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4 weeks ago

Concert held in Moscow to mark China-Russia friendship

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-26 10:24 A concert featuring young Chinese and Russian musicians was held Monday night at the Moscow Conservatory, marking the friendship between the two countries. The Friendship Concert was performed by the Russia-China youth symphony orchestra, under the baton of Russian Merited Artist, Russian-Chinese Zuo Zhenguan and principal conductor Fedor Sukharnikov. The program included famous Chinese pieces, …

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Concert held in Moscow to mark China-Russia friendship

China Daily

A concert featuring young Chinese and Russian musicians was held Monday night at the Moscow Conservatory, marking the friendship between the two countries. The Friendship Concert was performed by the Russia-China youth symphony orchestra, under the baton of Russian Merited Artist, Russian-Chinese Zuo Zhenguan and principal conductor Fedor Sukharnikov. The program included famous Chinese pieces, such as The Butterfly Lovers, …

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1 month ago

Art and trade history gleams with prized mineral of Hotan

China Daily

A jade carving themed on "spring waters and fall mountains", of which the ocher part is the stone's natural color. Later, as emperor, he ensured, partly through military prowess, "a steady supply of raw jade to artisans both within and beyond his court", says Zuo Jun, an expert on ancient Chinese jade from Nanjing Museum in Nanjing city, East China's …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sichuan taps cultural heritage, scenery to advance high-quality development

China Daily

Updated: May 29, 2024 By Chen Meiling in Beijing and Huang Zhiling in Chengdu China Daily A bus decorated with flowers is showcased at the International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu in Sichuan province, on April 27, 2024. The Sanxingdui archaeological site in Guanghan, which features world-famous relics such as a gold mask, various bronze heads and a 3.96-meter-tall bronze tree, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily

Jade cong from Qijia culture. "As to bi, although they were much more ubiquitous during the period, the bigger ones that were clearly ritualistic rather than ornamental seem to have made their first appearance in Miaodigou culture around 3500 BC, where they were buried separately from the jade cong." "The two were later combined in Qijia culture, clearly serving as …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily

Jade disc from Qijia culture. Reflecting on the symbolism of the iconic Liangzhu jade cong, Fang believes that they amount to an enunciation of "the Liangzhu people's view of the universe". "While the cong-style bracelets continued to exist toward the end of the Liangzhu culture, the Liangzhu jade cong gradually stopped being pieces of ornamental art to take on other, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily

Jade hu in the shape of a tiger, dated to between 2200 and 1800 BC. "From the Yellow River Basin to the Yangtze River Basin and then the Pearl River Basin in southern China and continental Southeast Asia including Vietnam, the jade zhang has proven as effective a traveler as other types of ritual jade, most notably cong and bi," …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Chinese Stone Jade Zuo

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Stone Zuo Jade Discs Chinese Jade

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Chinese Stone Jade Zuo

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Chinese Stone Jade Zuo

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily

A jade double-dragon decorative plaque, from the early Han Dynasty. Zuo Jun, curator That spirit, a mixture of idealism and heroism, had coursed through every form of art created during those years, with pride molten into bronze and a sense of verve dancing on the pure surface of jade. A reverence toward jade was still there, but it was coupled …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily

A mythical animal bixie carved with Hotan jade, from the Han Dynasty. The objets d'art made by Chu artisans, most notably jade and lacquerware, marries superb artisanship with highly imaginative designs that often featured energetically swirling lines, ultrasophisticated patterns and mythical animals including dragons, which were to become the arch emblem of Chinese civilization. "Liu Bang, who founded the Han …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily

A jade double-dragon decorative plaque, from the early Han Dynasty. Zuo Jun, curator That spirit, a mixture of idealism and heroism, had coursed through every form of art created during those years, with pride molten into bronze and a sense of verve dancing on the pure surface of jade. A reverence toward jade was still there, but it was coupled …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily

A jade double-dragon decorative plaque, from the early Han Dynasty. Zuo Jun, curator That spirit, a mixture of idealism and heroism, had coursed through every form of art created during those years, with pride molten into bronze and a sense of verve dancing on the pure surface of jade. A reverence toward jade was still there, but it was coupled …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Casting light into the shadows of the past

