Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - POINT PHOTO 14 : IN THE CENTER OF THE TRANSEPT, THE BALDAQUIN, WHICH SURMOUNTS THE HIGH ALTAR, DIRECTED BY BERNINI. THIS 60-TON, 29-METER TALL GILT BRONZE PIECE IS CONSIDERED THE LARGEST BRONZE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. AT THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE, CURVED PIECES SUPPORTING A CANOPY FALLING IN THE MANNER OF BROCADES. HERE, THE DRAPE OF THE CANOPY IS IN BRONZE, AND ALL THE DETAILS, INCLUDING THE OLIVE BRANCHES, THE BEES, AND THE PORTRAITS OF THE NIECE OF POPE URBAN AND HIS NEWBORN SON, ARE TAKEN FROM THE SHEET OF GOLD PAPER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cultural carnival promotes Sino-Vietnamese exchange in border region

STORY: Cultural carnival promotes Sino-Vietnamese exchange in border region SHOOTING TIME: April 10, 2024 DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:07:26 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI SUYING, Zhuang brocade inheritor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TAN CHUNLI, Longzhou County official 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): PHAM THI TAM, Vietnamese student STORYLINE: A carnival featuring cultural exchanges between China and Vietnam was held on Wednesday in the border county of Longzhou in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The annual event ushered in this year's "Sanyuesan," a traditional festival for the Zhuang ethnic group, which falls on the third day of the third month in the Chinese lunar calendar. During the event, both Chinese and Vietnamese artists played Tianqin, an ancient traditional musical instrument invented by the Zhuang people. Also on display were clothes made of Zhuang brocade, one of the four famous brocades in China. SOU

CHINA-HUNAN-ZHANGJIAJIE-BROCADE FACTORY (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-ZHANGJIAJIE-BROCADE FACTORY (CN)

(240122) -- ZHANGJIAJIE, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International visitors get acquainted with the Tujia traditional hand-made brocades at the Guaiyaomei Tujia ethnic brocade innovative factory in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 30, 2018. TO GO WITH "Across China: Mothers at looms weave tapestry of work and family" (Xinhua)

CHINA-HUNAN-ZHANGJIAJIE-BROCADE FACTORY (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-ZHANGJIAJIE-BROCADE FACTORY (CN)

(240122) -- ZHANGJIAJIE, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Artisans weave Tujia traditional hand-made brocades at the Guaiyaomei Tujia ethnic brocade innovative factory in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Mothers at looms weave tapestry of work and family" (Xinhua)

CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM-GREEN ELEMENTS (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM-GREEN ELEMENTS (CN)

(220420) -- BOAO, April 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women of Li ethnic group weave brocades during an exhibition at a theme park of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, April 20, 2022. The BFA will hold its annual conference from April 20 to 22 in Boao, a coastal town in China's southernmost province of Hainan. Green recovery and sustainable development are among the topics of the conference. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)