Imagine unrolling your sleeping bag beneath a towering dinosaur skeleton, or drifting off in a silent hall surrounded by ancient artifacts. The only light comes from your flashlight, and the usual daytime crowds have vanished, replaced by a sense of mystery and intimacy. This is not the start of a fantasy novel, but a new trend sweeping through Chinese museums: the overnight stay, or "camping in the museum." As summer temperatures soar and visitor demand reaches fever pitch, these nocturnal adventures are rapidly gaining popularity, sparking debate over whether night stays might be one of the effective solutions to easing the perennial challenge of museum overcrowding during the peak season and enriching the museum visiting experience.

A slew of movies are scheduled to be released in the next two months including Mountains and Rivers Bearing Witness on August 15, 731 Biochemical Revelations on September 18 and Against All Odds on September 3, according to China Film News on Sunday. 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. For this occasion, a series of film and television dramas, music, dance and art works are being created and launched.

The Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in China inaugurated a two-week tour commemorating 100 years of the birth of Mikis Theodorakis (July 29, 1925 - September 2, 2021). For its second leg, the musical performance reached Beijing on July 30, offering Chinese audiences a unique opportunity to experience his extraordinary works. Greek musicians told the Global Times that they look forward to enhancing cooperation with their Chinese counterparts.

When the summer sun blazes overhead, China's centuries-old answer to the heat is found not in air-conditioned rooms, but in the kitchen. Chinese tradition offers time-honored ways to keep cool: refreshing treats and herbal remedies crafted from local ingredients, each with flavors as distinctive as the places they come from. From fragrant infusions to fruity summer confections, these cooling creations tell a story of both ingenuity and taste.

Recently, chef and popular online content creator Yu Tao, who first rose to fame thanks to his rendition of the traditional dish Nine-turn Intestines (a classic Shandong-style braised pork intestines dish known for its complex flavors and intricate preparation), returned to a culinary reality show with a "2.0 version" of the dish, once again sparking heated online discussion.

At a war memorial museum in the city of Heze, Shandong province, primary school student Xie Jiayi was rehearsing a heroic story of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression from over 80 years ago, preparing for a speech contest.

Chinese table tennis Olympic champion Fan Zhendong's German club Saarbrucken announced on Thursday that the first two home-match tickets for the new season sold out quickly and that they would add temporary stands.

Winding through the ancient forests of Hongshilazi in Panshi City, northeast China's Jilin Province, wooden boardwalks overlook faint semi-subterranean house foundations, the remnants of a secret network once housing a field hospital, arsenal and command post for the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army.

Dressed in deep-blue masks and sweeping multicolored sleeves, performers deliver soaring vocals before an attentive audience in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

With just seven days to go before the Chengdu World Games, 20 cutting-edge technologies and smart devices that will serve the upcoming international sports event were unveiled on a "futuristic tech" day in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the organizers told the Global Times on Thursday.

Visitors admire a jade pig-headed dragon (a Neolithic Hongshan Culture artifact) at an exhibition at the Liaoning Provincial Museum in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on July 31, 2025. The exhibition features 512 cultural relics from 29 cultural institutions, including 57 first-class artifacts. A total of 109 are being displayed for the first time.

"In the age of generative AI, copyright protection faces its greatest challenge ever," Liu Qingfeng, chairman of Chinese tech giant iFlytek, said at the Ninth National Conference on Copyright Protection and Development in Digital Environment held Thursday in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province.

It is not every day that a Hogwarts professor belts out the soaring arias of Peking Opera on the streets of Beijing. Yet, in a recent viral video on Chinese social media, the sight of a perfectly costumed Severus Snape - wand in hand, robe billowing - delivering Peking Opera lines in front of a Platform 9? sign caused an online sensation. The camera pans and reveals "Dumbledore" and "McGonagall" joining in, while "Gryffindor students" in full house regalia strum and bow on traditional Chinese instruments like the erhu. This collision of cultures unfolds as a surprisingly harmonious spectacle, a vivid demonstration of how cross-cultural mashups are breathing new life into ancient art forms.

In an exclusive interview with the Global Times, Gudrun Hardiman-Pollross, Cultural Counselor of the Austrian Cultural Forum Beijing, shared her insights on Austrian and Chinese cultures in painting, music, and traditional festivals, highlighting the importance for diplomats to understand other cultures.

