With guitar in hand and dressed in his signature black outfit and white cap with a red star, Cui Jian launched into the final refrain of his iconic “Rock ’n’ Roll on the New Long March.” The orchestra ...

“Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,” an anti-war drama directed by Wen Muye, has become the summer’s most critically acclaimed film, earning an 8.7 rating on Douban and an 8.3 on IMDb. The film ...

Niu Lai, a homemade animated film, has just become a true legend in Chinese cinema because of its terrible visuals. The film tells the story of a little calf named Niu Lai who embarks on a dreamlike ...

Tick, tick, tick … ring! The timer next to a clay hot pot suddenly springs to life, indicating that 15 minutes have passed and that the wild mushrooms, or junzi (菌子), boiling inside are cooked through ...

Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty, regarded as one of the greatest rulers of one of China’s greatest dynasties, was a man who had trouble sleeping. In popular folktales, he feared ghosts ...

In 2011, archaeologists excavated the tomb of Liu He (刘贺), a Han-dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) “deposed emperor,” in Jiangxi province. After five years of work, the tomb was found to contain thousands of ...

While riding the Beijing subway, Lang Jiaziyu pulls a small piece of dough from his red tote bag and rolls it between his fingers. Within minutes, the lump takes shape, not as a Peking opera character ...

For centuries, lanterns have symbolized joy and good fortune during China’s festive seasons. The Yuanxiao Festival, which falls on March 3 this year, is traditionally seen as the grand finale of the ...

When the rest of the country went on holiday during the Spring Festival, the real work began for the Xiaxi Cloth-horse Dance Troupe. Over the past month, this all-female troupe, which specializes in a ...

Xiao Miao’s home is adorned with things she loves: Disney’s StellaLou plushies in various sizes and outfits, huggable stuffed red pandas in different postures, exquisite vinyl toy figures shelved on ...

When the word “pirate” is mentioned, the average Chinese person might think of Captain Jack Sparrow or Luffy from the manga series One Piece. As a nation with a deeply rooted agrarian tradition, the ...

It often begins with a thunderous vow: “This time, I swear I’ll take back everything that belongs to me (这一次，我发誓要拿回属于我的一切 Zhè yí cì, wǒ fāshì yào náhuí shǔyú wǒ de yíqiè)!” Shortly thereafter, a ...