Giving history a bright future

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Happy birthday, Tianjin. We know exactly when it was

More than 50 foreign business executives, experts and students participated in the "Exploring Tianjin" international cultural exchange event to commemorate the city's 620th birthday on Monday. The event, hosted at Zhongshuge Bookstore, was organized by the Tianjin Information Office and received support from the Publicity Department of Hebei district and the China Daily Business Development Center. Yang Cheng, the China …

Chinese Tianjin

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ancient City of Datong: A Journey Through Millennia of History

China Daily

The article highlights the upcoming International Insights into China event, where journalists and students from various countries will gather in Datong, Shanxi province, to explore the Ancient City of Datong. The ancient city served as the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty and played a significant role in the history of China. The restored city boasts majestic ancient city walls …

Culture History Travel Ancient City

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Son follows fallen mother's aspirations by joining police academy

China Daily

Zheng Xiaoyun pays tribute to his departed mother He Zhihong in front of a statue in honor of He at Yunnan Normal University. These were heartfelt words of 18-year-old Zheng Xiaoyun as he stood in front of the statue of his departed mother at Yunnan Normal University. Zheng's mother He Zhihong lost her life at the age of 35 when …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Son follows fallen mother's aspirations by joining police academy

China Daily

Zheng Xiaoyun pays tribute to his departed mother He Zhihong in front of a statue in honor of He at Yunnan Normal University. These were heartfelt words of 18-year-old Zheng Xiaoyun as he stood in front of the statue of his departed mother at Yunnan Normal University. Zheng's mother He Zhihong lost her life at the age of 35 when …

Mother

4 months, 2 weeks ago

In Marco Polo's ancient footsteps

China Daily

Stanley Johnson and his son Max Johnson wear costumes during a role-playing game at a film production base in China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Documentary maker brings 62-year-old ambition to life by finishing explorer's fabled route, Xing Yi reports in London. It's a story about pursuing one's dream, a story of collaboration between China and …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

In Marco Polo's ancient footsteps

China Daily

Stanley Johnson and his son Max Johnson wear costumes during a role-playing game at a film production base in China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Documentary maker brings 62-year-old ambition to life by finishing explorer's fabled route, Xing Yi reports in London. It's a story about pursuing one's dream, a story of collaboration between China and …

China Son Marco Polo

4 months, 2 weeks ago

In Marco Polo's ancient footsteps

China Daily

Stanley Johnson and his son Max Johnson wear costumes during a role-playing game at a film production base in China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Documentary maker brings 62-year-old ambition to life by finishing explorer's fabled route, Xing Yi reports in London. It's a story about pursuing one's dream, a story of collaboration between China and …

China Marco Polo Max Johnson

4 months, 2 weeks ago

In Marco Polo's ancient footsteps

China Daily

Stanley Johnson and his son Max Johnson wear costumes during a role-playing game at a film production base in China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Documentary maker brings 62-year-old ambition to life by finishing explorer's fabled route, Xing Yi reports in London. It's a story about pursuing one's dream, a story of collaboration between China and …

China Son Marco Polo

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Displaying the past gets a brighter future

China Daily

Zhang Peng instructs primary school pupils about museums in Dongcheng district, Beijing. Nestled on a tree-covered hillside on the northern shore of Xihai Wetland Park in Beijing's Xicheng district, the Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall has served as a museum for more than 30 years, recounting the stories of Guo Shoujing, a Chinese astronomer, hydraulic engineer and politician of the Yuan …

Beijing Zhang Guo Guo Shoujing

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Displaying the past gets a brighter future

China Daily

Zhang Peng instructs primary school pupils about museums in Dongcheng district, Beijing. Nestled on a tree-covered hillside on the northern shore of Xihai Wetland Park in Beijing's Xicheng district, the Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall has served as a museum for more than 30 years, recounting the stories of Guo Shoujing, a Chinese astronomer, hydraulic engineer and politician of the Yuan …

Beijing Zhang Guo Guo Shoujing

5 months ago

A night of stories beneath the Great Wall

China Daily

He Runfeng, anchor of the program from Tencent News, and archaeologist Shang Heng. As night fell at the foot of the Badaling section of the Great Wall, a gentle summer breeze blew, providing the group of people gathered for an event about the history and legends of this architectural marvel respite from the heat. Called Qiyu Changcheng, the event was …

Shang Wall

5 months ago

A night of stories beneath the Great Wall

China Daily

He Runfeng, anchor of the program from Tencent News, and archaeologist Shang Heng. As night fell at the foot of the Badaling section of the Great Wall, a gentle summer breeze blew, providing the group of people gathered for an event about the history and legends of this architectural marvel respite from the heat. Called Qiyu Changcheng, the event was …

Shang Wall

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Major underwater archaeological projects

