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  • Folk customs in Zhanjiang add fervor to Spring Festival

    2016-02-22

    A variety of folk culture activities added to the festive New Year atmosphere in Zhanjiang, the coastal city in South China's Guangdong province.

  • Watchtowers of history

    2016-09-23

    KAIPING, Guangdong: When a friend talked about the diaolou (watchtower house) of Kaiping, Guangdong Province, I thought they were just residential buildings in the countryside, or old-style houses like the Qiao's courtyard in North China's Shanxi Province.

  • Ancient Chinese sport making a splash around the world

    2016-06-09

    Dragon boat racing, an important folk culture activity especially during Duanwu Jie - the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival - is becoming increasingly popular among non-Chinese people because of the way it inspires teamwork and the profound history and culture behind the activity.

  • Highlighting ethnic cultures in Zhanjiang

    2015-09-18

    Zhanjiang is to offer a magnificent display of Guangdong's characteristic ethnic and cultural elements at the Lingnan Folk Culture Festival.

  • Hakka culture expo ends in Guangdong

    2014-01-07

    A week-long cultural expo promoting traditional Hakka culture and related creative industries ended on Monday in Meizhou, a city located in the mountains of Guangdong province.