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Xi Story: Balancing ancient town preservation with modern development

People Daily 22 Mar 2025
First built in the late Song (960-1279) and early Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties, the Old Town of Lijiang is China's only ancient town without walls ... the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.".
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Natural resources and geo-political confrontations

Mmegi Online 21 Mar 2025
Egypt was often cited as the “breadbasket of the Roman Empire.” Genghis Khan’s conquest of China and the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty were driven by the desire to control the fertile plains of ...
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Preserving Heritage: The art and legacy of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year pictures

Shenzhen Daily 20 Mar 2025
... for the Chinese New Year — they represent a painting craft that combines traditional techniques from the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasties with woodblock forms from the Ming Dynasty.
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Singing across the centuries

China.dot.org 17 Mar 2025
The genre, popular during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), is known for its colloquial language and accessibility, an intriguing mix of songs and drama that resonated deeply with everyday people at the time.
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EconoScope | China revs up canal construction, injects new momentum to regional growth

ECNS 17 Mar 2025
For example, Anhui's Jianghuai Canal could save 6 billion yuan (829 million dollars) in freight costs each year and ... Yuan Dynasty granary ruins indicate multi-ethnic society along Grand Canal2024-12-20.
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Sur-realism: The Sheer Folly of the ‘Reverse Nixon Manoeuvre’

The American Spectator 15 Mar 2025
... and China nurses a niggling historical grievance over the fact that Russian Vladivostok used to be the Chinese settlement of Yongmingcheng, the “City of Eternal Light” during the Yuan dynasty.
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Video: Singing across the centuries

China Daily 14 Mar 2025
The genre, popular during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), is known for its colloquial language and accessibility, an intriguing mix of songs and drama that resonated deeply with everyday people at the time.
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Carriers of history and tradition

China Daily 13 Mar 2025
These fugu (return to the past) bronzes tell a story of tradition and innovation that spans the Song (960-1279), Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, as well as of the ...
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Virtuoso's donated works carry on artistic lineage

China Daily 13 Mar 2025
One of the donated paintings visualizes a scene from a poem by Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) poet and essayist Yuan Mei.
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Beijing - Preserving the city's cultural and historic heritage

China Daily 12 Mar 2025
It would be fascinating whether they were actually original structures? For example, some of Beijing's earliest hutong alleys, dating from the 13th century Yuan Dynasty, were around the Bell and Drum Towers (Zhonggulou).
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New policy measures to boost Quanzhou's private enterprises

China Daily 10 Mar 2025
Quanzhou, a major maritime trade hub during the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties, was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2021 with the designation "Quanzhou. Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China".
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New fashion using ancient craftsmanship hits runways

China.dot.org 07 Mar 2025
Last summer, tracking the path of Huang Daopo, a textile pioneer in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) born in today's Shanghai, the team journeyed to Hainan province ... the late Tang Dynasty (618-907).
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Slovenian scholar finds inspiration in China's rich culture, modern development

People Daily 07 Mar 2025
With a deep academic background in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Confucianism and cross-cultural research methodologies, Zima believes that truly understanding Chinese culture requires in-depth study and firsthand experience.
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Cultural tourism inspired by commercial hits

People Daily 07 Mar 2025
Shanxi boasts more than 28,000 ancient buildings and is home to more than 80 percent of China's surviving timber-framed structures from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and earlier, according to the province's cultural heritage administration ... .
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Nicholas II, Aššurbanipal, and Marco Polo Walk into a Bookstore…

Quillette 06 Mar 2025
... to history as Great Yuan ... Kublai Khan’s territory, which became China’s Yuan Dynasty, appears in purple ... A Yuan dynasty banknote (right) with its associated printing plate (left), dating to 1287 AD.
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