China Daily

Nanhai One shipwreck in Guangdong province, Southern Song Dynasty Discovered in 1987 off the coast of Yangjiang, Guangdong province, it is the first major shipwreck ever found in the South China Sea under China-initiated programs. Over 180,000 cultural relics, proof of the prosperous Maritime Silk Road, have been recovered from the shipwreck, which is 22.9 meters long and 9.8 meters …

China Chinese Dynasty Province Meters Cultural Relics Shipwreck

7 months ago

Enduring role of 'treasuring the past' hailed

China Daily

Party Secretary of Jinzhou Liu Kewu gives a speech during the event. Party Secretary of Jinzhou Liu Kewu said the Vision China event was, for Jinzhou, a cultural feast that enhanced mutual learning and exchanges, a precious chance to promote the city, and an opportunity to provide strong support for revitalization and development. On his inspection to Jinzhou in August …

Jinzhou Liu Kewu

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

A ceremonial bronze vessel used to contain grains, known as fu, unearthed from the site. In 241 BC, King Kaolie moved the Chu capital eastward to Shouchun to distance the state from the rising Qin state to the west. "But the scale, type, building style and rich funerary objects at the Wuwangdun Site indicate the Chu still possessed significant strength …

Qin Chu Shouchun

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

A ceremonial bronze vessel used to contain grains, known as fu, unearthed from the site. In 241 BC, King Kaolie moved the Chu capital eastward to Shouchun to distance the state from the rising Qin state to the west. "But the scale, type, building style and rich funerary objects at the Wuwangdun Site indicate the Chu still possessed significant strength …

Qin Chu Shouchun

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Xi Jinping’s historians can’t stop rewriting China’s imperial past

Live Mint

China’s Communist Party often speaks proudly about what it claims to be 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. For decades, Chinese scholars have been toiling at the party’s behest to draft an official history of the Qing, China’s last imperial dynasty, which the Manchu ethnic group led for nearly 270 years before its collapse in the early 20th century. Party vetters, …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Casting a lasting shadow

China Daily

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Chinese Shang Yin Di Xin Yinxu

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Casting a lasting shadow

China Daily

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Chinese Shang Yin Di Xin Yinxu

10 months ago

Casting a lasting shadow

China Daily

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Chinese Shang Yin Di Xin Yinxu

10 months ago

Casting a lasting shadow

China Daily

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Chinese Shang Yin Di Xin Yinxu

10 months ago

Casting a lasting shadow

China Daily

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Chinese Shang Di Xin Yinxu Ruins

1 year ago

Casting light into the shadows of the past

China Daily

"So far, we have learned that the Qin people's sacrificial system mainly consisted of three types, one to worship ancestors, like the Majiazhuang ancestral temple ruins in the central area of Yongcheng city ruins, one to worship heaven like yongwuzhi and the last to worship mountains and rivers," says Jiao. "Yongwuzhi, represented by the Xiazhan site, was an important stage …

Yongwuzhi

1 year ago

A city where history is at home

China Daily

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient city of Changgan, which has pushed back the recorded history of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, by 600 years. The city, now capital of East China's Jiangsu province, was once widely considered to have an urban history of 2,500 years, but new archaeological research rewrites that. Dating to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, archaeologists found …

History City Chen Shang Nanjing

1 year ago

A city where history is at home

China Daily

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient city of Changgan, which has pushed back the recorded history of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, by 600 years. The city, now capital of East China's Jiangsu province, was once widely considered to have an urban history of 2,500 years, but new archaeological research rewrites that. Dating to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, archaeologists found …

History City Chen Shang Nanjing

1 year, 2 months ago

City slowly reveals its history

China Daily

A technician works on excavation at the Zhongdu site of the Jin Dynasty in Beijing. Large-scale foundations and precious cultural relics, such as jade books, porcelain, mirrors, pottery figures and building elements have been discovered at the Zhongdu site, which dates to the Jin Dynasty, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced at a news conference in Beijing on Sept 28. …

Beijing Jin Later Complex Zhongdu

1 year, 2 months ago

City slowly reveals its history

China Daily

A technician works on excavation at the Zhongdu site of the Jin Dynasty in Beijing. Large-scale foundations and precious cultural relics, such as jade books, porcelain, mirrors, pottery figures and building elements have been discovered at the Zhongdu site, which dates to the Jin Dynasty, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced at a news conference in Beijing on Sept 28. …

Beijing Jin Zhongdu Slowly Reveals

1 year, 2 months ago

City slowly reveals its history

China Daily

A technician works on excavation at the Zhongdu site of the Jin Dynasty in Beijing. Large-scale foundations and precious cultural relics, such as jade books, porcelain, mirrors, pottery figures and building elements have been discovered at the Zhongdu site, which dates to the Jin Dynasty, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced at a news conference in Beijing on Sept 28. …

