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Six Senses Kyoto opened its doors on April 23, marking the brand's entry into Japan and an exciting new addition to its flourishing urban collection.

The idea of solar terms, such as “guyu” – grain rain – dates back to the Shang dynasty 3,600 years ago and was created by inhabitants near the Yellow River to optimise agricultural production.

Article - Six Senses Kyoto Hotel Opens in Japan - The hotels design draws inspiration from the Heian period (794-1185), when Heian-kyo (now Kyoto) was the capital of Japan, considered by many the golden age of art and culture that gave birth to Miyabi (courtly elegance) concept.

A farmer checks the growth of wheat in a field in Sucun Township of Yinan County, Linyi City, east Chinas Shandong Province, April 19, 2024. Friday marks Guyu, or Grain Rain, which is the sixth of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, signifying the onset of the rainy season, a favorable time for planting and the growth of crops.

Scott Chaskey’s new book, “Soil and Spirit: Cultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life,” is an ode to nature in many ways. It brims with personal essays and poems in which he intermingles recollections of key periods of his life in different natural settings and the related work he was doing with poetry — […]

In China, a tiny tea leaf is considered to encompass varying tastes, emotions and sentiments. At the end of 2022, traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China...

/PRNewswire/ -- A news report from Beijing Review: When Leong Ka-seng first arrived in Hengqin in 2015, he was a 22-year-old fourth-year college student...

On April 20, the 13th United Nations Chinese Language Day under the theme of "Chinese Language: Together for a Bright Future" has taken place, which is the series events in celebration of the third International Chinese Language Day.

Beijing, China--(Newsfile Corp. - April 21, 2023) - The Center for Language Education and Cooperation in Beijing held a celebration on Thursday to promote the 14th International Chinese Language Day.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain,as the last term in spring, starts on Apri 20 and ends on May 5.