Several longstanding commercial activities at the Shaolin Temple in Central China's Henan Province have vanished just days after a new abbot took office following the launch of an investigation into its former abbot Shi Yongxin, according to an article posted by Shanghai-based media outlet Yicai on its official WeChat account on Wednesday.

"Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books" is a proverb many Chinese parents have faith in, and its sentiment is fueling the rise of study tours, particularly during the ongoing summer vacation in China.

Inside a workshop in Shanghai, 29-year-old Ha Teman (pseudonym) delicately maneuvers a spray gun across the surface of a Labubu doll. Each sweep of paint helps conceal the scratches and dull patches that time and mishandling have etched into the popular figure.

Day 4 of the swimming competition at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore saw China's Li Bingjie claim silver in the women's 200m freestyle, Qin Haiyang take bronze in the men's 50m breaststroke, and the mixed 4x100m medley relay team capture another silver medal.

Beijing's cultural treasures, including centuries-old bridges and city walls, emerged largely unscathed from recent rare destructive rainstorms thanks to proactive flood prevention measures and sophisticated monitoring systems, cultural heritage authorities told the Global Times on Wednesday.

Applause once filled the air as the curtain fell on The Stage's theatrical performances, but on film, that applause takes on a certain resonance. Having grossed over 200 million yuan ($27.8 million) within five days and earning an 8.1/10 on review platform Douban, Chinese veteran comedian Chen Peisi's self-directed adaptation of his celebrated stage play does not simply offer laughter as a tonic; instead, it peels back the layers of comedy to reveal a sobering portrait of struggle, dignity, and reflection on art.

Argentina is working to get its national football team to play a friendly match in China before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a senior official with the country's high-performance sports agency told the Global Times on Tuesday.

As China's gaming industry explores the transition toward AAA (high production cost, high volume, and high quality) development, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers launched in July and quickly drew attention as a major domestic release following Black Myth: Wukong. Developed on a budget of 200 million yuan ($28 million) and released globally, it has been regarded by many as a significant step in Chinese developers' efforts to reach international audiences.

More than 30 experts in cultural heritage conservation from China and France convened at Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi Province, widely recognized as the oldest surviving imperial garden in China. After thorough field investigations, studies, and in-depth discussions, the experts jointly released a set of proposals on Monday aimed at the systematic preservation of the heritage site and its surrounding environment.

Advanced technology combined with culturally rich spectacle reflecting the unique characteristics of the Greater Bay Area is set to amaze global audiences at the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games of China on November 9 in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, executive director Meng Ke said, according to a press release on Tuesday.

A symposium marking 30 years of joint efforts between Chinese and US archaeologists in East China's Shandong Province was held in Shandong University earlier this month, bringing together over 130 scholars from more than 60 institutions worldwide, including those from the US, the UK and France, People.cn reported on Monday.

A cluster of million-year-old dinosaur footprints, representing the southernmost known Jurassic carnivore traces in China, has been documented in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, shedding new light on dinosaur diversity and paleoecology across southern Asia, Chinese paleontologist Xing Lida from the China University of Geosciences told the Global Times on Tuesday.

A new type of sauropod dinosaur species has recently been discovered by Chinese scientists in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. The sauropod species existed around 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic period, making it the earliest known dinosaur of its kind discovered in East Asia.

Tourists visit a second-hand market at the Xicang Urban Memories Park in Lianhu District of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 5, 2025. Originally a granary site during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Xicang Market in Xi'an's Lianhu district now buzzes with life every Thursday and Sunday. The century-old bazaar has evolved into one of the city's largest grassroots secondhand trading hubs as well as a living emblem of the local folk culture. Since 2024, the areas has undergone minor urban renewal efforts to help preserve the traditional market at its core while upgrading existing facilities to build the Xicang Urban Memories Park. This strategy allows youthful trends to coexist with the market's unique charm, injecting new vitality into the historic block.

China's summer movie season is heating up, and war dramas are emerging as standout performers. As of Monday night, the total box-office revenue for the summer season had surpassed 5.41 billion yuan ($756 million), according to data from ticketing platform Maoyan. Among the top performers is Dead to Rights, a war drama that opened on Friday and quickly rose to dominate the charts.

Who would have imagined that pop singers - once fixtures of music charts and concert stages - would now be venturing into the world of science fiction literature? Yet, that is exactly what happened when one of China's most influential singers, Deng Ziqi, also known as G.E.M., released her first sci-fi novel The Path of Revelation.

