The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, an outdoor art festival that spans 200 villages in remote mountainous areas in Japan's Niigata prefecture, has attracted more than half a million visitors, many of whom are designers, city planners and even Chinese government officials, according to Sun Qian, who is in charge of emulating the project in China.
In 2009, Wang Guanliang and her colleagues - editors at the Forbidden City Publishing House in Beijing - attended a lecture on publications from the 1930s.
Ancient China had the world's most-developed calendrical system, since agriculture was closely related with the seasons and launching new calendars for the coming year was an important symbol of a new emperor's rein, Zhang Peiyu, a scholar who studies the history of astronomy, writes in Chinese Ancient Calendars, published in 2008.
Liu Xin blends art and science not only professionally but also personally.
At a recent exhibition at the Beijing University of Technology, 21-year-old Polish student Oskar Czajkowsk introduced his graphic design work, the pattern of which, seen from a distance, looks like two interlocking and opposing Cs. The work, on closer inspection, appears less symmetrical as the upper ends of the Cs differ from each other in shape - one looks like the beak of a raptor and the other, the head of a dragon.
Li Dong grows plants to ensure the safety of aircraft.
Zhang Boju (1898-1982) and Pan Su (1915-92) are acknowledged as a model of a happy couple in modern China. They both hailed from well-connected families, shared an interest in the arts, and were known as charismatic and learned.
From 1618 to 1648, the Thirty Years' War, which originated from conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in Central Europe, grew to be one of the most destructive wars in human history.
Wuhan is often called 'China's Chicago', and its Optics Valley is hailed as the country's 'Silicon Valley'. Erik Nilsson explores its high-tech zone, including what he sees as 'China's Hollywood for the mobile-internet age'.
ATHENS - Greece will greet more tourists from China in 2019, after an increase of over 22 percent in the first nine months of 2018, both Greek and Chinese officials tell Xinhua.
Beijing's Forbidden City, which is the former imperial palace of China and is now officially known as the Palace Museum, will soon welcome the Year of the Pig following the Chinese zodiac.
The unprecedented exhibition on Chinese emperor Qianlong (1711-99), currently running at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, has attracted over 50,000 visitors, offering a memorable experience of the culture and history of China, says Dimitrios Pandermalis, president of the museum.
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