China Daily

Gold artifacts with snake and tiger motifs, unearthed from Xiazhan site in Baoji, Shaanxi province. In Beijing, the Temple of Heaven has stood for centuries, silently standing in testament to Chinese people's awe of the divine and their sacrificial custom to the heaven in the Ming and Qing dynasties — a custom that actually has a much longer history. Ancient …

Chinese Shaanxi Site

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Casting light into the shadows of the past

China Daily

Gold artifacts with snake and tiger motifs, unearthed from Xiazhan site in Baoji, Shaanxi province. In Beijing, the Temple of Heaven has stood for centuries, silently standing in testament to Chinese people's awe of the divine and their sacrificial custom to the heaven in the Ming and Qing dynasties — a custom that actually has a much longer history. Ancient …

Chinese Shaanxi Site

1 year, 11 months ago

What Postpartum Care Can Look Like Around The World

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Nikola Stojadinovic via Getty Images The U.S. has a maternal mortality rate more than three times that of most other high-income countries. Here are postpartum practices from eight different countries that we should consider emulating here in the U.S. Mexico In Mexico and some other Latin American countries, new mothers have traditionally observed a period of cuarentena ― a word …

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2 years ago

Bamboo slips engraved with 'Chengdu' found

China Daily

A batch of bamboo and wooden slips from the Qin Dynasty engraved with the Chinese word "Chengdu" was released recently by the cultural relics and archaeology research institute of Chengdu, the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province. Another 212 pieces of suspected bamboo and wooden slips were found, Tang says, adding that the word "Chengdu" is visible on one of …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Bilingual documentary narrates stories along the Grand Canal

China Daily

Wonder Bridge, a bilingual documentary series celebrating the eighth anniversary of the Grand Canal being inscribed onto the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list in 2014, launched its first episode highlighting the Gongchen Bridge, the southernmost end of the canal, on June 22. The docu-series conducts in-depth interviews and the filming of merchants, vendor artists, and indigenous people along the canal, …

Canal

2 years, 5 months ago

Bilingual documentary narrates stories along the Grand Canal

China Daily

Wonder Bridge, a bilingual documentary series celebrating the eighth anniversary of the Grand Canal being inscribed onto the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list in 2014, launched its first episode highlighting the Gongchen Bridge, the southernmost end of the canal, on June 22. The docu-series conducts in-depth interviews and the filming of merchants, vendor artists, and indigenous people along the canal, …

Canal

2 years, 10 months ago

Pianist's travels take her on classical journey

China Daily

Pianist Zuo Zhang is going to release her album The Journey. She is going to release an album, titled The Journey, inspired by her tour in 2021, which features works by Liszt, Maurice Ravel, Richard Wagner, Francis Poulenc and Arnold Schoenberg. Liszt's other music works, including Vallée d'Obermann and Les Jeux d'Eau à la Villa d'Este both from Années de …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Pianist's travels take her on classical journey

China Daily

Pianist Zuo Zhang is going to release her album The Journey. She is going to release an album, titled The Journey, inspired by her tour in 2021, which features works by Liszt, Maurice Ravel, Richard Wagner, Francis Poulenc and Arnold Schoenberg. Liszt's other music works, including Vallée d'Obermann and Les Jeux d'Eau à la Villa d'Este both from Années de …

Music Europe Villa Album China Daily Concert Shenzhen

3 years, 6 months ago

Fast-moving words

China Daily

Visitors look through books on display at an online literature fair in Beijing in 2018. "In terms of income, I haven't even reached the middle level among online writers," says Zuo, who is among some 600,000 active online literature authors in China. In 2020, the market value of online literature surpassed 28.8 billion yuan, up 29.7 percent compared with the …

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Concert held in Moscow to mark China-Russia friendship

Concert held in Moscow to mark China-Russia friendship

Art and trade history gleams with prized mineral of Hotan

Sichuan taps cultural heritage, scenery to advance high-quality development

Narrative arc set in stone

Narrative arc set in stone

Narrative arc set in stone

Lore of the rings

Lore of the rings

Lore of the rings

Lore of the rings

Paved with jade

Paved with jade

Paved with jade

Paved with jade

Casting light into the shadows of the past

Casting light into the shadows of the past

What Postpartum Care Can Look Like Around The World

Bamboo slips engraved with 'Chengdu' found

Bilingual documentary narrates stories along the Grand Canal

Bilingual documentary narrates stories along the Grand Canal

Pianist's travels take her on classical journey

Pianist's travels take her on classical journey

Fast-moving words