AUSTRIA-BURGENLAND-LOCKENHAUS CASTLE-GAME OF DRAGONS-LIGHT SHOW

AUSTRIA-BURGENLAND-LOCKENHAUS CASTLE-GAME OF DRAGONS-LIGHT SHOW

(240205) -- BURGENLAND, Feb. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit "Game of Dragons" light show at Lockenhaus castle in Burgenland, Austria, on Feb. 4, 2024. The light show, featuring over 20 different dragon installations based on western myths and legends, will last until Feb. 18. (Xinhua/He Canling)

AUSTRIA-BURGENLAND-LOCKENHAUS CASTLE-GAME OF DRAGONS-LIGHT SHOW

AUSTRIA-BURGENLAND-LOCKENHAUS CASTLE-GAME OF DRAGONS-LIGHT SHOW

(240205) -- BURGENLAND, Feb. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit "Game of Dragons" light show at Lockenhaus castle in Burgenland, Austria, on Feb. 4, 2024. The light show, featuring over 20 different dragon installations based on western myths and legends, will last until Feb. 18. (Xinhua/He Canling)

Take a glance at Chinese exquisite Jintan paper carving

STORY: Take a glance at Chinese exquisite Jintan paper carving DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:46 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jintan paper carving STORYLINE: Jintan paper carving from Jiangsu Province is recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in China. It originated from the Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907), and flourished during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911). With a simple carving knife, skillful craftsmen can carve birds and beasts, flowers and plants, myths and legends, etc. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanjing, China. (XHTV)

Exhibition on sharks held in Texas, U.S.

STORY: Exhibition on sharks held in Texas, U.S. DATELINE: July 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Exhibition site 2. various of visitors touching small sharks in the water 3. various of visitors watching the shark show 4. various of a life-size model of an ancient megalodon 5. various of prehistoric shark fossils STORYLINE: An exhibition titled "Sharks! The Meg, The Monsters & The Myths" is held this summer at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas, the United States, bringing visitors closer to sharks for a hands-on experience. Visitors can walk through six galleries that include live animals, 14 life-sized models, as well as physical interactive and touchable items. They can get a chance to touch a shark and discover what makes these creatures unique. "Sharks are remarkably diverse and efficient predators but are more threatened than threatening. In fact, over one-third of shark species are now facing the threat of extinction," said N

U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-SHARK EXHIBITION

U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-SHARK EXHIBITION

(230724) -- HOUSTON, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition titled "Sharks! The Meg, The Monsters & The Myths" held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas, the United States, July 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Jianmei)

U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-SHARK EXHIBITION

U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-SHARK EXHIBITION

(230724) -- HOUSTON, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition titled "Sharks! The Meg, The Monsters & The Myths" held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas, the United States, July 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Jianmei)

U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-SHARK EXHIBITION

U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-SHARK EXHIBITION

(230724) -- HOUSTON, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A life-sized, 50-foot model of female megalodon is on display at an exhibition titled "Sharks! The Meg, The Monsters & The Myths" held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas, the United States, July 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Jianmei)

Malawi hopes for victory against cholera

STORY: Malawi hopes for victory against cholera DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a healthcare worker at an isolation site 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chichewa): LAZARUS CHAKWERA, Malawian President 3. various of President Chakwera at an engagement in north Malawi 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chichewa): LAZARUS CHAKWERA, Malawian President 5. various of medical care workers preparing oral rehydration solution 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MAZIKO MATEMBA, Health rights activist 7. various of a cholera mortuary at an isolation STORYLINE: Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera said in north Malawi on Saturday that the rates of new cholera infections and deaths are decreasing but the fight against the epidemic is being undermined by myths and religious beliefs. Chakwera called for concerted efforts in the fight against what has become the southern Africa country's deadliest cholera outbreak that has thus far killed 1,547 people. Cases of the outbreak, officials say, have

