Culture and ArtsFor the Culturally Curious
Culture and ArtsFor the Culturally Curious
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Museum Treasures
Qing Dynasty polychrome porcelain bowls depict historical story
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Cultural Spaces
Inspirations
The Grassland Capital: Shangjing of the Liao Dynasty
Shangjing (upper capital), in Northeast China, was one of the places that the nomadic Khitan people inhabited. It served as the capital of the Khitan Liao Dynasty from 918 to 1120, and was the first capital built by the Khitans on the grasslands in North China.
News
Chinese tea making joins UNESCO list
The tea that has delighted and fascinated the world for millennia has finally received top-level global recognition as a shared cultural treasure of mankind.
