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56 lost Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy
1 month, 1 week ago

56 lost Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, together with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella, view Chinese artifacts returned by Italy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 8, 2024. In a gesture of international cooperation on cultural heritage protection, Italy has returned to China 56 cultural relics that were …

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56 lost Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy
1 month, 1 week ago

56 lost Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, together with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella, view Chinese artifacts returned by Italy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 8, 2024. In a gesture of international cooperation on cultural heritage protection, Italy has returned to China 56 cultural relics that were …

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56 Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

56 Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, together with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella, view Chinese artifacts returned by Italy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 8, 2024. On Friday night, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan appreciated cultural relics that were recently returned from Italy …

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56 Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

56 Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, together with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella, view Chinese artifacts returned by Italy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 8, 2024. On Friday night, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan appreciated cultural relics that were recently returned from Italy …

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56 Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

56 Chinese cultural relics returned from Italy

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, together with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella, view Chinese artifacts returned by Italy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 8, 2024. On Friday night, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan appreciated cultural relics that were recently returned from Italy …

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Draft law to ensure kids' privacy, safety
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Draft law to ensure kids' privacy, safety

China Daily  

A teacher reads an illustrated children's book at a kindergarten in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, April 7. WANG ZHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY A draft law focusing on protecting privacy and safety of preschool children will have its third review next week. Huang Haihua, spokesman for the NPC Standing Committee's Legislative Affairs Commission, told a news conference that giving stronger privacy protection for …

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Further scrutiny for relics-related posts
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Further scrutiny for relics-related posts

China Daily  

By Cao Yin | China Daily | Updated: 2024-10-30 08:59 China has pledged to tighten scrutiny over content related to ancient tombs on livestreaming and short-video platforms, as the nation aims to intensify the fight against crimes involving cultural relics. "The internet users posted such content to get more online views, but those videos have misled the public and also …

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Museums key to promoting intl exchanges
2 months ago

Museums key to promoting intl exchanges

China Daily  

Since it opened a special exhibition in September, the Guimet Museum in Paris has drawn throngs of visitors eager to marvel at more than 100 exquisite pieces of Chinese gold artistry, including ornaments, jewelry and decorative objects dating back to the Ming Dynasty. The active collaborations between foreign museums and their Chinese counterparts in recent years can be attributed to …

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Census to help protect cultural relics
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Census to help protect cultural relics

China Daily  

SHI YU/CHINA DAILY The fourth national cultural relics census has ignited nationwide efforts to safeguard the country's rich cultural heritage, with cultural relic protection forces across the board actively engaged in relic identification, documentation and protection. "Based on issues encountered during the fourth national cultural relics census, innovative methods were introduced," Yang said. Sixteen years have passed since the third …

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Research reveals details of destroyed temple site
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Research reveals details of destroyed temple site

China Daily  

For Liu Siliang and his team, surveying the Yongning Temple site in rural Siyugou village in Wu'an county, Hebei province, was like trying to put back together a puzzle that was created hundreds of years ago. The site was among many locations where cultural relic protection workers have carried out field investigations since the launch of the fourth national cultural …

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Grabbing history by the roots
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Grabbing history by the roots

China Daily  

Anyi Pagoda, dating to the Song Dynasty, is one of the cultural heritage sites in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, included in an ongoing national census on cultural relics. This year, she had the chance to reconnect with her old "friend" and discovered its official name is Taiping Xingguo Temple Pagoda, which dates back to the Song Dynasty. Li entered the pagoda …

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Grabbing history by the roots
3 months ago

Grabbing history by the roots

China Daily  

Students from Shanxi University take part in the national census of cultural relics in Shanxi province. In 2022, the Shanxi Cultural Relics Bureau announced it would launch a new major and entrust Shanxi University to train 600 cultural relics professionals for 117 counties, regions and cities in Shanxi from 2022 to 2030. Given their familial ties and social networks in …

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Grabbing history by the roots
3 months ago

Grabbing history by the roots

China Daily  

Anyi Pagoda, dating to the Song Dynasty, is one of the cultural heritage sites in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, included in an ongoing national census on cultural relics. This year, she had the chance to reconnect with her old "friend" and discovered its official name is Taiping Xingguo Temple Pagoda, which dates back to the Song Dynasty. Li entered the pagoda …

Shanxi Cultural Relics Yuncheng Pagoda
Grabbing history by the roots
3 months ago

Grabbing history by the roots

China Daily  

Anyi Pagoda, dating to the Song Dynasty, is one of the cultural heritage sites in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, included in an ongoing national census on cultural relics. This year, she had the chance to reconnect with her old "friend" and discovered its official name is Taiping Xingguo Temple Pagoda, which dates back to the Song Dynasty. Li entered the pagoda …

