Can you believe that the colourful, mille-crepes-like mountains you see above are as old as the dinosaurs?
Here is “Zhangye National Geopark” (張掖國家地質公園), voted by a panel of reporters from 34 major media outlets as one of the most beautiful Danxia (丹霞) landform areas in China. In 2009, Chinese National Geography magazine selected Zhangye Danxia…
In the northwest of China lies a cultural gem that combines stunning desert landscapes, unique ancient architecture and historical significance, as well as a reflection of how the Chinese people treat an enemy.
In October this year, I set off from Hong Kong and travelled more than 3,500 kilometres north-west to Jiayuguan (嘉峪關) Pass, the…
THE ACCLAIMED ACTION role-playing game 'Black Myth: Wukong' quickly topped the sales charts on many gaming platforms and set a record of over 3 million concurrent users on Steam. It is worth mentioning that 'Black Myth: Wukong' has not only won the hearts of gamers at home and abroad, but even people who are not…
TO FEED HER HUSBAND - and launch a celebrated item of Chinese regional cuisine.
Visit "the land of eternal spring", southern China's Kunming, and you'll find a celebrated dish often called "crossing-the-bridge rice noodles". This bowl of deliciousness has been on the list of Kunming's intangible cultural heritage since 2008.
Yunnan rice noodles (雲南米線) are…
HONG KONG TV presenter Victoria Tang Pui Kai (鄧蓓佳) wanted to do something positive for her community—so she decided to write a book featuring the success stories of the city's colorful individuals. These are "heart-warming and inspiring stories," she said.
The collection, recently published, is called "I Love Hong Kong: Unlocking Infinite Possibilities with Our…
Directed by renowned Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai, the TV drama "Blossoms Shanghai"(《繁花》) was released in the Mainland and Hong Kong to achieve great success and critical acclaim. Adapted from the eponymous novel (originally titled "Blossoms") by renowned writer Jin Yucheng(金宇澄), the drama is set in 1990s Shanghai.
TV drama Blossoms Shanghai features actor…
Kashgar(喀什), the last city in China to see the sunrise. At nine o'clock Beijing time, people are just coming out of their houses. At this time of day, the brightness in Kashgar is about the same as it is in Beijing at seven in the morning. Along with the taste buds of the Xinjiang people,…
A TV drama series about the lives of Kazakh cattle herders as they move huge numbers of animals across the Altai mountains of Xinjiang has been a surprise hit across China. Emily Zhou reports.
THE NEW CHINESE TV series “To the Wonder” (《我的阿勒泰》) will be representing China at the famous Cannes film festival in…
IT'S LIKELY THAT few people outside China know the secret of "snail noodles". But the word is spreading. The Chinese dish known as Luosifen (literally "snail rice noodles") is spreading, and there are restaurants selling them outside mainland China, in Hong Kong and even in the United States.
But where do they come from? Liuzhou,…
A CLASSIC DRAMA of old Beijing has become a hit production in Hong Kong - and introduced a trio of top mainland actors to a new audience.
On 16 May, famous Chinese actors Zhang Guoli (張國立), Wang Gang (王剛) and Zhang Tielin (張鐵林), known as the "Golden trio" of Chinese acting, performed together in the…