The Chinese swimming team clinched its first gold medal at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Monday in Singapore as Qin Haiyang powered to gold in the men's 100m breaststroke. The packed day of finals also saw Zhang Yufei finish fourth in the women's 100m butterfly, while the women's 200m individual medley added to the evening's high-stakes competition.

Directed by renowned Chinese filmmaker Jiang Wen, the film You Are the Best is currently screening in cinemas nationwide. The film is an adaptation of renowned Chinese pianist Lang Lang's life story and artistic journey.

If not for the recent heat that caused water levels to drop at the Yutan Reservoir in Chongqing Municipality's Dazu district, rock carving conservator Chen Huili might never have seen what was hidden beneath the water - 27 well-preserved Song Dynasty (960-1279) cliff carvings.

The beloved grassroots football tournament known as the Village Super League (VSL), or Cunchao, in Rongjiang, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, officially made its return at the weekend following two destructive floods in June that temporarily halted play. With the pitches rebuilt and the original tournament format preserved, the league kicked off again on Saturday with a celebratory theme event and renewed national attention.

An archaeological excavation at the ruins of the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, was officially announced on Saturday, signaling a significant new chapter in the study of China's ancient capitals. This initiative, which will start at the end of July 2025 and be jointly organized by the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Nanjing City Wall Management Office, and the Nanjing Archaeological Institute, is the first research-driven and proactively initiated excavation project at the site with a clearly defined academic focus.

China's Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping successfully defended their mixed doubles title to claim the VICTOR China Open 2025 mixed doubles championship on Sunday. At this year's tournament, the Chinese team secured gold in all other four categories in advance except for men's doubles.

If Schindler's List left you shattered, prepare for a different, yet equally profound, kind of devastation with Dead to Rights, which opened across the Chinese mainland on Friday.

In the early summer, drivers on a stretch of National Highway 109 in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province often encounter a unique spectacle: herds of Tibetan antelopes crossing the busy road.

Highlighting a long tradition of poetry in Colombian literature, the Embassy of the Republic of Colombia staged a poetry recital event in Beijing's Instituto Cervantes on July 21. Santiago Gamboa, writer and minister counselor of the Embassy of Colombia in China chaired the session titled Recital: Poesía y jóvenes poetas en Colombia or (Recital: Poetry and young poets in Colombia).

Themed "Ethiopia Rising: Cultural and Art Performance," the Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia hosted an opening ceremony for the Ethiopia-China Business, Culture, and Art Week, complete with cultural performances in Beijing on July 24. Meanwhile, the launch ceremony for Ethiopian Coffee Culture Experience Corners and Digital Promotion of Ethiopia was also held.

The new academic year is fast approaching, and high school seniors across the country have recently begun receiving their college acceptance letters. Every summer, these letters mark a turning moment bridging years of hard work with the promise of a fresh start.

This summer in Beijing, while the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and Summer Palace continue to top tourists' lists of must-see destinations, a lesser-known riverside venue has quietly emerged as a viral sensation among both locals and international visitors - Liangma River.

As the craze for Labubu sweeps across countries and regions, an adorable icon has captured the hearts of visitors flocking to Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in its summer heat - the stuffed Nang toys inspired by Xinjiang's traditional flatbread nang, also known as naan in Central Asia.

Tobgye take photos of Tibetan macaques at Linze ecological and cultural scenic area in Linze Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County, Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on July 23, 2025. Linze Village in Gongbo'Gyamda County is a well-known habitat of the Tibetan macaque, a national second-class protected animal. Since serving as a forest ranger around the year of 2000, Tobgye has voluntarily taken on the responsibility of protecting the Tibetan macaques during his mountain patrols. His kindness to the macaques touched the villagers of Linze Village, who cleaned up the areas where the Tibetan macaques often occur, so as to prevent them from mistakenly eating garbage. The Tibetan macaque families thrive, with more than 7,000 of them inhabiting here at present.

In the swordsman novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Louis Cha Leung-yung (more widely known by his pen name Jin Yong), the hero Guo Jing first learned the art of Mongolian wrestling on the grasslands, a skill that allowed him to hold his own against Ouyang Feng on Peach Blossom Island. At the Naadam Festival of the Mongolian ethnic group in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, anyone can become Guo Jing - wrestling under the vast sky, rolling in the grass, and drawing strength from the earth itself.

