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81st Mostra - Closing Ceremony

Minister of Cultur Alessandro Giuli with his wife Valeria Falcioni attend the awards ceremony during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 07, 2024 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240627) -- BEIJING, June 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An artist from a local folk troupe of Wu Opera walks to the stage for a performance in Zhengdian Village of Lipu Town, Jinhua City, east China's Zhejiang Province on June 25, 2024. Wu Opera, also known as Jinhua Opera, has a history of more than 500 years. It first grew in popularity in Jinhua and its surrounding areas, and was named after Wuzhou, the name of Jinhua in ancient China. Local authorities of Jindong District in Jinhua City has been vigorously exploring effective ways to promote the inheritance and development of the traditional opera. Since March this year, Lipu Town in Jindong District of Jinhua City has been regularly staging Wu Opera performances at local auditoriums at weekends, providing villagers and Wu Opera lovers with immersive experiences to appreciate the opera. So far, more than 40 performances have been staged. Zhengdian Village is a vivid example of promoting rural cultural tourism. Activities such as opera performances and cultur

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The Mirjam Helin Competition

Winner Mezzo-soprano Jingjing Xu of China after the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki, Finland, on June 12, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Mirjam Helin Competition

Soprano Kathrin Lorenzen of Germany placed second during the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki, Finland, on June 12, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Mirjam Helin Competition

Winner Mezzo-soprano Jingjing Xu of China after the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki, Finland, on June 12, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Mirjam Helin Competition

Winner Mezzo-soprano Jingjing Xu of China after the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki, Finland, on June 12, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Mirjam Helin Competition

Soprano Kathrin Lorenzen of Germany placed second during the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki, Finland, on June 12, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Mirjam Helin Competition

Winner Mezzo-soprano Jingjing Xu of China after the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki, Finland, on June 12, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Chinese youngsters embrace more diversified tourism options

STORY: Chinese youngsters embrace more diversified tourism options SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: May 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourist attractions 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI SIYI, Tourist 3. various of tourists 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU YIRUN, Tourist STORYLINE: China's tourism market is experiencing an upgrade and becoming a strong source of economic growth. There is a new trend where many young Chinese are exploring traditional culture during their travels. At a tourist attraction in Yongcheng City, central China's Henan Province, activities like the Hanfu parade and Han-style market have attracted many tourists. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI SIYI, Tourist "Today, we tried on Han-style makeup and clothing, viewed calligraphy and painting displays, watched different stage shows, and enjoyed the entertainment options at the scenic spot. It was really enjoyable, and we felt fully immersed in the richness of traditional cultur

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U.S. returns 38 pieces of cultural objects to China, fostering deeper cultural exchanges

STORY: U.S. returns 38 pieces of cultural objects to China, fostering deeper cultural exchanges SHOOTING TIME: April 17, 2024 DATELINE: April 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of cultural objects 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI QUN, China's Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism and head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HUANG PING, Chinese Consul General in New York 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MATTHEW BOGDANOS, Chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office 6. various of the handover ceremony STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent "The U.S. side returned 38 pieces of Chinese cultural objects to the Chinese side on Wednesday. At a handover ceremony at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office handed over the cultural objects to a delegation from China's National Cultur

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Chinese culinary contest wows Egyptian enthusiasts

STORY: Chinese culinary contest wows Egyptian enthusiasts SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 17, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese dishes 2. various of the awarding ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG GUOHUA, Chef of the China Cultural Center, Judge of the contest 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YASMIN FESHAWY, Visitor STORYLINE: In the festive air of the Chinese Spring Festival, an annual Chinese Cuisine Culinary Competition has concluded in Cairo. The final race of this year's contest, themed "Chinese Taste Night," was held Saturday night in a hotel with 18 Chinese food lovers and professional chefs from across Egypt cooking two dishes on site for judges to score on skills and tastes. One of the two dishes is designated as Hot Spicy Boiled Beef (Shui Zhu Niu Rou), a classic dish from Sichuan cuisine. In the final, a first-prize winner, three second-prize winners, and six third prizes were selected. The race was organized by the Chinese Cultur

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(FOCUS)CHINA-XINJIANG-YUMIN COUNTY-NOMADS-LIFE (CN)

(230711) -- YUMIN, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Habudelashen Nusupbek checks the number of the goats in the sunrise in Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 4, 2023. Baht Turlksi, a 53-year-old herder, lives near the majestic Baluke Mountain, which lies in the south of Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. "Baht" means "happiness", this name carries the purest expectation of parents for a better life of the next generation. With the hard working of the family during the decades and the support from the government, the good wishes have already become reality. Kazak herders move between the winter pastures, spring-autumn pastures and summer pastures throughout the year. For many nomadic families in the autonomous region, the country's modernization drive has brought continuous benefits to their daily lives. In recent years, the Chinese government has launched projects to build permanent settlements for herders, where medical, educational and cultur

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(FOCUS)CHINA-XINJIANG-YUMIN COUNTY-NOMADS-LIFE (CN)

