Su Dongpo Theme Cultural Relics Exhibition in Hangzhou

Su Dongpo Theme Cultural Relics Exhibition in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 12, 2023 - Photo taken on July 12, 2023 shows the Song Dynasty "Silver melon and fruit fragrance box" (top left) and the Song Dynasty "Phoenix embossed silver box" (bottom right) at the Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.

Students experience local traditional culture in north China's Shanxi

STORY: Students experience local traditional culture in north China's Shanxi DATELINE: June 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: LYULIANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of craft class 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG JIAOLI, Inheritor of Jiaocheng brocade 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG JINGYI, Student, Chengbei Primary School, Jiaocheng County 4. various of Jiaocheng brocade STORYLINE: A special craft class was held in a primary school in Jiaocheng County, north China's Shanxi Province to introduce a local intangible cultural heritage to students on Thursday to mark the International Children's Day. The Jiaocheng brocade is a traditional folk fabric handicraft using silk to depict images, characterized by its embossed design. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG JIAOLI, Inheritor of Jiaocheng brocade "Students can learn more about this intangible cultural heritage by doing it themselves, and they may fall in love with it by this way." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG JINGYI, Student, Chengbei Primary

Baghdad's old markets survive despite impact of modern markets

STORY: Baghdad's old markets survive despite impact of modern markets DATELINE: May 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the old markets in Baghdad 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAIDER ABED JAWAD, Store owner in the Danial market 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HUSSEIN ABDUL AMIR, Store owner in the Danial market STORYLINE: Baghdad's old markets have survived despite the emergence of many modern markets and malls, filled with various goods, modern technologies, and international brands. Some of them were established during the Ottoman era and still maintain their Islamic architectural style and traditional characteristics. The al-Saffarin market, or copper market, specializes in making and selling copper utensils, picture frames, embossed lanterns and other things made of copper. In the Danial market, people can buy fabrics, clothes, and sewing supplies. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAIDER ABED JAWAD, Store owner in the Danial market "The peak of (commercial activities) of

Exhibit on 'right to read'

Exhibit on 'right to read'

TOKYO, Japan - An exhibited art book shows the embossed picture, "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer, to enable visually impaired people to trace with their fingers so they can visualize what it looks like, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Human Rights Promotion Center in Tokyo's Taito Ward on April 23, 2014.

Japanese pre-dreadnought warship of Russo-Japanese War era

Japanese pre-dreadnought warship of Russo-Japanese War era

Inset photograph of a Japanese pre-dreadnought warship of Russo-Japanese War era set on a decorative red world map background with embossed golden lotus flower and another inset photograph of an unknown Japanese building of some scale and age! Date: circa 1905