China-themed children's art exhibition opens in Slovenia

STORY: China-themed children's art exhibition opens in Slovenia DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: Ljubljana CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the art exhibition 2. various of the awarding ceremony STORYLINE: Over 100 artworks by Slovenian children on the theme of China are on display at an exhibition that opened at Ljubljana City Hall Tuesday. The event, to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Slovenia, and the Chinese New Year, is themed "United in Creativity." Pupils at Trnovo Elementary School, where the Ljubljana Confucius Classroom is located, participated in the art exhibition. The children drew Chinese myths and legends, festival customs and food, and the event organizers selected the 10 best works. Chinese Ambassador to Slovenia Wang Shunqing presented awards to the winners. "The children used their brushes to outline the friendship at present and in the future between China and Slovenia," Wang said, noting tha

Historian publishes English version of 'Kojiki' guidebook

Historian publishes English version of 'Kojiki' guidebook

Seiji Tarao, a researcher of ancient Japanese history in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, in the western Japan region called Sanin, holds "A Guide to the Mysteries of the Kojiki," the English version of his guidebook introducing local shrines and other sites related to myths and gods in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) on Jan. 8, 2015, in the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

English version of 'Kojiki' mysteries guidebook published

English version of 'Kojiki' mysteries guidebook published

The 177-page book titled "A Guide to the Mysteries of the Kojiki," shown in this photo, is the English version of a Japanese guidebook introducing shrines and other sites related to myths and gods in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) in the western Japan region of Sanin. The original Japanese version was published in 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Univ. promotes full-course French cuisine depicting Izumo Myths in west Japan

Univ. promotes full-course French cuisine depicting Izumo Myths in west Japan

A staff member at Shimane University Hospital in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, delivers, on Oct. 22, 2015, dishes from a full-course French meal created by the university in collaboration with local chefs to depict the myths of Izumo, which are tales in the western region from the birth of ancient Japan. The main dish (front) of roasted pork and vegetables represents the "kunibiki shinwa" (land-pulling legend), according to which the local deity pulled in pieces of land from offshore to enlarge the land of Izumo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Full-course French cuisine depicting Izumo Myths promoted in west Japan

Full-course French cuisine depicting Izumo Myths promoted in west Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2015, shows a main dish (L) and a dessert in a full course of French cuisine created by Shimane University in collaboration with local chefs to depict the myths of Izumo, which are tales in the western region from the birth of ancient Japan. The meal is served at the university's affiliated hospital in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The main dish of roasted pork and vegetables represents the "kunibiki shinwa" (land-pulling legend), according to which the local deity pulled in pieces of land from offshore to enlarge the land of Izumo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man proposes tour of 88 treasure spots on Shikoku Island

Man proposes tour of 88 treasure spots on Shikoku Island

Tetsuya Sato, president of a liquor retailer in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, points his finger on Oct. 5, 2015, in the direction of Ozuchi Island (L, back) in the Seto Inland Sea. Sato has mapped out a tour of 88 spots on Shikoku Island that have myths and historical backgrounds concerning money and treasure, similar to the 88-temple pilgrimage route. The uninhabited island of Ozuchi is the No. 78 spot where a pirate clan's treasure-trove is said to remain buried. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Exhibition tries to counter myths about Japanese homes

Exhibition tries to counter myths about Japanese homes

LONDON, Britain - Anthropologist Inge Daniels shows visitors around a mock-up of a Japanese dining room and kitchen at the Geffrye Museum in London on June 12, 2011. The recreated Japanese home is part of an exhibition designed to show how ordinary Japanese live and counter some western stereotypes. (Kyodo)

Exhibition tries to counter myths about Japanese homes

Exhibition tries to counter myths about Japanese homes

LONDON, Britain - Visitors enter a mock-up of a modern Japanese home at the Geffrye Museum in London on June 12, 2011. The exhibition is designed to show how ordinary Japanese live and counter some western stereotypes. (Kyodo)