Archaeologist Zou Heng： Life Savings Spent on Books

Zou Heng＇s house is nothing but a library. Most of his rooms, even the space beneath the bed, are filled with books. He began to buy books in his college years in the end of the 1940s and has kept doing so until now. The walls of his study are all furnished with bookcases reaching to the ceiling and even the desk and the floor are piled with books. Though in his eighties, he spends most of his time in reading and writing. His wife told me that he got up early at 5 am and work at the desk until late at night.     

Porcelain Witnesses the History of Cultural Exchange

<正>The inventlon of ceramlcs marks an important progrss in the history of human civilization,It was the first time that man used natural materials to create a completely new thing according to his own mind.     

Protect Ancient Books to Carry Forward Chinese Civilization

As one of the oldest civilizations in the world, China boasts numerous ancient books which have not only witnessed the evolution of Chinese culture but also sustained the spirit of Chinese nation. However, a large number of existing ancient books, due to lack of efficient protection, are now aging, being destroyed or even lost. It is an urgent task for the government to rescue and protect those valuable ancient books in a comprehensive manner.[第一段]     

Image of the Dog in Guizhou Culture

The dog is one of the earliest animals that mankind tamed and became man＇s close friend as early as in the primitive fishing and hunting age,according to historians.Panhu,a divine dog,is even a totem that Miao people worship.Today,Miao people surnamed Tian Still don＇t eat dog meat.It is said that the dog understand human feelings and raising and loving dogs has become part of human customs and culture. There are many entries about the dog in the Guizhou Section of China Cultural Relics Maps compiled by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.     

Top Art Collectors Dominate World＇s Art Market

ARTnews magazine, a prestigious USA-based art periodical with a history of 105 years,announced in 2007 the ARTnews 200, its annual list of the 200 most active players in the art market. However, only a few of Asian names were included in this annual list and there was no single Mainland Chinese name on the ARTnews 200 that year. What did that list on the world＇s leading art collectors mean to the overheated art market in China and 70 million Chinese who are involved with art collection？     

Jin Quan Museum Gives New Life to Ancient Coins

The saying goes that anclent coins are living history.the rusty ancient coins that appeared in china‘s5,000 years of history,such as seashells,     

The Achang Nationality of Yunnan Province

DESPITE a population ofonly 27,000,Achang na-tionlity in China‘s YunnanProvince has along history. As ear-ly as the second century B.C.theforefathers of the Achang peopleappeared in the valleys of the Jin-sha,Lancang and Nu rivers in to-day’s northwestern Yunnan Prov-ince.Later,some of them moved to     

Popular Foreign Language Books of 2013简

Popular Culture in Contemporary China （English version） With China＇s reform and opening up in 1978 as a starting point, this book records the development and evolution of contemporary Chinese popular culture. In the form of story-telling, it introduces wave upon wave of the popular culture in contemporary China and shows how Chinese people are open-minded toward international popular culture. A very important feature of the book is that it explores social and psychological changes of the Chinese people during more than 30 years. This books is published by New World Press.     

Jin Quan Museum Gives New Life to Ancient Coins

The saying goes that ““ancient coins are living history““. The rusty ancient coins that appeared in China‘s 5,000 years of history, such as seashells, Bu Bi (spade-shaped money), Dao Bi (knife-shaped money), Banliang coins from Qin Dynasty and Wuzhu coins from Han Dynasty, are all the reflections of the China‘s splendid traditions in politics,     

The Long Return Journey of the Lost Cultural Relics

As the wheels of time move forward,modern generations can only get a glimpse of their ancestors‘ life from the cultural relics of a people. Maybe it is the intuitive bond between one life and another that makes everyone feel an emotional attachment to cultural relics.Every cultural relic is just like a cord,making connections among blood ties as well as different regions. Long time span dose not keep us from knowing about them from books and feeling them in our culture, but unfortunately, they are kept in the splendid buildings at the far end of the ocean, without really being understood.     

Surveys of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall Give Way to Better Protection—An interview with SACH Director-General Shan Jixiang

The Great Wail is generally known as one of the greatest constructions in human history. It has drawn worldwide attention for its long history, massive scale and significant influence over evolution of mankind, in order to better protect this heritage monument, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage （SACH） and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping （SBSM） jointly launched a survey of the Ming Dynasty Great Wail in 2007. Last month, the two departments released the findings of their two-year survey with regard to the length of this historic monument.     

