Scholars discuss Minnan culture exchange between Chinese mainland, Taiwan

STORY: Scholars discuss Minnan culture exchange between Chinese mainland, Taiwan DATELINE: July 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the forum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN GENG, Expert of Minnan culture 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SAN-CHING, Honorary professor at Taiwan's Cheng Kung University 4. various of Nanyin music STORYLINE: Scholars from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Sunday discussed ways to promote Minnan culture, or Hokkien culture, in an academic event held at Xiamen University in east China's Fujian Province. This was the fifth event of the "Cross-Strait Scholars Face-to-Face" program co-hosted by Xiamen University and the Academy of Chinese Culture. Minnan literally means "southern Fujian Province." Many ancient cultural heritages in this region are shared by people across the Taiwan Strait. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG SAN-CHING, Honorary professor, Taiwan's Cheng Kung University "The Minnan dialect is a branch of the Chinese l

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINESE-TEA CULTURAL SALON

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINESE-TEA CULTURAL SALON

(230521) -- NEW YORK, May 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists from China perform Quanzhou Nanyin at a tea-themed cultural salon in New York, the United States, on May 20, 2023. Hundreds of New Yorkers Saturday participated in a tea-themed cultural salon in Lower Manhattan in celebration of International Tea Day, which falls on Sunday. (Photo by Wang Yiling/Xinhua)