Xinjiang's diverse culture and crucial trading role acknowledged by domestic and international acts, Chen Nan reports.When dancers of the Xinjiang Art Theatre performed an excerpt of the dance piece Jula in Beijing last week, the audience got a glimpse of the Twelve Muqam — one of the four main...

Hezhe people wearing traditional costumes perform during the 11th Wurigong Festival of the Hezhe ethnic group in Fuyuan, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 2, 2023. The festival kicked off in China's easternmost city Fuyuan on Sunday. Members of 15 teams from Beijing, Harbin, Jiam...

Members of Beijing Dance Academy perform in Bucharest, capital of Romania, June 25, 2023. Beijing Dance Academy has presented a classical Chinese dance show at the University Politehnica of Bucharest.Members of Beijing Dance Academy perform in Bucharest, capital of Romania, June 25, 2023. Beijing Da...

Traditional costumes are on display at the Lithuanian and Polish Traditional Costume Exhibition in Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 11, 2023. The exhibition, displaying the two countries' traditional costumes and tapestries, was jointly organized by the national cultural heritage departments of Lithuani...

Tunisians went out dressed to the nines on Sunday in downtown Tunis to celebrate the upcoming National Day of Tunisian Traditional Costumes this week.On the costume day, which falls on March 16 each year, men wear traditional holiday attires such as jebaa, an embroidered sleeveless tunic meticulousl...

On the May 7 cover of theFinancial Times, a British newspaper, weaver He Xiumei from the Dulong ethnic group in Southwest China’s Yunnan province sports the rainbow-colored traditional clothing of her group, beaming and holding a bundle of hand-woven carpets.The paper was covering the ninth L...