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Dough figurines showcased at heritage expo in Shandong
2017-06-08
The making technique of Yimeng dough figurine has a 100-year-old history and was listed as an intangible cultural heritage last year.
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9.4m students sit China's college entrance exam
2017-06-07
A total of 9.4 million Chinese students Wednesday began the annual national college entrance examination, known as the Gaokao, which will have a large impact on their futures.
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2017 Asia Media Summit opens in Qingdao
2017-06-07
The 2017 Asia Media Summit opened in grand style on June 6 in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao.
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Shandong exhibits Japanese Ukiyoe wood block paintings
2017-06-06
An exhibition featuring Japanese Ukiyoe wood block paintings was unveiled on June 1 at the Shandong Museum in the provincial capital of Jinan to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the establishment of friendly relations between Shandong and Yamaguchi Prefecture of Japan.
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Top cookbooks take a bow
2017-06-06
William Wongso seems like a chef in a war zone. Peppered with the pops and splatters of boiling coconut milk, however, Wongso is unfazed and relaxed.
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Shandong intangible cultural heritage classroom: how to make a Caozhou dough figure
2017-06-05
The thirteenth class of the Shandong intangible cultural heritage classroom, led by Mu Xujian, Shandong provincial inheritor and master craftsman of ancient Caozhou (Heze) dough figurines, was held on June 3 at the Shandong Provincial Cultural Center in Jinan, the provincial capital.
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Yantai - combining legacy and vibrancy along Shandong’s northern coast
2017-06-05
‘Smoke Tower’ (yan tai), a curious name for one of China’s most charming, most fascinating and certainly a very interesting city. Shandong Peninsula’s exposed coastline was targeted by 14th century pirate attacks. Beacon towers erected on hills warned of impending danger. Yantai’s former tower, protected by a small temple, remains today atop a delightful forest park (yantaishan) but now dominated by a tall, working lighthouse - the iconic symbol of this city strategically located where waters of the Bohai Gulf and Yellow Sea merge close to the Korean Peninsula and indeed Japan.