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‘Kutch awaits you all’: PM Modi invites people to attend Rann Utsav in Gujarat | VIDEO
2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Kutch awaits you all’: PM Modi invites people to attend Rann Utsav in Gujarat | VIDEO

India TV News  

Rann Utsav: Describing Gujarat's Rann Utsav as an "unforgettable experience," Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to visit Kutch to immerse themselves in a "unique mix of culture, history and breathtaking natural beauty." This year's Rann Utsav, which commenced on 1st December 2024, will go on till 28th February 2025, wherein the tent city at Rann Utsav will …

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Relics bolster ties between China, France
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Relics bolster ties between China, France

China Daily  

Visitors admire the exhibition Tang China — A Cosmopolitan Dynasty at the Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts in Paris on Monday. GAO JING / XINHUA President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron have respectively written a preface to an exhibition of Chinese cultural relics from the Tang Dynasty, highlighting the role cultural exchanges play in China-France ties. The …

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Summer splendor unveiled at Badaling Great Wall
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Summer splendor unveiled at Badaling Great Wall

China Daily  

A scene from the new immersive opera highlighting the Great Wall history and culture. Summer vacationers heading to the Badaling Great Wall in Yanqing, Beijing's northwestern district, are in for a treat with a diverse array of activities tailored for their enjoyment. These experiences are part of a broader initiative by the Beijing Badaling Culture and Tourism Group to showcase …

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Exhibition of ancient bronzes in Hong Kong illuminates culture, history
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Exhibition of ancient bronzes in Hong Kong illuminates culture, history

China Daily  

A bronze zun, a drinking vessel, exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of History. pondered Chun, assistant curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History, as she and her colleagues crafted plans for the first exhibition of the General History of China Series. One year later, more than 150 sets of cultural relics from 15 institutions in eight cities in …

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A history of black cowgirl culture, ahead of Beyonce’s new album
9 months, 1 week ago

A history of black cowgirl culture, ahead of Beyonce’s new album

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Black cowboys, including Nat Love – who published his 1907 autobiography The …

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Museums in rural areas keep culture relevant
10 months ago

Museums in rural areas keep culture relevant

China Daily  

CHANGCHUN — Museums are usually associated with gigantic buildings, eye-catching highlights and massive collections in bustling downtown areas. Besides artifacts related to Mahu Opera, other old objects in the museum collected from local people, such as traditional farming implements, also reflect the history of this village in Shuangyang district in the city of Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province. Museums not …

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Traditional culture given a modern twist
11 months ago

Traditional culture given a modern twist

China Daily  

Tibetan incense has proved popular with shoppers. New enthusiasm Wang Jingjing, head of Beijing Gongmei Group's operations management department, said traditional Chinese brands have been revitalized in recent years with a new wave of enthusiasm, attracting rising numbers of young customers. "We aim to come up with brand new interpretations of Chinese intangible cultural heritage," Wang said. Wang said, "We …

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A city where history is at home
1 year ago

A city where history is at home

China Daily  

Covering about 12,000 square meters, the site has produced more than 10,000 cultural relics, such as pottery vessels, jade discs, ceramics and copper tools. As archaeologists dug, different soil layers were revealed, which documented the chronology of the city's change and evolution from the Western Zhou Dynasty, to the Ming and Qing dynasties, according to Chen. Among the unearthed pottery, …

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A current of culture
1 year, 7 months ago

A current of culture

China Daily  

Women dressed in hanfu perform at the scenic area. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently unveiled 38 boutique travel routes on the Yangtze River, including the Three Gorges Project-themed tour involving destinations like Yichang and Chongqing. Yichang offers various attractions for tourists to explore, encompassing its rich history, profound culture, and abundant opportunities for outdoor activities such as hiking, …

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A journey to my second home
1 year, 7 months ago

A journey to my second home

China Daily  

Editor's note: We have asked expats living in China to share their own stories about the cities they work and live in. In this article, I will share my personal experience of living and working in China as an international student and foreign teacher, which has changed my life. The country's rich culture, with its unique and advanced educational system, …

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Chinese seal culture highlighted at Jining exhibition
1 year, 9 months ago

Chinese seal culture highlighted at Jining exhibition

China Daily  

The first Chinese Seal Culture Exhibition opens at the Confucius Museum in Jining, a culturally-rich city in East China's Shandong province, on March 20. The exhibition displays a wide range of top Chinese seal works, including more than 200 valuable seal relics, calligraphy artworks, paintings, and seal engraving objects. The event aims to provide a platform for Chinese seal culture …

