The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Heat, (Chinese: 大暑), the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 23 and ends August 7.
Ruins of a classical Chinese garden landscape of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) have been discovered at a construction site in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, according to Sichuan Daily on Sunday.
The World Heritage Committee ended its meeting on Wednesday and announced it will hold its next session in Istanbul, from July 10-20, 2016. Two Chinese sites will seek World Heritage status at that time.
Chinese scholar Wang Meng gave a lecture on the nuances of the Chinese cultureat the 2015 Visiting Program for Young Sinologists held in Beijing.
In this on-going series - China's "Four Comprehensives" in the eyes of sinologists – we asked Nigerian Sinologist Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim to comment on the issue.
Several major cultural activities are planned to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in the anti-Japanese war.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Heat, (Chinese: 小暑), the 11th solar term of the year, begins on July 7 this year and ends on July 22.
The 2015 Visiting Program for Young Sinologists kicked off with an official opening ceremony at Traders Hotel Beijing on Monday.
The Palace Museum will limit the daily number of visitors to improve their experience during the upcoming summer holiday peak season.
China's chieftain heritage sites, mainly concentrated in the mountainous areas of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou in southeast China, was inscribed in the World Heritage List on Saturday.
At least 10 million Chinese artifacts are scattered overseas. Yet a tax on reclaimed items remains the biggest obstacle separating China's domestic market from antiques lost overseas.
The popularization of Chinese grassroots poets in the first half of 2015 drew Chinese critics' attention, and caused a social controversy on the cultural value of grassroots poets.
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