Beijing Jin Zhongdu

1 year, 4 months ago

Findings shed light on capital's impressive past

China Daily

Ding Lina, a researcher at the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute, takes part in an excavation at the Zhongdu site during the winter in 2019. A total of 187 cultural relics from six Jin Dynasty sites are exhibited at the museum, including architectural pieces from the Jinzhongdu ruins, porcelain, gold and silverware, jade, pottery and murals reflecting daily life. Well-known scenic …

City Capital Beijing Han Jurchen Jin Dynasty Shed Light

1 year, 4 months ago

Findings shed light on capital's impressive past

China Daily

Ding Lina, a researcher at the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute, takes part in an excavation at the Zhongdu site during the winter in 2019. A total of 187 cultural relics from six Jin Dynasty sites are exhibited at the museum, including architectural pieces from the Jinzhongdu ruins, porcelain, gold and silverware, jade, pottery and murals reflecting daily life. Well-known scenic …

City Capital Beijing Han Jin Jurchen Zhongdu

1 year, 4 months ago

Findings shed light on capital's impressive past

China Daily

Objects from the Jin Dynasty are displayed in an ongoing exhibition at the Beijing Archaeological Site Museum. YANG ZHIGUO/FOR CHINA DAILY Ding said the Jin Dynasty mausoleum system, in which imperial tombs were built on mountains near the capital, followed the shape and structure of those from the Tang and Song dynasties. When Wanyan Liang, the fourth Jin Dynasty emperor, …

China Capital Beijing Ding Emperor Jin Dynasty Zhongdu

1 year, 4 months ago

Findings shed light on capital's impressive past

China Daily

Ding Lina, a researcher at the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute, takes part in an excavation at the Zhongdu site during the winter in 2019. A total of 187 cultural relics from six Jin Dynasty sites are exhibited at the museum, including architectural pieces from the Jinzhongdu ruins, porcelain, gold and silverware, jade, pottery and murals reflecting daily life. Well-known scenic …

City Capital Beijing Han Jurchen Jin Dynasty Shed Light

1 year, 4 months ago

Findings shed light on capital's impressive past

China Daily

Ding Lina, a researcher at the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute, takes part in an excavation at the Zhongdu site during the winter in 2019. A total of 187 cultural relics from six Jin Dynasty sites are exhibited at the museum, including architectural pieces from the Jinzhongdu ruins, porcelain, gold and silverware, jade, pottery and murals reflecting daily life. Well-known scenic …

City Capital Beijing Han Jin Jurchen Zhongdu

1 year, 7 months ago

Heroes of the past

China Daily

On March 31, veteran restorer Lan Desheng, 55, from Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, examines a Terracotta Warrior at the institute in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY Dedicated craftsmen and women battle against time itself, breathing new life into China's precious ancient artifacts, report Wang Kaihao, Zou Hong and Sun Ruisheng. With a long history and rich cultural splendors, …

China

1 year, 7 months ago

Heroes of the past

China Daily

On March 31, veteran restorer Lan Desheng, 55, from Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, examines a Terracotta Warrior at the institute in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY Dedicated craftsmen and women battle against time itself, breathing new life into China's precious ancient artifacts, report Wang Kaihao, Zou Hong and Sun Ruisheng. With a long history and rich cultural splendors, …

China

1 year, 7 months ago

Heroes of the past

China Daily

Editor's note: The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China set out a blueprint for China's path to modernization, with the aim of guiding the development of all walks of life in the new era and contributing positively to global progress. In this third installment, we focus on the conservators and restorers who combine traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge …

China

1 year, 7 months ago

Heroes of the past

China Daily

Editor's note: The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China set out a blueprint for China's path to modernization, with the aim of guiding the development of all walks of life in the new era and contributing positively to global progress. In this third installment, we focus on the conservators and restorers who combine traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge …

China

1 year, 7 months ago

Heroes of the past

China Daily

Editor's note: The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China set out a blueprint for China's path to modernization, with the aim of guiding the development of all walks of life in the new era and contributing positively to global progress. In this third installment, we focus on the conservators and restorers who combine traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge …

China

1 year, 7 months ago

Heroes of the past

China Daily

Editor's note: The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China set out a blueprint for China's path to modernization, with the aim of guiding the development of all walks of life in the new era and contributing positively to global progress. In this third installment, we focus on the conservators and restorers who combine traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge …

China

1 year, 7 months ago

Yinxu, where remnants of over 3,000-yr-old capital city testify to early Chinese culture

China Daily

An aerial view of the archaeological site of Yinxu in Anyang, Henan, May 12, 2020. Situated on both banks of the Huanhe River to the northwest of Anyang, central China's Henan, Yinxu, or the Yin Ruins, boasts the remnants of the ancient city of Yin, the capital of the late Shang Dynasty and the first capital site that has been …

