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One theory about how dialects came into being suggests that it was Northern Chinese who passed on the language to the South, which blended it with local speech.
Supporters of a campaign to save China's dialects from dying out are recording representatives from diverse communities in what will become a national project.
An increasing number of China's intangible cultural heritages are doing well by metamorphosing into fashionable items.
Confucius Institutes over the world will use 30 North, a documentary produced by CCTV, as part of its supplementary learning materials.
For the first time, China and ASEAN countries shared their experiences in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage at a recent governmental-level seminar in Beijing.
Acclaimed violin maker Zheng Quan has put China in the forefront of making top quality instruments.
After more than 40 years at its current location, Beijing Film Studio is being demolished and moving to a swanky site on the outskirts.
Tenzin Dorje has been called a 'modern Living Buddha'. Liu Wei interviews him in Lhasa and finds out more.
The country's publishing industry is starting to see returns from its near 10-year going global campaign.
Residents play Lusheng in Sanjiang Dong autonomous county, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
Like all scholars of ancient China, Su Shi, a.k.a. Su Dongpo, wanted to channel his knowledge into a career in officialdom.
A combination photo shows the four masks three-year-old Shi Zhixuan changed during practice at home in Guilin.