Beijing's Old Place Names: Change or Not?

Old place names are witnesses of a city's history. In modem times, should these names be changed to come up with present-day realities? It is a topic that today's city dwellers are concerned about. Not long ago, public discussions about standardizing Beijing's bus stop names brought this topic to the agenda of Beijingers' social life. For example, are those bus stop names with "tombs" in them not     

Real Totems, Living Fossils：Cultural origins and artistic charactenstics of clay dogs In Huaiyang

Cultural Origins
Huaiyang is known as the seat of capital founded by Fu Xi, a legendary emperor in pre-history China. It is said that the head bones of Fu Xi are buried here. His mausoleum is now called ＂Temple of Human Ancestor＂. A popular legend is widespread among local people that Fu Xi and Nu Wa （a legendary goddess） got married and created human beings with clay. Every year from the second of the second lunar month to the third of the third lunar month, temple fairs will be held in the Temple of Human Ancestor when traditional festivities and trade fairs take place.     

Perspectives on Sustainable Conservation of Cultural Heritage

UNESCO has recently warned the French Government that the Lascaux Cave would be listed as a World Heritage in Danger if no effective measures were taken in half a year to prevent its cave paintings from fungi attack. Cave paintings in the Lascaux Cave were of the greatest importance for the history of prehistoric art. Ironically, however, the threats that these cave paintings are faced now were caused by protection measures, In order to reduce temperature and humidity, an air conditioning system was installed in the cave. But soon after the system was installed, white fungus appeared on cave tops and wails. Last year, fungi attacked the cave again. Gray black fungi in various sizes formed on cave walls, which brought serious damage to scenes of those cave paintings.     

Two Ancient Civilizations See Closer Cultural Ties in the New Millennium——an interview with Hellenic Cultural Minister Mr.Giorgos Voulgarakis

Li： Could you please give a brief introduction on history and present situation of cultural exchanges between Greece and China？ Voulgarakis： Our cultural relations are based on the Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the Greek and the Chinese governments that was signed on the 22nd of September, 1978. This agreement is still being implemented through the Executive Program on Cooperation in the field of culture, over the last three years.     

Take Pictures of the Motherland:Zhao Hui and His Photo Collection"China Story

A story can be narrated in different ways. As to the story about China, Zhao Hui's version is unique. This is a story presented by camera lens, a story that unfolds a cultural China with vitality and grandeur. One can be all but overwhelmed by its new means of presentation, its new concept of photographing, its art language beyond pictures themselves, and its approach decoding human life and history. And this story is a photo collection entitled "China Story", an embodiment of the life experience of Zhao Hui - a photographer who     

Wuyuan： the Most Beautiful Countryside in China

My traveling experiences have led me to more than half of China and countless beautiful places and moving stories have been recorded in my travelogues. But when I saw old villages in Wuyuan in the southern province of Jiangxi, I was totally intoxicated by its incredible beauty and realized that it was truly a fairyland. In a digitalized society today, urban dwellers are overwhelmed by concrete jungles of metropolises and access to history and traditions seems a luxury for them. But old towns…     

Leisure Sports Industry： Once Neglected, Now Booming

For China, a nation that has never held a global sports meet on the scale of the Olympic Games, the full-fledged Olympic economy still seems like a beautiful dream waiting to happen. Every walk of life is hoping to develop itself through the 2008 Olympic Games, which will be held in Beijing. Yet in spite of all the commercial frenzy surrounding the Games, the Chinese people haven‘t forgotten that sports are also leisure activities, which are a way to boost overall health. Thus, a new economic push point is emerging in China in the form of leisure sports.     

Seven Towers Collecting the Complete Library in Four Divisions

<正>The Siku Quanshu, literarily translated as the Complete Library in Four Divisions, is the largest collection of books in Chinese history and probably the mos...     

Embroidery Art to the Highest Level-A glinpse of splendid Suzhou embroidery

The Chinese embroidery art has a long history. Statistics show that 5500 years ago in the Liaoning area there appeared a beautiful embroidery type called ＂Wei Embroidery＂, which＇s stitched on fur apparels. And prior to the Shang Dynasty, about 16 to 11 B.C., Chinese embroidery artisans and versatile home ladies used their hands creating countless pieces of beautiful embroidery works on silk textures. Colorful Chu embroidery, solemn and unsophisticated Han embroidery, gorgeous and luxury Tang embroidery,