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In the evening, a group of women dance together in a neighborhood square in China
文化 Culture

晚饭后，奶奶去公园跳舞

After Dinner, Grandma Goes to the Park to Dance
HSK 2· 3 min read
The entrance gate of Prince Gong's Mansion in Beijing, a traditional Qing-dynasty courtyard building
文化 Culture

中法马文化展在恭王府开幕

A China-France Horse Culture Exhibition Opens at Prince Gong's Mansion
HSK 4· 3 min read
The Jin Temple (Jinci) complex in Taiyuan, Shanxi, home to the Northern Song-era Shenmu Hall whose painted sculptures are now under restoration.
文化 Culture

晋祠圣母殿：宋朝的彩塑，开始十四个月的修复

Jin Temple's Song Dynasty Sculptures Begin a 14-Month Restoration
HSK 4· 3 min read
The National Museum of China's exterior facade on Tiananmen Square in Beijing
文化 Culture

博物馆展览查错字：国家文物局要求全国核查整改

Typos in museum exhibits trigger a nationwide review
HSK 5· 4 min read
A black-and-white historical photograph of the Temple of Confucius in Canton (Guangzhou), China
文化 Culture

上学第一天，老师点红点

First Day of School: The Teacher Marks a Red Dot
HSK 2· 2 min read
Close-up of artisans applying colored enamel to metal cloisonne vases in Beijing
文化 Culture

她自己做的结婚礼物

The Wedding Gift She Made Herself
HSK 2· 2 min read
A whole roast duck glistening on a plate, the dish at the heart of China's Chushu custom of eating duck.
文化 Culture

处暑到了，家家吃鸭子

End of Heat Arrives: Every Family Eats Duck
HSK 2· 3 min read
Elaborately costumed Sichuan opera performers on a lantern-lit stage, with musicians seated behind them and the phrase 蜀风雅韵 displayed above the backdrop
文化 Culture

川剧走进喀山：中国艺术家首登俄罗斯百年剧院舞台

Sichuan opera comes to Kazan: Chinese artists take a century-old Russian stage for the first time
Native· 4 min read
The ornately painted gate of Drepung Monastery outside Lhasa, with a sign reading “Drepung Monastery” in Chinese, Tibetan and English, and hills behind it
文化 Culture

雪顿节二十周年：哲蚌寺清晨展佛，藏戏展演仍在拉萨进行

Twenty years on the heritage list: Drepung's dawn thangka opens this year's Shoton Festival in Lhasa
Native· 4 min read
Cai Gao, an elderly Chinese woman with grey hair and glasses, wearing a grey cardigan over a plaid shirt, mid-speech during an interview
文化 Culture

中国画家蔡皋，八十岁拿下国际安徒生插画奖

At 80, Chinese artist Cai Gao wins the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration
HSK 3· 3 min read
People waiting outside the Marriage Registration Office of Beijing's Haidian Civil Affairs Bureau, its red sign reading 婚姻登记处 above the entrance
文化 Culture

七夕登记约满，但今年结婚的人变少了

Qixi wedding slots are full — but fewer people are marrying this year
HSK 4· 5 min read
The neon-lit facade of the Quanjude roast duck restaurant at Hepingmen, Beijing, at night
文化 Culture

北京发新政策，保护「全聚德」「稻香村」这样的老字号

Beijing issues new rules to protect old brands like Quanjude and Daoxiangcun
HSK 3· 3 min read
Rows of life-size terracotta soldiers standing in the excavated earthen trenches of Pit 1 at the Terracotta Army site near Xi'an
文化 Culture

兵马俑停电之后，国家文物局紧急部署博物馆暑期应急管理

After a blackout at the Terracotta Army, China's heritage bureau orders museums to shore up summer emergency plans
HSK 5· 3 min read
A Guangzhou school entrance wall with the red slogan "讲普通话 写规范字" (Speak Mandarin, write standard characters)
文化 Culture

广州人说粤语，却不会写：一场讲座，一部新字典

Guangzhou speaks Cantonese but can't write it — a lecture, and a new dictionary
HSK 3· 2 min read
A Yi woman in a traditional dark blue felt cape and pleated black-and-white skirt walking down a street in Butuo County, Sichuan
文化 Culture

西昌航天大道点燃86堆篝火：彝族火把节的狂欢夜

86 bonfires on Aerospace Avenue: the Yi Torch Festival's carnival night in Xichang
HSK 4· 2 min read
The T-shaped silk painting from Lady Xin Zhui's tomb at Mawangdui, showing its three-tier composition of heaven, the human world and the underworld
文化 Culture

马王堆两幅T形帛画上海"接力"展出，一号墓帛画8月16日后或长期不再亮相

Two Mawangdui silk paintings take turns in a Shanghai gallery — after Aug 16, the original from Tomb 1 may vanish from view for years
HSK 5· 5 min read
The multi-storey atrium of Shanghai Museum, with visitors crossing zigzag staircases past an exhibition banner
文化 Culture

上海博物馆美洲文明大展一月吸引观众超10万人次，中国文博消费持续升温

Shanghai Museum's ancient-Americas show draws 100,000+ visitors in a month, as China's museum economy heats up
Native· 6 min read
Paper lanterns strung up outdoors for the Mid-Autumn Festival
文化 Culture

中秋节：家人和月亮

Mid-Autumn: the family and the moon
HSK 3· 2 min read
A rabbit-shaped lantern at a Mid-Autumn Festival display
文化 Culture

今年的中秋节是九月二十五号

This year Mid-Autumn falls on 25 September
HSK 2· 2 min read
The Cathay Theatre, an art-deco cinema in Shanghai
文化 Culture

这个夏天，中国人在看什么电影

What China watched this summer
HSK 4· 6 min read
A mooncake cut open, showing the salted egg yolk in the middle
文化 Culture

月饼到底有多少种

How many kinds of mooncake are there?
HSK 3· 2 min read
A dense crowd of visitors packed onto the Great Wall at Badaling
文化 Culture

十一黄金周：中国人怎么放假

Golden Week: how China takes a holiday
HSK 3· 2 min read
Small cups on a wooden tea tray, tea being poured
文化 Culture

客人来了，先倒茶

A guest arrives: pour the tea first
HSK 2· 2 min read