's photographs, which …

China Chinese Zhou

1 year, 3 months ago

Photographer finds joy in dark nights

China Daily

Angel An's astronomy photo: A Date with Perseids Meteor Shower in the Desert. CHINA DAILY Chinese photographer An Jiu was among the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 awards announced online on Sept 14. An, who also goes by the name of Angel, was honored for Grand Cosmic Fireworks, an image she took of sprites that topped …

1 year, 4 months ago

A picture of determination

China Daily

Zheng Longhua on his way to a photography assignment. Over the past few months, the man in his 60s has been sorting through tens of thousands of photos he has taken over the past two decades, and cherry-picked 100 images featuring para athletes. The photos cover thrilling moments from various competitions, including the fifth to eighth National Games for Persons …

Zheng

1 year, 4 months ago

A picture of determination

China Daily

Zheng Longhua on his way to a photography assignment. Over the past few months, the man in his 60s has been sorting through tens of thousands of photos he has taken over the past two decades, and cherry-picked 100 images featuring para athletes. The photos cover thrilling moments from various competitions, including the fifth to eighth National Games for Persons …

Zheng

1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily

Wang Minglong, a 34-year-old man diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, or AS, climbs the world's tallest peak Mount Qomolangma. CHINA DAILY Chongqing native with incurable disease achieves dreams through perseverance At age 13, Wang Minglong was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis — a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in the joints and ligaments of the spine — and was told that …

World Wang

1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily

Wang Minglong, a 34-year-old man diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, or AS, climbs the world's tallest peak Mount Qomolangma. CHINA DAILY Chongqing native with incurable disease achieves dreams through perseverance At age 13, Wang Minglong was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis — a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in the joints and ligaments of the spine — and was told that …

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1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily

Left: Wang Minglong successfully reaches the summit of Mount Qomolangma. Center: Wang, the first person in the world with ankylosing spondylitis, scales Mount Qomolangma on May 18. "Many people with AS have followed my WeChat account and they said they have gained a lot of courage and strength from my daily posts of outdoor activities," Wang said. In order to …

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1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily

Wang teaches at an outdoor club for young people he established in 2013 to help more kids get close to nature. CHINA DAILY Hope ignited The teenage boy fell into a deep depression and became suicidal due to continuous pain and desperation, that is, until he watched the movie Forrest Gump at school and was inspired. As a father of …

Wang

1 year, 6 months ago

First man with AS scales world's highest mountain

China Daily

Wang Minglong, a 34-year-old man diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, or AS, climbs the world's tallest peak Mount Qomolangma. CHINA DAILY Chongqing native with incurable disease achieves dreams through perseverance At age 13, Wang Minglong was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis — a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in the joints and ligaments of the spine — and was told that …

World Wang Highest Mount

1 year, 10 months ago

Focusing on wild beauty

China Daily

Folk customs are a highlight on the plateau and have been one of Zhang's priorities. Over the past three decades, Zhang, now in his 60s, has traveled practically every nook and cranny of that pristine land, furnished with stunning mountains, lucid rivers, arid deserts and imposing glaciers, all of which he deems to be "magnificent". In a recent public lecture …

Zhang

2 years, 2 months ago

What's on

China Daily

Landscape master Qian Songyan is among the greatest creators of classic Chinese mountain-and-water paintings of the 20th century. Recently, the museum received two paintings from two members of Qian's family, Lin Xiaoshan and Sun Jie. The couple donated two landscape paintings from the early 1960s, representing Qian's endeavor in combining cultural traditions with the artistic requirements of the socialist construction …

Qian

2 years, 2 months ago

What's on

China Daily

Landscape master Qian Songyan is among the greatest creators of classic Chinese mountain-and-water paintings of the 20th century. Recently, the museum received two paintings from two members of Qian's family, Lin Xiaoshan and Sun Jie. The couple donated two landscape paintings from the early 1960s, representing Qian's endeavor in combining cultural traditions with the artistic requirements of the socialist construction …

Qian

2 years, 2 months ago

Artworks show image of progress over past decade

China Daily

Scaling Qomolangmais an oil painting created by Zhang Zhijian, Liu Haiyang, Zhang Jian and Li Taoran from the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. Painters in China have used their brushes to tell stories about the country's historic achievements in the past decade. In September, China Daily's Times' Palette Studio signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Academy of Art, …

Arts Fine Fine Arts Academy Past Decade

2 years, 2 months ago

Artworks show image of progress over past decade

China Daily

Scaling Qomolangmais an oil painting created by Zhang Zhijian, Liu Haiyang, Zhang Jian and Li Taoran from the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. Painters in China have used their brushes to tell stories about the country's historic achievements in the past decade. In September, China Daily's Times' Palette Studio signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Academy of Art, …

