Online platforms help safeguard ancient relics of the Mogao Caves and give tourists and researchers better access to learn about and study their magnificent history, report Xu Lin and Ma Jingna in Dunhuang, Gansu.By Xu Lin and Ma Jingna | CHINA DAILY | Up
By Xu Lin | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-01 15:22Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan province, by Gao Luchuan.The Memory of Mankind — China's World Heritage Photography Exhibitionwas recently held at the Grand Canal Museum of Beijing and Beijing Intern
By ZHAO XU | China Daily | Updated: 2024-10-11 09:42Makara-shaped gold earrings inlaid with turquoise from a tomb believed to have belonged to a sister of Yelyu Abaoji, founder of the Liao Dynasty (916-1125). The relics were one of the highlights of the e
By Wang Ru | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-06-03 14:44The indoor scene of the Daxiong Hall of Fengguo Temple in Jinzhou, Liaoning province. In a bid to assess grassroots cultural heritage preservation efforts, the National Cultural Heritage Administra
A Buddhist statue in Cave 13 at the Maijishan Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site in Tianshui city of Gansu province.The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang stands as a remarkable testament to the cultural heritage of the ancient Silk Road. Being the world's
Li Bo (right), a veteran restorer of the Dunhuang Academy, leads a colleague, Li Lingzhi, in examining murals in one of the Yulin Caves at Guazhou county near Dunhuang, Gansu province.JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILYThe spirit of continuity, which spans the generat
Visitors are seen at a scenic spot of Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, Southwest China, Aug 19, 2023. Over 100 cultural heritage conservation experts and scholars from home and abroad recently gathered in Southwest China's Chongqing for a forum which focu
Ongoing digitization project in Cave 351 of Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province. Time has taken its toll on the ancient Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province, famed for their exquisite murals and painted sculptures.The UNESCO World Heritage Site is
The water gate area in the east of the Shuomen ancient port site in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province.Finds at best site of its kind in China fill in gaps in record of Maritime Silk Road, Xu Xiaodan and Wang Ru report in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province.A panoramic sc
Visitors at the ruins of a beacon tower of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) Great Wall in Dunhuang, Gansu province.Deep in the Gobi Desert in Northwest China's Gansu province, remnants of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) Great Wall stand firm. One layer of
A replica of the famous bronze horse statue on show at an ongoing exhibition in Beijing.Half a century ago, the frosty relationship between China and Western countries began to thaw. Nonetheless, this Eastern land, with its long history and ancient civili
Photo taken on May 8, 2023 shows part of the Hani rice terraces in Yunnan province. KUNMING — Amid the rice terraces in Dayutang village in Southwest China's Yunnan province, Li Zhengfu continues an agricultural practice that has been handed down among th
A researcher displays a jade decoration with patterns related to the sun found during the archaeological survey prior to excavation at the Xidaliang site in the Aohan Banner, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.LI HE/XINHUAFor almost five decades, archae
Xi'an, the capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, is home to six UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites. As the China-Central Asia Summit is set to take place in Xi'an from May 18 to 19, and the city prepares to embrace attention from the world
Maijishan Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site in Tianshui city of Gansu province, on July 5, 2020. The niches were dug in a vertical cliff face 80 meters high and 200 meters wide.Photographer Ren Shichen has had a profound fascination with statuary a
