Shan Jixiang, center, curator of the Palace Museum, and Zheng Xinmiao, right, head of the research institute of the Palace Museum, hold up a treasure box at the main ridge of Yangxin Dian at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Sept 3, 2018. Yangxin Dian, or t
The traditional Chinese Longtaitou Festival, or Dragon Head Raising Festival, falls on the second day of the second lunar month each year, which refers to the start of spring and farming. This year's festival landed on March 18.The Dunhuang Research Acade
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in November 2012, President Xi Jinping has put forward a series of major discourses on promoting the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional Chinese culture, which shows the Part
Since ancient times, the dragon has been a symbol of imperial power, and its image has been portrayed in many paintings, as well as on bronze wares, copper mirrors, jade wares, porcelain and stone carvings.
