Jianshui: One of China’s Last “Living” Ancient Cities

A Walk in Color: Chasing Spring Across China

As cities across China welcome the arrival of spring, the latest trend of “colorwalk”—where young people explore their surroundings based on a chosen color scheme—is blooming in popularity

What’s Driving China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Boom?

The gains and growing pains of China’s ICH preservation over two and a half decades

The 3,000-Year-Old Poetry Collection That’s Still Alive

From millennia-old rituals to everyday idioms, the Classic of Poetry’s importance to Chinese literary culture cannot be overstated—and a recent archaeological find suggests there is still more to uncover

How China Turns Intangible Heritage Into Tangible Returns

While many of China’s intangible heritage traditions are struggling to survive, recent commercialization efforts have helped to transform some into sustainable business enterprises by integrating them with tourism and product sales