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"A broad consensus" has been reached to rebuild the spire of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in the French capital as it was before the blaze in April last year, Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot told France Inter radio on Thursday.
China has added another two geological parks to its list of UNESCO Global Geoparks, bringing the total number to 41, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said Wednesday.
The Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) at the 209th session in Paris on Tuesday declared the Toba Caldera in Indonesia's province of North Sumatra as a global geopark, according to the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Heat, (Chinese: 小暑), the 11th solar term of the year, begins on July 6 this year and ends on July 21.
Going out and about is always a treat, but scenic spots across China are wooing visitors with something a little extra sweet – ice cream.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to 819 artists and executives, including 15 Oscar winners, to join this year, the organization said Tuesday.
Carl Reiner, U.S. comic actor, director and producer, died Monday at 98 from natural causes, local media reported Tuesday.
Female giant panda Yuanyuan gave birth to a cub at Taipei Zoo on Monday.
Statue of Jean-Baptiste Colbert is pictured at the French National assembly in the aftermath of protests against the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, Paris, France, June 10, 2020.
Disney's upcoming epic fantasy war drama film "Mulan" has been postponed again to August amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced on Friday.
The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is an important day for the Chinese people.
Thirty female contestants, all older than 30, took part in a televised reality show this month, competing for five places in a performance group.
All events to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in the coming days in Beijing will be held online to control and prevent the spread of local COVID-19 cases, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Next year's Golden Globe Awards will be postponed for nearly two months to the end of February, the organizers announced on Monday.
Nikol Kremenakova and her classmate Laura Mecavova, both fourth-grade students in a Czech high school, became the first in their country on Friday by taking a test in Chinese for their graduation exams.
The 24-hour global virtual concert under the theme of "Music For Love" ended successfully on June 21.Animal Carnival by Saint-Sa n, performed by 28 young musicians of New World Players from eight countries and regions for children all over the world. A 24-hour global virtual concert under the theme of "Music For Love" was held on Sunday. Over 600 musicians, performers and singers from over 50 counties are participating in the concert.
Driven by his fascination with martial arts legend Bruce Lee and nunchaku, Xie Desheng has gone on to win not just one but three Guinness World Records.
As tourism develops in the city, local culture is exposed to more tourists from across the globe, and inheriting intangible culture means more than preserving tradition but also introducing it to the world.It is home to more than 100 varieties of black pottery with a history of over 1,000 years.
Row upon row of modern multi-story villas seem radically out of place in Laobanzhang, a remote mountain village surrounded by vast swaths of primeval forests in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Lyu Min livestreams the art of making Chinese knots at her home in Tianjin.Clad in a qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, Lyu started the livestreaming session from her workshop at 10 am, sharing the art of making Chinese knots with many handicraft lovers in Tianjin.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that the 93rd Oscars ceremony, scheduled to be held on Feb. 28 in 2021, will move to April 25 "as a result of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19."
A special exhibition featuring ethnic Bai people's costumes in Kunming, Yunnan province, demonstrates the history, culture, production, lifestyle, habits and customs of the group.
The Sichuan Wolong National Nature Reserve Administration said it has installed a total of 120 infrared cameras to strengthen the monitoring of snow leopards, a species under top-level protection in China.
These figures represented the earliest royal symphony orchestra in ancient China and played a vital role in the history of Chinese music and dance.
The Terracotta Warriors museum in China's northwestern city of Xi'an is considered one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, however few are lucky enough to visit it in person, particularly now under COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Lucy Zhang noticed several years ago that Chinese students in U.S. colleges tended to interact mostly within their own groups, so she set out to change that dynamic.
A prehistoric shell mound believed to be 8,000 years old has been discovered in Yuyao, East China's Zhejiang Province, providing important research materials for studying marine development and how early humans adapted to the marine environment.
The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain in Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 5 this year and ends on June 20.
More than a year after a devastating fire ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, its forecourt has reopened after it was cleared of dangerous lead pollution.
A livestreaming week will be held from May 30 to June 5 in Shanghai.