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Historical treasures of Grand Canal saved for next generation
3 months ago

Historical treasures of Grand Canal saved for next generation

China Daily  

Environment Beijing is enhancing environmental management, improving the canal ecosystem and developing cultural living areas. In Xicheng district, Beijing's Shichahai Scenic Area, the starting point of the Tonghui River, saw the construction of a 3-kilometer lakeside walking path and the establishment of a 10.9-hectare Xihai Wetland Park in 2018. After comprehensive repairs and preservation of the cultural relics, the area …

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Historical treasures of Grand Canal saved for next generation
3 months ago

Historical treasures of Grand Canal saved for next generation

China Daily  

Environment Beijing is enhancing environmental management, improving the canal ecosystem and developing cultural living areas. In Xicheng district, Beijing's Shichahai Scenic Area, the starting point of the Tonghui River, saw the construction of a 3-kilometer lakeside walking path and the establishment of a 10.9-hectare Xihai Wetland Park in 2018. After comprehensive repairs and preservation of the cultural relics, the area …

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Historical treasures of Grand Canal saved for next generation
3 months ago

Historical treasures of Grand Canal saved for next generation

China Daily  

The Grand Canal flows through Tongzhou district of Beijing. Once a pivotal inland transport hub along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the capital is now making great strides in protecting, inheriting and utilizing the cultural significance and historical legacy associated with the Grand Canal. Wang Youquan, director of the archaeology division at the Beijing Cultural Heritage Bureau, stated that the essence …

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Safeguarding the cultural landscape
3 months, 1 week ago

Safeguarding the cultural landscape

China Daily  

Feng Wei's team conducts inspections of caves in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, with AI technology. According to Song Xinchao, chairman of the Chinese National Committee for the International Council on Monuments and Sites, there are currently 5,986 cave temples and cliff statues in China, occupying 24.5 percent of the immovable stone carving cultural heritage sites across the country. He says besides …

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Safeguarding the cultural landscape
3 months, 1 week ago

Safeguarding the cultural landscape

China Daily  

A heavenly king stone carving at the Pilu Cave in Anyue county, Ziyang, Sichuan, from the Song Dynasty. For example, Feng Wei, a computer science professor at Tianjin University, introduced the application of artificial intelligence in inspecting minor changes in cave temples, a significant step in preventive conservation. Feng and his team then studied the timely detection of minor changes …

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Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics
3 months, 1 week ago

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

China Daily  

Memet Ali and his wife Bahail Idris patrol the Liaodun Fire Beacon Tower in Hami city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, last month. Located about 100 km west of Hami city and 250 meters north of the Lianyungang-Horgos Expressway stands the Liaodun Fire Beacon Tower, known as one of the largest and best-preserved among the collection. When the Hami Bureau of …

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Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics
3 months, 1 week ago

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

China Daily  

Memet Ali and his wife Bahail Idris patrol the Liaodun Fire Beacon Tower in Hami city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, last month. Located about 100 km west of Hami city and 250 meters north of the Lianyungang-Horgos Expressway stands the Liaodun Fire Beacon Tower, known as one of the largest and best-preserved among the collection. When the Hami Bureau of …

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Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics
3 months, 1 week ago

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

China Daily  

Memet Ali and his wife Bahail Idris patrol the Liaodun Fire Beacon Tower in Hami city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, last month. Located about 100 km west of Hami city and 250 meters north of the Lianyungang-Horgos Expressway stands the Liaodun Fire Beacon Tower, known as one of the largest and best-preserved among the collection. When the Hami Bureau of …

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Weifang Museum
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Weifang Museum

China Daily  

Weifang Museum is a comprehensive local museum that integrates public education, exhibition, archaeological excavation, and cultural relic preservation. It covers an area of 24,053.5 square meters, with a building area of 18,669 sq m. The museum houses over 90,000 cultural relics, including fossils, pottery, porcelain, bronze artifacts, jade, coins, ancient ivory and wood artifacts, calligraphy and painting works, stone rubbings, …

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Rules ensure legality of artifact trades
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rules ensure legality of artifact trades

China Daily  

SHI YU/CHINA DAILY For a nation as rich in cultural artifacts as China, ensuring that the trade of such items is safe, legal and fair for both buyers and sellers has been a key endeavor for many years. In May of the same year, the Shanghai Cultural Relics Circulation Association, China's first regional association for cultural artifacts businesses, was established …

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