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/PRNewswire/ -- In October 1988, the Shanghai-Jiading Expressway, the first in the Chinese mainland, officially opened to traffic. With this milestone, the...

Relief sculpture brought alive after millennium chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-29 15:31 Share CLOSE Actors hold live performance presenting the image of a relief sculpture dating back to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), Zhengzhou, Central Chinas Henan province, on April 28, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] Carved in Binyangzhong Cave, an imperial cave excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), the relief sculpture Emperor and Empress Pay Respect for...

Share this article Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Why does a Buddha statue make a peace sign pose? What kind of smile can last through 1,000 years? The year 2020 marks the 1,560 th anniversary of the excavation of Longmen Grottoes. Irgashev Shakhrukh, a young man from Russia, arrived at a place connected with a long history and started his journey at the Longmen Grottoes. Themed on "Assemblage of Wall Sculptures, the Treasures of Longmen, the new episode of t...

Projection on Chinas high-income country status draws attention to quality of development, deepening reforms Chu Daye Published: Mar 10, 2021 09:58 PM He Yunxiao airs handmade noodles at Longmen Village, Majian Township, Zhuji City of east Chinas Zhejiang Province, Jan. 29, 2021. There are more than a dozen steps in the traditional process of handmade noodles in Majian. These noodles, well noted for their length, symbolize longevity in the Chinese culture. Longmen Village alone turns out abou...

<strong>A deal with the devil</strong> After a petition for a referendum on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project near an algal reef on the Taoyuan coast passed the second-stage legal threshold for official consideration, it is likely to become the fourth referendum to be held in August. Not long ago, the event organizers had only collected fewer than 100,000 signatures to support the petition. How did they manage to collect more than 400,000 signatures when such a short per...

Turning Longmen into a chip hub By James Lee 李界木 Taiwan’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing plants have for the past few months been struggling to keep up with demand, as they are already operating at full capacity — with demand expected to increase further. Amid these bullish expectations, policymakers should think about what they need to do to ensure that the semiconductor industry can continue to grow. One boost to the industry would be to repurpose the area around the Fourth Nu...

Lessons of Fukushima must not be forgotten By Tsai Ya-ying 蔡雅瀅 On Feb. 14, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture. The fact that the Fukushima Dai-ichi and Fukushima Dai-ni nuclear power plants have been decommissioned, and the Onagawa, Tokai Dai-ni, Higashidori and Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plants are not operational might have prevented a nuclear accident. Following the March 11, 2011, Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and resulting Fukushima...

Oriental capital of museums: Luoyang the magnificent Dubbed “the oriental capital of museums,” Luoyang in central China’s Henan Province has about 100 museums that harbor more than four billion cultural relics. Do you want to know the history of Luoyang, the capital of 13 dynasties? Do you want to enjoy the beautiful peony porcelain accessories that has caused a fashion frenzy worldwide? Please follow us and have a look at the most prominent museums in Luoyang! Luoyang Museum Situated ...

Rare Song Dynasty painting sells for $675K, setting Heritage Auctions Asian art record Chinese School, After Li Song (Song Dynasty), Riders on Horseback, Song Dynasty. Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 44 x 10-1/2 inches. DALLAS, TX .- An extremely rare painting from the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.) of polo players riding donkeys soared to $675,000 to lead Heritage Auctions Fine & Decorative Asian Art Auction to $1,337,455 in sales Dec. 11. The lot accounted for just over half of the total res...