Liu Yuming, a folk artist from Shandong province, explains the principle of the Luban lock at a cultural exchange activity held in Hong Kong. The Luban lock, also known as Kongming lock, is a traditional Chinese folk educational toy with nine wooden slips. The concave and convex parts inside the thr...

Editor's note:Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. China Daily is running this series to show how master artisans are using dedication and innovation to inject new life into the heritage. In this installment, we explore how traditional k...

Li Zhe makes a wooden pyrography at a studio of Nanyang Pyrography Factory in Nanyang City, central China's Henan Province, March 15, 2024. Nanyang Pyrography, a traditional Chinese art originated from the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD), has a history of over 2,000 years. The craft, using to...

A thangka work that integrates distinctive local heavy gray-green tones with multiple colors characteristic of ethnic Han painting is on display at the intangible cultural heritage exhibition hosted by Rangtang county in Beijing.Samdrub Kyab, dressed in his traditional Tibetan robe, has been busy ex...

Michael A. Szonyi(Chinese:宋怡明;pinyin:Sòng Yímíng; born May 18, 1967) is Professor ofChinese HistoryatHarvard Universityand former director of theFairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His research focuses on the local history of southeast&nbs...

Edwin George "Ted" PulleyblankFRSC(August 7, 1922 – April 13, 2013) was a Canadiansinologist. He was a professor who taught at theUniversity of British Columbia.[1][2]He was known for his studies of the historicalphonologyofChinese.Life and...