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Newlywed couples wearing ancient attire walk into a ceremony hand in hand in Fuzhou. [Photo by Zheng Shuai/for chinadaily.com.cn] A grand collective ancient wedding ceremony was held in Shangxiahang ...

Ancient China, a civilization renowned for its profound wisdom and groundbreaking innovations, has gifted the world with numerous inventions that continue to impact our lives today. From the compass ...

The centroid shift trajectory of CATs across different historical periods. Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and ...

A view of the rooftops from the Sage Mother Hall at Jinci Temple. [Photo by MICHAEL RHYS CARD/CHINA DAILY] For five years, I've lived in Beijing, photographing its temples, courtyards and the ...

According to the statistics provided by the World Economic Forum, nowadays China can boast its position as the world’s second largest spender on scientific research and development, yielding only to ...

There are few events that can overshadow the invention of black powder in China and its change of our civilization. The discovery of combining a mixture of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate ...

I'm sharing a quick chemistry fact about gunpowder, a major Chinese invention made from sulfur, carbon, and potassium nitrate. But that's just one of China's "Four Great Inventions." If you already ...

A roughly 1-million-year-old Chinese hominid skull has long vexed efforts to nail down its evolutionary identity. Fossil comparisons using a new digital reconstruction of this specimen, dubbed the ...

China is awash in nationalist fervor ahead of its celebration of the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, which Beijing will mark Wednesday with a grand parade showcasing its ...