Arts Fine Fine Arts Academy Past Decade

2 years, 6 months ago

Qomolangma: The reel challenge

China Daily

Stills from the documentary Captain Qomolangma show how Sula Wangping, 39, from Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province, guided a team of eight climbers and six cameramen to the summit of Qomolangma in 2019. "As a documentary on mountaineering, it has the power to educate and influence, bringing Qomolangma and the sport of climbing close to people …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Watch: UK wildlife photographer takes part in Everest Marathon in tiger suit

Firstpost

Later on, after finishing the sporting event successfully, Goldstein posted an image of himself grinning at his achievement. More to come” was the caption A wildlife photographer from the United Kingdom took part in the Everest Marathon on Sunday while clad in a tiger suit. In a video posted on his official Twitter handle, the 59-year-old photographer can be seen …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Wildlife snapper trains lens on plateau

China Daily

Photographer Bao Yongqing's award-winning picture, The Moment, taken in Qilian Mountain National Park in June 2018. Dubbed the "roof of the world", the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is often associated with snow-capped mountains, vast grasslands and a cold climate, but photographer Bao Yongqing has captured an entire wildlife paradise for the world to behold. Bao, 56, won the prestigious title of wildlife …

Bao

2 years, 8 months ago

Wildlife snapper trains lens on plateau

China Daily

Photographer Bao Yongqing's award-winning picture, The Moment, taken in Qilian Mountain National Park in June 2018. Dubbed the "roof of the world", the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is often associated with snow-capped mountains, vast grasslands and a cold climate, but photographer Bao Yongqing has captured an entire wildlife paradise for the world to behold. Bao, 56, won the prestigious title of wildlife …

Bao

2 years, 8 months ago

Wildlife snapper trains lens on plateau

China Daily

Photographer Bao Yongqing's award-winning picture, The Moment, taken in Qilian Mountain National Park in June 2018. Dubbed the "roof of the world", the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is often associated with snow-capped mountains, vast grasslands and a cold climate, but photographer Bao Yongqing has captured an entire wildlife paradise for the world to behold. Bao, 56, won the prestigious title of wildlife …

Bao

2 years, 8 months ago

Wildlife snapper trains lens on plateau

China Daily

Photographer Bao Yongqing's award-winning picture, The Moment, taken in Qilian Mountain National Park in June 2018. Dubbed the "roof of the world", the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is often associated with snow-capped mountains, vast grasslands and a cold climate, but photographer Bao Yongqing has captured an entire wildlife paradise for the world to behold. Bao, 56, won the prestigious title of wildlife …

Bao

2 years, 9 months ago

Dalian photographer sees the world his way

China Daily

Scenery in Zhuanghe, Dalian, Liaoning province. Freelance photographer Guan Xiaodong, 40, was obsessed with seeing the outside world, but he found beauty nearby when he turned his lens toward his hometown — Zhuanghe in Dalian, Liaoning province. When the water plant Suaeda Salsa turned red at the mouth of a river in September 2019, Guan took an aerial photo. "I …

Guan Dalian Zhuanghe

2 years, 9 months ago

Dalian photographer sees the world his way

China Daily

Scenery in Zhuanghe, Dalian, Liaoning province. Freelance photographer Guan Xiaodong, 40, was obsessed with seeing the outside world, but he found beauty nearby when he turned his lens toward his hometown — Zhuanghe in Dalian, Liaoning province. When the water plant Suaeda Salsa turned red at the mouth of a river in September 2019, Guan took an aerial photo. "I …

Guan Dalian Zhuanghe

2 years, 9 months ago

Dalian photographer sees the world his way

China Daily

Scenery in Zhuanghe, Dalian, Liaoning province. Freelance photographer Guan Xiaodong, 40, was obsessed with seeing the outside world, but he found beauty nearby when he turned his lens toward his hometown — Zhuanghe in Dalian, Liaoning province. When the water plant Suaeda Salsa turned red at the mouth of a river in September 2019, Guan took an aerial photo. "I …

Guan Dalian Zhuanghe

2 years, 9 months ago

Dalian photographer sees the world his way

China Daily

Scenery in Zhuanghe, Dalian, Liaoning province. Freelance photographer Guan Xiaodong, 40, was obsessed with seeing the outside world, but he found beauty nearby when he turned his lens toward his hometown — Zhuanghe in Dalian, Liaoning province. When the water plant Suaeda Salsa turned red at the mouth of a river in September 2019, Guan took an aerial photo. "I …

Guan Dalian Zhuanghe

2 years, 11 months ago