HOHHOT - Historical records compiled more than 600 years ago about Genghis Khan's empire have been translated into the Mongolian language, experts said on Tuesday. The records consist of 15 books with 210 volumes and chronicle the rise and fall of the Mongol empire. They were compiled in 1370 as ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), which ended the Mongolian reign in China.
Zhuang Yuguang, an 81-year-old expert in ancient buildings, felt he was taking a trip back in time after reading Linpan, which was recently published by the Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Dumplings are so popular - even far beyond China - that they seem nearly incapable of surprise. At least until you enter One Hundred Kinds of Dumpling Garden, as Helen You's New York restaurant is known in Chinese.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
If you've ever noticed that your favorite beer tastes a bit off when you're on an airplane, it's probably not because of improper storage or an old sell-by date.
The audience marvels at a massive cudgel flying in the air accompanied by the effects of lightening and thunder. The cudgel itself is a LED screen, shining in its red and yellow colors.
Chinese actor Wu Jing'an has portrayed honest and strong characters on screen and onstage in the past three decades.
On Monday, as a group of elderly performers danced and sang, members of the Abalin community in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, rang in the Tibetan New Year.
Chinese TV viewers typically say that Chinese nature documentaries are not as good as their Western counterparts. But, a new China Central Television documentary series shot in high-definition is getting an unprecedented response.
Till about three decades ago, the most familiar foreign films for the Chinese were not from Hollywood but imported from Central and Eastern Europe.
Science fiction, a dominant genre in Hollywood, has yet to find its feet in the Chinese movie industry. But change is underway.
The Glory of Tang Dynasty, a Chinese TV series that showed romance, warfare and court conspiracy amid social upheaval of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), ended on Wednesday.
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