(230711) -- YUMIN, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 6, 2023 shows yogurt chunks made by Baht Turlksi to sell in Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Baht Turlksi, a 53-year-old herder, lives near the majestic Baluke Mountain, which lies in the south of Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. "Baht" means "happiness", this name carries the purest expectation of parents for a better life of the next generation. With the hard working of the family during the decades and the support from the government, the good wishes have already become reality. Kazak herders move between the winter pastures, spring-autumn pastures and summer pastures throughout the year. For many nomadic families in the autonomous region, the country's modernization drive has brought continuous benefits to their daily lives. In recent years, the Chinese government has launched projects to build permanent settlements for herders, where medical, educational and cultur

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Events to promote Chinese tea culture kick off in Mongolia

STORY: Events to promote Chinese tea culture kick off in Mongolia DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI ZHI, Cultural counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia STORYLINE: A series of events to promote Chinese tea culture was launched at the Chinese Cultural Center here on Thursday to mark the upcoming International Tea Day. The series of events, including a photo exhibition and other tea-related exhibitions and activities, was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia. At the opening ceremony, Li Zhi, cultural counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia and director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Ulan Bator said Thursday's event was the first of a series of events to be held in Mongolia. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI ZHI, Cultural counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia "'The Tea for Harmony: Yaji Cultural Salon' is a series of tea cultur

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 16, 2022 shows Li Renqing's tools for making high relief rubbings. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the observation and protection of cultur

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GLOBALink | Italian scholar delves into Chinese intangible cultural heritage, encourages exchanges

STORY:Italian scholar delves into Chinese intangible cultural heritage, encourages exchanges DATELINE: July 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: various of Gabriella Bonino workingSOUNDBITE (Chinese): GABRIELLA BONINO, Italian sinologist STORYLINE: Settled in Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province in 2017, an Italian scholar has done years of research on the local intangible cultural heritage there. Gabriella Bonino, whose Chinese name is Tang Yun, is a sinologist. She published a new book in Italy this January, hoping to promote cultural exchanges between the two countries. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GABRIELLA BONINO, Italian sinologist "My goal has always been to let Italians know about a place that they don't have the opportunity to know about, like China, which is very important now. China is an ancient country and civilization. Italy is also a very old civilization. But I don't think Italians have a complete understanding of China. Intangible cultur

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JIANSHUI-POTTERY-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(220705) -- KUNMING, July 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xu Ronghong, a Zitao (purple pottery) craftsman, polishes a pottery ware in Wanyao Village of Jianshui County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 30, 2022. Xu Ronghong, 57, is an inheritor of the making skills of Jianshui purple pottery, one of the national intangible cultural heritages of China. Xu was born in Jianshui County. As the fifth generation pottery maker of his family, Xu started to learn the techniques since childhood. In order to make an excellent piece of pottery, every process including clay preparing, modeling, decorating, firing and polishing all need great concentration. "The procedures are interlocking. One tiny flaw in a certain process would lead to a defective product," Xu said while adding carved decorations to the surface of a pottery ware. Xu sees pottery as a carrier to convey the beauty of multiple artistic forms such as calligraphy, painting and carving, and to bear the rich cultur

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CHINA-SICHUAN-MOUNT EMEI-WORLD HERITAGE (CN)

(220609) -- CHENGDU, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Oct. 4, 2018 shows the Leshan Giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Mount Emei, located in southwest China's Sichuan Province, is an area of striking scenic beauty, notable for its lofty mountain and lush vegetation. It is also of great spiritual and cultural significance, in which there are archaeological sites, important architecture, tombs, ritual spaces, and collections of cultural artefacts, including sculpture, stone inscriptions, calligraphy, and paintings, among other traditional arts. Mount Emei is known as one of the four holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism. Carved out of a hillside in the 8th century, the Leshan Giant Buddha is an area of natural beauty into which the human element has been integrated with skill and subtlety. Facing the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers, the 71 meters tall Giant Buddha of Leshan is one of the most important cultural treasures of China. With its natural and cultur

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CHINA-SICHUAN-MOUNT EMEI-WORLD HERITAGE (CN)

(220609) -- CHENGDU, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Oct. 4, 2018 shows the Leshan Giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Mount Emei, located in southwest China's Sichuan Province, is an area of striking scenic beauty, notable for its lofty mountain and lush vegetation. It is also of great spiritual and cultural significance, in which there are archaeological sites, important architecture, tombs, ritual spaces, and collections of cultural artefacts, including sculpture, stone inscriptions, calligraphy, and paintings, among other traditional arts. Mount Emei is known as one of the four holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism. Carved out of a hillside in the 8th century, the Leshan Giant Buddha is an area of natural beauty into which the human element has been integrated with skill and subtlety. Facing the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers, the 71 meters tall Giant Buddha of Leshan is one of the most important cultural treasures of China. With its natural and cultur

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Prague Theathre, closed

People passing near closed prague theatre, in Prague, Czech Republic, October 12, 2020. (CTK Photo/Martin Macak Gregor)