After concluding his NBA Summer League stint, promising 20-year-old Chinese center Yang Hansen has returned to Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province where he spent two seasons with the Qingdao Eagles before being drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers.

An exhibition showcasing 51 jade artifacts from North China's Shanxi Province opened at the History Museum of Armenia (HMA) on Wednesday evening, marking the first-ever physical display of ancient Chinese jade in Armenia, according to a report by the official WeChat account of Shanxi Culture Relics Bureau.

At the ongoing Naadam Festival in the Xilingol League, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, I moved through crowds of people in Mongolian robes, past young riders on horseback and rows of wrestlers preparing to compete. The sounds of archery, throat singing, and cheers filled the air. It wasn't just a local celebration - people had come from across China and around the world.

A major breakthrough in the study of the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC) Terracotta Warriors has revealed that some of the craftsmen who created the iconic statues were minors, according to the China News Service.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states carry forward the tradition of civilizational exchanges along the ancient Silk Road, as well as the philosophy of mutual learning among civilizations and peaceful coexistence, Sohail Khan, Deputy Secretary-General of the SCO at the Inter-Civilizational Dialogue among SCO Countries said in Tianjin on Wednesday.

Clad in dazzling costumes representing the vibrant traditions of Korean, Mongol, Tibet, Kazak and Miao ethnic people, a 30-member troupe - comprised of local civil servants, returning college students and villagers - lit up the stage at the "Our Village's Dance" competition in Dabancheng district, Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Guo Qing of China reacts after winning the taekwondo women's 53kg category final against Chutikan Jongkolrattanawattana of Thailand at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games in Essen, Germany, July 22, 2025.

A major breakthrough in the study of the Qin Terracotta Warriors has revealed that some of the craftsmen who created the iconic statues were underage, according to China News Service.

Director-general of the UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, expressed deep regret for "President Donald Trump's decision to once again withdraw the United States of America from UNESCO," and noted the US' decision "contradicts the fundamental principles of multilateralism," in a statement the UNESCO sent to the Global Times in an email on Tuesday night.

Sprinting up and flying over a car while switching hands with a between-the-legs maneuver to slam the ball home, Chen Dengxing made history by becoming the first athlete from the Chinese mainland to win the dunk contest of the world's biggest streetball tournament in Paris, France recently.

Micro-drama creators and platforms have been warned to avoid exaggerated patriotism and absurd storytelling in the production of wartime-themed content, according to new guidelines issued on Monday. The move is seen as a timely reminder ahead of a major national commemoration and amid the call for historical authenticity in artistic expression.

Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen has officially withdrawn from the 2025 US Open, scheduled to take place from August 24 to September 7, marking her first absence from a Grand Slam event, per the US Open official X account on Monday.

With the 12th World Games set to kick off on August 7 in Chengdu, preparations for the torch relay, opening ceremony, and Chinese athletes' participation are entering their final stage.

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced Monday it will form a national esports football team and is inviting cities across the country to apply as host locations for training and competition.

Chinese scientists' latest findings in ancient seabed community illustrate a biological mechanism capable of shaping community structure, operating beyond passive environmental constraints or initial larval settlement preferences, and highlight the potential for subtle anatomical features to exert significant ecological influence in deep time, according to a research article published on Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), a leading scientific journal in the world.

The 7th China Xinjiang International Dance Festival opened on Sunday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, featuring 52 performances over 17 days until Aug. 5.

The finals of the 2025 RoboCup Humanoid League, part of the world's most prestigious robot competition, concluded on Sunday in Brazil, with Tsinghua University's Hephaestus team beating China Agricultural University's Mountain & Sea team 5:3 to clinch the title. China has made history by winning the gold for the first time in the 28-year history of the tournament's Humanoid AdultSize Soccer Competition.

Though the setbacks by the Chinese national team have cast a shadow over domestic football, this season's Chinese Super League (CSL) is enjoying a vibrant renaissance powered by packed stadiums and energetic tifos.

The 7th China Xinjiang International Dance Festival is being held in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, featuring 52 performances over 17 days until August 5.

At the seventh International Sinologist Conference on Translating Chinese Literature that opened on Monday in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, Chinese writer Shi Yifeng once again met with his old friend, an Arabic translator from Egypt, who brought him the Arabic edition of There Is No Chen Jinfang in the World. Notably, each international edition of the book, including the Arabic version, features the face of a girl from said edition's country on the cover - a vivid symbol of Chinese literature integrating different cultures, Shi told the Global Times on Monday. This also captures the very heart of the conference: the translation and global journey of Chinese writing.