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Porcelain sheds light on nation's history and culture
2 years, 4 months ago

Porcelain sheds light on nation's history and culture

China Daily  

Chimes made from mise porcelain in Zhejiang province are displayed at an exhibition in Beijing. Unearthed items provide vital clues to life in ancient times Porcelain, one of ancient China's oldest and greatest inventions, has played a significant role in the country's long history. Some 18,000 years later, with technological advancements, such as the use of raw materials, the molding …

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Leafing through the city
2 years, 5 months ago

Leafing through the city

China Daily  

A visitor checks out sketches highlighting the generic features of old Hong Kong architecture. CALVIN NG/CHINA DAILY There is much to find out about the city's history and eclectic culture at the ongoing 32nd Hong Kong Book Fair, and then some more, writes Gennady Oreshkin. The ongoing 32nd Hong Kong Book Fair could make for a happy hunting ground for …

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‘Fake history’, but ‘slip’ in Bridgerton may land on cancel culture blindspot
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Fake history’, but ‘slip’ in Bridgerton may land on cancel culture blindspot

Deccan Chronicle  

The sun has shone nonstop for a whole week! Obviously, each country they now visit will have to have a carefully crafted interaction with the locals — acknowledging that their shared history may not always have been picture perfect. The “colourblind” casting of the hit Netflix series, Bridgerton, with its fake dark-skinned royals in a regency setting, possibly does more …

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Better understand history, better understand CPC
3 years, 6 months ago

Better understand history, better understand CPC

China Daily  

A flower display at the northeast corner of the Xidan intersection in Beijing shows people from different walks of life on Tuesday. Two experts share their views on how the Party has led the country and people to rejuvenation and prosperity with China Daily: Understanding the Communist Party of China is the key to rebuilding China-US political mutual confidence, because …

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History repeats itself for Bradley Beal and the Wizards in loss to Bulls
4 years, 11 months ago

History repeats itself for Bradley Beal and the Wizards in loss to Bulls

New York Times  

CHICAGO — Bradley Beal sat at his locker, face sinking into his palms. That wasn’t the scene from Wednesday night, when the 15-27 Bulls topped the 13-27 Wizards 115-106 in Chicago before Beal criticized the team’s culture. “I don’t like losing, so it’s gonna keep building up for me until we starting winning and changing our culture.” What’s to change …

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Saif Ali Khan says he earned back Pataudi Palace with money he made in films: ‘There is history, culture, but no inheritance’
5 years, 2 months ago

Saif Ali Khan says he earned back Pataudi Palace with money he made in films: ‘There is history, culture, but no inheritance’

Hindustan Times  

Saif Ali Khan has revealed that despite being called a ‘Nawab’ most of the times, the actor had to earn back his Pataudi Palace after it was rented to a hotel chain post the death of his father Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. Opening up on how he paid a lot of money to earn back the Pataudi Palace, Saif told …

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Nanzhang county set to showcase stilt culture with high-speed rail link
5 years, 3 months ago

Nanzhang county set to showcase stilt culture with high-speed rail link

China Daily  

Performers nimbly danced using two tall wooden sticks that were strapped to their feet, taking the audience's breath away in Beijing in late August. They were doing stilt stunts which originated in the Tang Dynasty and have been carried on over the long course of history in Nanzhang county in Hubei province. With the Zhengzhou-Wangzhou high speed rail getting a …

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Region to mix history, culture to create momentum
5 years, 8 months ago

Region to mix history, culture to create momentum

China Daily  

The first Sichuan Culture and Tourism Development Convention, to be held on April 29 in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, is expected to inject new momentum into the integration of culture and tourism in Sichuan with the releases of a series of new policies and measures. The Tianfu Tourism Counties project, Each county named as a Tianfu Tourism County will …

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Sotol is more than a liquor — it’s northern Mexican culture and history in a bottle
5 years, 8 months ago

Sotol is more than a liquor — it’s northern Mexican culture and history in a bottle

LA Times  

In Madera, a mountain town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, Bienvenido Fernandez pours freshly distilled sotol between two cow horns. Today, sotol production is again legal and locals line up outside Fernandez’s vinata waiting to fill empty Coca-Cola bottles with his product, which tastes of eucalyptus, pine, moss and wet dirt — typical of sotoles made from plants grown …

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