A participant of the Fourth Dialogue on Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations experiences Dunhuang culture after the opening ceremony in Dunhuang, Gansu province. [PHOTO/XINHUA]
LANZHOU — Known for his deep engagement with Chinese literature, German Sinologist Martin Woesler recently...
A selection of Ivana Milanovic's go-to references — from poetry to women's history — that inspire her magazine on Chinese culture. CHINA DAILY
In 2019, I began my Chinese language journey at the Confucius Institute in Rome. At the time, I already spoke several European languages, and I wanted a...
From argument to accord in ancient debates
By Sophia Papaioannou | China Daily | Updated: 2026-06-09 09:26
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The rhetorical traditions of ancient China and ancient Greece are among the most influential systems of communication in world history. Although both cultures...
In a chapter called "In the World of Men" from the Zhuangzi — the Daoist text attributed to the thinker of the same name, who lived more than 2,200 years ago — there is a story about a carpenter called Shih who comes across a massive oak tree at a village shrine.
The tree is so large that...
When pioneers of Montage met Chinese culture
By FU FAN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2025-05-10 08:15
Stills from dance drama Wing Chun. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY]
Nestled in Moscow's Mira Avenue, the State Central Cinema Museum boasts a unique permanent exhibition — a meticulous...
Chinese calligraphy is more than brush-and-ink writing — it embodies Confucianism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, and yin and yang philosophy.
Over millennia, these traditions have shaped its aesthetics through four dimensions: moral discipline, natural vitality, spiritual mood and temporal-spatial...
Jake Pinnick practices tai chi at the Wudang Mountain in Shiyan, Central China's Hubei province, in October. CAO LINGLING/FOR CHINA DAILY
"Time is silent, yet it never fails those who keep moving forward," Jake Pinnick said on RedNote.
Wearing a loose-sleeved training uniform with a flowing...
Dr. Huang Qin (L), head of the 16th batch of the China Medical Team in Namibia, diagnoses a patient at the Chinese acupuncture clinic at Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia, on Jan. 28, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua]
The Chinese Acupuncture Clinic at Katutura Intermediate Hospital in...
A pharmacist weighs herbs at a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinic of Tong Ren Tang in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
China aims to advance the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as part of a new five-year plan for TCM development...
Egyptian physiotherapist and acupuncturist Abir El-Naggar performs acupuncture treatment on a man at a clinic in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 30, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
In a modest clinic inside a Cairo medical center, Egyptian physiotherapist and acupuncturist Abir El-Naggar methodically arranges her...
Pan Yinxing (1st, R), a lecturer from Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, teaches international students to use a steelyard in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 16, 2025. More than 140 students from around the world are systematically learning traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory...
A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) enthusiast from Brazil experiences a TCM treatment at the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Brazilian national Reginaldo Filho has...
An AI robot specialized in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) provides health check service at the service robots exhibition area of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Sept. 7, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Over 95 percent of China's top-tier public Traditional...
想修真,上道门。 道门网创建于2008年12月21日,旨在打造自由、平等、开放、包容的道文化交流社区。
To cultivate the Dao, visit Dao Men. Established on Dec 21, 2008, Dao Men Network aims to create a free, equal, open, and inclusive community for Daoist cultural exchange.