Renowned Chinese writer Bi Shumin's new novel, To the Mountains We Belong, has captivated readers with its heartfelt tribute to border-defense soldiers. Penned in her seventies from a nursing home, Bi endured severe health challenges, including four hospitalizations and three medical emergencies to complete this 700,000-character work.

What happens when a TV drama turns its viewers into amateur historians, -museum-goers, and cultural detectives? In China, this is not a hypothetical question, but a rising reality. On any given night, as a new episode of a costume drama drops, followers are not just watching - they are pausing scenes to zoom in on the embroidery of a Tang Dynasty (618-907) robe, debating the authenticity of an ancient ritual in online forums, or planning their next weekend trip to a heritage site featured in the show. With every meticulously recreated artifact and every historically inspired makeup look, Chinese costume dramas are igniting a "research craze" that is transforming entertainment into a powerful force for the revival of living tradition.

As night falls in the Taoxichuan Cultural and Creative Block in Jingdezhen, East China's Jiangxi Province, stalls lining both sides of the street open for business. Crowds of tourists fill the area, transforming what was once an old ceramics factory into a bustling hub of activity. Here, "Jingpiaos" or people from other places who have come to settle in Jingdezhen - enthusiastically promote ceramic artworks born from their own hands and imagination.

The Chinese women's national basketball team finished their FIBA Asia Cup campaign in third place after defeating South Korea 101-66 in the third-place playoff on Sunday.

The Chinese women's national basketball team lost 81-90 to Japan on Saturday in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup semifinal. The team will face South Korea on Sunday for third place.

In an exclusive interview with the Global Times on July 15, Federico Antonelli, cultural counselor of the Italian Embassy in China, said that he has a very strong impression of Chinese literature, especially about Chinese literary classics, as well as Chinese philosophy. "As you know, I'm from Italy, I'm from the south of Europe, from the origin of Western Civilization, so at school, we also study Italian and some Greek classics. When I studied Chinese classics, I overall compared these two classics, partially the great philosophy arrived between the fifth through to the 12th century BC, and this is in the same period in the West and the East. I always appreciate Chinese classic literature and have tried to find the common ground," said Antonelli.

As part of the activities commemorating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and China, the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in China hosted the Cuba-China Poetry Appreciation event in Beijing, on July 11. Minister of Culture of the Republic of Cuba Alpidio Alonso Grau, who was invited to the Global Civilizations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, told the Global Times on July 11 that his visit to China would be brief but fruitful.

Walking into a room at the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in East China's Zhejiang Province, one can find eight neatly arranged indoor pet lockers, ample food supplies, toys, and an impressive multi-layer cat climbing frame. This is a new temporary shelter for stray animals that are found around the airport, the first one among all domestic airports.

The phone glowed in 18-year-old Xiaoyu (pseudonym)'s hand, illuminating a photo of a celebrity's perfectly sculpted eyes. "I want these," she said to a plastic surgeon at a cosmetic hospital in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, local media reported.

Many provinces in China saw temperatures soar past 40 C on Tuesday and Wednesday, with some areas breaking historical records for the same period, according to Xinhua News Agency. As a consequence, the lingering nighttime heat has made falling asleep increasingly difficult for residents.

Staff at the Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve Administration in northwest China's Shaanxi Province recently discovered rare footage of a brown giant panda walking in the snow while reviewing data from infrared cameras in 2025.

As this year's flagship Hollywood superhero release, the new Superman film premiered simultaneously in major film markets including North America and the Chinese mainland on July 11.

The official opening of the Han-Wei Luoyang Ancient City Site Museum holds significant importance for both the exhibition and research of the history and culture of the Han (206BC-AD220) and Wei (220-265) dynasties, a staff member with the museum told the Global Times on Thursday.

The torch relay for the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province will take place on July 26 - the first one in the event's history. On Wednesday, the torch named Zhumeng (literally "Bamboo Dream" in Chinese, which also sounds like "chasing dreams"), along with its supporting components such as the flame lantern, flame collection rod, and cauldron, was unveiled in Chengdu.

