Laba porridge sweetens prelude of Chinese Lunar New Year

2018-01-24

The day is also known as the Laba Rice Porridge Festival. The Laba this year falls on Jan 24.

Folk artist creates long scroll of dog-themed paper-cuts

2018-01-23

The 79-year-old folk artist Zhang Fangchun, from Linyi city of Shandong province, has spent four months in creating a paper-cutting scroll titled "100 dogs celebrating the Spring Festival".

Weifang honored as 'hometown of Chinese folk literature and art'

2018-01-16

The Shandong city of Weifang was recently dubbed as "Hometown of Chinese Folk Literature and Art" by the Chinese Folk Literature and Art Association.

Birthplace of Confucius at center of new cultural and tourism area

2018-01-10

East China's Shandong province has designated an area around Qufu city, the birthplace of Confucius, to serve as a region for cultural tourism and to recognize China's historical philosophers by 2030, the provincial government said Wednesday.

Folk artist creates dough figurines for the Year of Dog

2018-01-10

Folk artist Zuo Ansheng in Shandong province has spent two months creating a series of vivid dough figurines shaped like dogs, to embrace the 2018, which is the Year of the Dog according to Chinese zodiac.

Tourist monorail featuring Confucian culture under construction

2018-01-04

Work began on Wednesday to install carriages on a tourist monorail connecting the birthplaces of ancient Chinese thinkers in East China's Shandong province.

Discovering the meaning of winter solstice

2017-12-22