A dark blue vessel, tapering gracefully to the bottleneck with its rim pulling out like a lower lip readying for a sip, was presented as a state gift from China to world leaders at the 2014 APEC Summit in Beijing.
With ingenious designs, superb craftsmanship and auspicious symbolism, cloisonné artworks bridge tradition and modern aesthetics, gaining popularity among consumers both at home and abroad.
Nine sections of the Great Wall, believed to date back over 2,000 years, have been discovered in northwest China's Gansu Province, according to local archaeologists.
The Chinese term guanzhen refers to the moral principles and behavioral guidelines of ancient Chinese officials that emphasize integrity, impartiality, diligence and care for the people, an outline used to govern justly and responsibly for societal benefit.
Known for its Yangjiabu woodblock new year prints, the workshop in Xiyangjiabu Village, Weifang City, is filled with customers looking to snap up one of the area's famous vibrant prints, especially as Spring Festival approaches.
Driven by a deep fascination with ceramics since childhood, Sun Tianshu, a post-85s female intangible cultural heritage inheritor from northeast China's Liaoning Province, has revived Liao Dynasty ceramics and helped reshape the future of the ancient craft by breathing new life into it.
Yonghe township, Liuyang city, located about 100 kilometers east of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, a special kind of stone known for chrysanthemum flower patterns can be found at a river.
