Traversing the deep snow on yakback – in the Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous region in Xinjiang, these three men are riding a yak to go “goat-grabbing”. The tradition with the slightly strange name is a folk sport that was added to Xinjiang’s list of cultural assets in 2009. Riders try to catch a goat skin from […]
No, not a traditional temple somewhere in historic Henan, but part of the zoo in Memphis, Tennessee: On the occasion of the 20-year partnership of the US zoo with the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens, the Tennessee Happy Kung Fu team performed in the US southern state. The temple complex is not built of wood […]
Anyone who has spent any length of time in northern China knows the plight: Sandstorms from the deserts of Mongolia and Kazakhstan turn cities like Beijing and Harbin into a nicotine-yellow soup at least once a year. On Monday, it was that time again. Some 409 million people had to brace themselves with masks and […]
The Japanese have cherry blossoms. The people of Qingdao, on the other hand, are proud of their pear trees. Wearing traditional Han Dynasty clothing, they are currently celebrating the pear blossom – even if it doesn’t shimmer quite as pink as the Japanese ornamental cherry.
Asterix and his buddy Obelix had already made it as far as the Orient. Now, finally, the two Gauls travel to the Middle Kingdom. Asterix, who falls in love with the daughter of the Empress of China, Wu Dan, makes it to Luoyang with Obelix, but so do the Roman legionaries. This volume, published outside […]
This scene from the Xixi Wetlands, a national park with rivers and ponds close to the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, looks like something out of a historical film. Last weekend, numerous people gathered there to celebrate the beginning of spring as photogenically as possible in imperial-era fashion. The so-called Hanfu trend is becoming […]
On the banks of the River Qiantang in Hangzhou, a group of wheelchair athletes is counting down to this year’s Asian Para Games. Asia’s largest tournament for handicapped athletes is a parallel event to the Asian Games and will be held this year from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8. The sporting event has been held […]
Illusion of physicality, play with perspectives – you cannot touch this work of art, but you can immerse yourself in it. The exhibition Wavelength has opened at Beijing’s Times Art Museum, where 16 international artists are showing their works. In fascinating installations, they deal with the connection between time and space. The exhibition is open […]
What appears to be a moon rover that landed on a garden fence is actually a novel tea-picking robot. The solar-powered harvester, which can work around the clock, is in use near the city of Hangzhou. There, the famous Longjing Cha, or “Dragon Well tea”, which was designated as the imperial tea of the Qing […]
This acrobat performs a breathtaking stunt on the neck of a guitar at the Shandong Grand Theater in the city of Jinan. The eleventh China Acrobatic Exhibition, a gala of balancing acts that spectacularly explore the limits of the human body, ends today in several venues in Shandong province.