Spaces where thought can spring eternal
Cherished areas of creativity may vary in appearance but exhibition shows their common ability to inspire great works, Wang Kaihao reports.
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Cherished areas of creativity may vary in appearance but exhibition shows their common ability to inspire great works, Wang Kaihao reports.
The seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar, known as Qixi in China, is widely seen as the Chinese counterpart of Valentine's Day. But ancient Chinese literati had their own romantic story, literally. On this day, they would display their book collections and bathe them in sunshine.
Discoveries at ancient site suggest a common bond linking various areas, report Fang Aiqing and Wang Kaihao.
In Chifeng, a city in the southeast of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the image of a C-shaped dragon is almost ubiquitous: by the exits of railway stations, on shop posters, and even as decorations on the desserts in bakeries.
Archaeological excavations unearth the political, cultural and economic nerve center of the Liao Dynasty, offering an unprecedented insight into the lives of the nomadic Khitan people, Wang Kaihao reports in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia.