SHANGHAI, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A sixty-volume compendium documenting more than 23,000 ancient Chinese bronze artifacts lost abroad was published on Sunday by Shanghai Classics Publishing House. The bo ...

Situated in the north of the Beijing’s axis, the shapes of the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube are respectively round and square, representing the semi-circular dome of the sky and the square earth in the ...

国子监博物馆始建于元代，合于"左庙右学"的古制，与北京孔庙分别作为中央最高学府和皇帝祭祀孔子的场所。 明朝时期行使双京制，在南京和北京分别都设有国子监，因此北京国子监又称为“北监”或“北雍” 。 The Imperial College, called “Guozijian” in Chinese, was ...

Where do you get the latest weather forecasts, from apps on your cell phone, or the Internet? In ancient China, when people had no satellites, they relied on their direct observation and experiences.

No one knows exactly how many surnames huge population in China shares. Rosters found among ancient Chinese documents give from 300 to 3,000. Most specialists in the field agree that the most common ...

远观如大唐壁画，近听似仙乐飘飘，犹如回到唐朝长安！身着圆领袍服、头戴幞头的乐师，与高髻罗裙、红妆花钿的丰腴仕女 ...

从2008到2022，北京成为世界上第一个“双奥之城”，鸟巢、水立方（冰立方）等随之成为世界瞩目的体育文化景观，它们所处的位置正是在北京中轴线的延长线上——事实上，古代中国的很多体育运动是以中轴线为中心开展的，如今很多现代体育项目中也能看到 ...

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- "What we take from nature should be well-measured, and how we use these things should be restrained" was once proposed by an ancient Chinese official, and the proposal ...