In a moment that blended humor with humility, rising Chinese basketball star Yang Hansen smiled and said, "I love you too," after Pelicans' former No.1 pick Zion Williamson praised his performance from the sidelines during an NBA Summer League clash, saying, "Man, I really love his game."

Unlike those writers who, in his words, "can be Borges - writing from a library," Chinese writer Hu Xuewen insists that he is a product of the land. Born and raised in the countryside in North China's Hebei Province, he writes about the countryside's flora and fauna as well as villagers, blending the magical realism with a rhythmic narrative, even going so far as to have a tornado sweep everything into the sky. For Hu, the act of writing is inseparable from memory and imagination.

Authorities in the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai Province have issued a warning banning illegal entry into nature reserves and “no man's lands” in the prefecture, citing significant risks to tourist life and property safety.

A visitor views an exhibition at the Han-Wei Luoyang Ancient City Site Museum in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, July 16, 2025. The museum showcasing over 1,300 sets of cultural relics opened to public on Wednesday

The chief designer of the medals for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics told the Global Times on Wednesday that their designs highlight community, togetherness and positive vibes, after organizers unveiled the prestigious symbols on Wednesday.

Tucked away just outside the west gate of Peking University, Stoic Book Haven sits behind ivy-covered stone walls, quietly overlooking the Wanquan River. For over 20 years, it has served not only as a bookstore, but also as a place of quiet reflection and retreat for readers.

A bronze drum with yunlei (cloud and thunder) patterns, buried in the ground for over 1,000 years, has been discovered in Beiliu, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Based on its shape, patterns and other visible features, researchers from the Beiliu City Museum have preliminarily identified it as a Beiliu-type bronze drum.

Whether it's the contemporary art installations rising amidst the wheat fields of Sankui township in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, or the pop art of Butong Art Town in Hebei Province, a growing number of artistic shows and events have recently been unfolding nationwide during the peak summer travel season.

The Chinese women's national basketball team secured a berth for the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup after three straight wins in the group stage of the FIBA Asia Cup and thereby qualifying for the semifinals of the tournament.

After much anticipation, 60-year-old Zhu Fengqing and her husband boarded a special "silver train" in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, embarking on a 16-day journey across northern China.

As the summer tourist season approaches, Ma Chaolong finds himself increasingly occupied, with growing visitor numbers presenting new demands to conservation efforts.

In recent years, adaptation of acclaimed contemporary literary works to operas has become a prominent phenomenon in the creation of modern opera.

Chinese boxer Xu Can will take on Jaouad Belmehd of France in his International Boxing Organization International Super Feather title defense bout in Beijing in August, his promoter, the M23 boxing club, announced Tuesday.

China's national football team wrapped up their 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, also known as the East Asian Cup, with a comforting 1-0 victory over Hong Kong on Tuesday.

The 2025 WTT US Smash singles finals took place on Sunday evening, with Zhu Yuling, representing the Macao Special Administrative Region, defeating Chinese dark horse Chen Yi 4-2 to claim her first career Smash women's singles title, while Wang Chuqin stormed past longtime rival Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan 4-0 to secure the men's singles crown.

Several major Chinese movies have rescheduled their release dates as competition in the country's summer movie season continues to heat up.

Featuring bridges over flowing streams and antique-looking architecture, ancient towns and cities have been cultural tourist hot spots nationwide. However, a recent news report about Dayong Ancient City in Central China's Hunan Province has raised doubts about whether such ancient towns still hold appeal?

At the center of the stage of an international dance competition, where countless eyes converge, Chinese ethnic dancer Li Meijing stands in a flowing ethnic Dai dress (the Dai is one of China's ethnic groups). As her solo performance Zitaoling comes to an end, waves of applause rise from the audience.

Team China beat the US with a thrilling 3-2 comeback victory in the 2025 Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Arlington, Texas, on July 14, Beijing time. This is the team's fourth win in a row, wrapping up their performance in Arlington with a perfect record.

"Dongjiang No.1 rode the local waves… now the No.3 crosses oceans brave." These lyrics from the freshly dropped Chinese rap track "Dongjiang No.3" depicts a ship's journey from hometown waters to the boundless deep blue. And who's piloting the "vessel?" None other than Lanlao (aka SKAI ISYOURGOD) - a 27-year-old star steering Chinese Lingnan street smarts global through his ship of rap. "Dongjiang No.3" is a track in his latest album Stacks from All Sides: Fresh off the Boat that was released on July 10.