Chinese Henan Yin Oracle Bone Inscriptions Yinxu

1 year, 7 months ago

Yinxu, where remnants of over 3,000-yr-old capital city testify to early Chinese culture

China Daily

An aerial view of the archaeological site of Yinxu in Anyang, Henan, May 12, 2020. Situated on both banks of the Huanhe River to the northwest of Anyang, central China's Henan, Yinxu, or the Yin Ruins, boasts the remnants of the ancient city of Yin, the capital of the late Shang Dynasty and the first capital site that has been …

Henan Yin Oracle Bone Inscriptions Yinxu Early Chinese

2 years ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily

A jade figurine excavated at the Niuheliang site in Chaoyang, Liaoning province. Efforts urged Numerous mysteries still surround early civilizations in China, but archaeologists' work in recent decades has provided vital clues to the past. Presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in May, Xi Jinping, general secretary of …

Chinese Shanxi Site Chinese Civilization

2 years ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily

The Bicun site in Lyuliang, Shanxi province. A palace, whose design can be seen in imperial cities in later dynasties, and exquisite pottery may provide clues to a previously unimaginable power hub on the edge of Loess Plateau. Wang Wei, director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Academic Division of History and a leading expert in the origins-tracing program, …

Chinese Chinese Civilization

2 years ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily

Ceremonial jade blades, known as yazhang, were unearthed at the Erlitou site in Yanshi, Henan province. Cultural core Throughout history, the Central China Plains, also known as Zhongyuan, which are mainly located in Henan, were considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, mainly due to ancient documents recording the area's glorious past. In 2020, the 5,300-year-old Shuanghuaishu site in Gongyi, Henan, …

Civilization Chinese Site Henan Chinese Civilization Erlitou

2 years, 2 months ago

Today in History: October 17, Loma Prieta earthquake strikes California

Associated Press

Today in history: On Oct. 17, 1989, an earthquake measuring 6.9 in magnitude struck northern California, killing 63 people and causing up to $10 billion worth of damage. Members of the Oakland Athletics stand and stare as Candlestick Park-goers leave the stadium in the wake of the major earthquake that struck Northern California just before game 3 of the World …

China Chicago California Oct Northern California Earthquake Struck

2 years, 5 months ago

A cultural gene pull

China Daily

By Yang Feiyue| China Daily| Updated :2022-07-15 Students participate in an event celebrating Confucianism at the Confucius ancestral temple in Quzhou, Zhejiang province. Southern temple builds on the past to link tourism with the philosophical heritage of Confucius, thus securing it for future generations, Yang Feiyue reports. Red walls and black tiles render an ambience of solemnity over the Confucius …

China China Daily Confucius Temple Confucian Quzhou Kseniia

2 years, 5 months ago

A cultural gene pull

China Daily

By Yang Feiyue| China Daily| Updated :2022-07-15 Students participate in an event celebrating Confucianism at the Confucius ancestral temple in Quzhou, Zhejiang province. Southern temple builds on the past to link tourism with the philosophical heritage of Confucius, thus securing it for future generations, Yang Feiyue reports. Red walls and black tiles render an ambience of solemnity over the Confucius …

China China Daily Confucius Temple Confucian Quzhou Kseniia

2 years, 5 months ago

A cultural gene pull

China Daily

By Yang Feiyue| China Daily| Updated :2022-07-15 Students participate in an event celebrating Confucianism at the Confucius ancestral temple in Quzhou, Zhejiang province. Southern temple builds on the past to link tourism with the philosophical heritage of Confucius, thus securing it for future generations, Yang Feiyue reports. Red walls and black tiles render an ambience of solemnity over the Confucius …

China China Daily Confucius Temple Confucian Quzhou Kseniia

2 years, 5 months ago

A cultural gene pull

China Daily

By Yang Feiyue| China Daily| Updated :2022-07-15 Students participate in an event celebrating Confucianism at the Confucius ancestral temple in Quzhou, Zhejiang province. Southern temple builds on the past to link tourism with the philosophical heritage of Confucius, thus securing it for future generations, Yang Feiyue reports. Red walls and black tiles render an ambience of solemnity over the Confucius …

China China Daily Temple Confucian Confucius Culture Quzhou Kseniia

2 years, 11 months ago

Preserving the pages of history

China Daily

A newly restored Ming Dynasty book, from the Tianlu Linlang collection, upon which blemishes caused by bookworms are recognizable. As a restorer of ancient books at the National Library of China in Beijing, the 35-year-old gets emotional when recalling the almost 3,000 days she spent fixing Tianlu Linlang, a precious literary collection, including 600-odd volumes of ancient books, which were …

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