On February 6, 2024, the ninth day of the first lunar month, the 17th Central Plains (Hebi) Folk Culture Festival ushered in the Dapishan Temple Fair. The event was a vibrant display of traditional ...

Between two high-rise buildings on Queen’s Road East sits a quiet, rather dark temple. Its carefully carved roof bears patterns telling tales from Chinese folklore, and the smell of incense ...

[Photo by JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY] For 700 years, Yongle Palace, a Taoist temple in Ruicheng, Shanxi province, stood near the Yellow River, where it witnessed the seasons wax and wane. As its glory ...

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Scupltures are used to decorate lintels of Yongle Palace. [Photo by WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY] In ancient Chinese architecture, chiwen were mostly made of pottery or wood before the time of Yongle ...