I planned our trip to Yellowstone National Park last minute, and my family was divided over whether we should camp or stay in a hotel or cabin.
Fighting against Evil, Zhang Yawen's latest book, talks about the elusiveness of harmony, Yang Yang reports.
Owning valuable antiques does not necessarily mean a person is set to make a fortune. In fact, having such a collection can represent a hefty historical burden.
Soldiers, military officers, students, civilians and overseas Chinese wrote to their families during China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).
Ever since the first brick was laid, debate has swirled around MOCA Yinchuan, with many people questioning if the underdeveloped Ningxia Hui autonomous region in China's barren northwest is the best place for a contemporary art museum.
Away from the guns and bullets on the battlefields of World War II, China also courageously fought invaders using words and ideas.
A wooden figurehead of a sea monster with ears like a lion and a crocodile's jaw was carefully lifted from the sea in southern Sweden last week by divers bringing up treasures from the wreck of a 15th-century Danish warship.
Qixi, which falls on Aug 20 this year, is the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It is the day when the Weaver Girl (Zhinu) and Cowherd (Niulang) can finally reunite for a night after a year's separation, according to Chinese folklore.
When anyone utters the words pisco war they are usually referring to somebody from Peru and somebody from Chile arguing in a bar about which country invented the drink.
Inspired by Japanese fish and pine-mushroom sashimi, a Bai ethnic chef from Dali, Yunnan province, is making mushrooms taste meaty, a little sweet and very fresh, with an aroma fortified by bone stock. Zhang Jianhui, head chef at the Rainbow Yunnan Restaurant in the Crowne Plaza Beijing Sun Palace, recently created a new dish, "boletus mushroom served on ice with dipping sauce", in effect a porcini mushroom sashimi. He first stewed pig bones in chicken soup for more than 10 hours. After boiling fresh, whole porcini mushrooms in that stock for about 15 minutes, he lets them sit for about eight minutes in the broth before carefully slicing them thin to serve on ice with mustard-flavored soy sauce and green vegetable for good look.
The scent of flowers is a big part of Claire Basler's idyllic life in the central French city of Vichy.
German photographer Candida Hofer puts all kinds of public spaces - libraries, museums and waiting rooms, among others - under her lens.
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