Culture

The Small Exhibition Label Has a Large Editorial Job

2026-10-05

An exhibition label must serve visitors who arrive with different knowledge, interests and amounts of time. It may need to identify an object, explain a technique and suggest why the object matters, all within a small space. The...

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Why the Space Around a Public Artwork Matters

2026-09-22

A public artwork is encountered as part of a place. People approach it from different directions, pass it on a commute or stop beside it while waiting for someone. Its meaning and accessibility are influenced by paths, seating, lighting...

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A Familiar Recipe Can Hold an Unwritten Family Archive

2026-08-24

Some family recipes survive as precise measurements. Others depend on instructions such as a small bowl, a handful or cook it until it smells right. These descriptions can frustrate a new cook, but they also reveal how knowledge moves...

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What an Oral History Recording Leaves Outside the Microphone

2026-07-25

An oral history recording preserves a voice, but the interview also depends on a relationship between people. The setting, the questions and the interviewee's understanding of the project all influence what is said. Treating the...

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Translation Carries the Context of a Cultural Work

2026-06-06

Translating a novel, an exhibition label or a theatrical scene involves more than replacing words. A term may carry a social relationship, a historical reference or a rhythm that has no direct equivalent in another language. The...

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A Digital Museum Begins with the Object Record

2026-05-10

An online exhibition can make a collection visible to people who may never enter the building. Yet a high-resolution image is only one part of that access. Without a reliable title, date, material description and account of what is...

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The Future of Traditional Craft Is Also a Question of Teaching

2026-04-10

A finished piece of craft can be displayed in a cabinet, photographed or sold. The knowledge behind it is harder to preserve. Judging the resistance of a material, adjusting a tool and deciding when to stop often depend on repeated...

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Lantern festival illuminates innovation and cross-cultural exchange

2026-03-03

Lanterns crafted in Zigong, Sichuan province, illuminate the riverbank of St Petersburg, Russia, on Feb 15. The panda display is one of the 10 installations. XINHUAThe 32nd Zigong International Dinosa

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New York Fashion Week to hold its Wuxi debut

2026-02-03

Press conference for New York Fashion Week takes place in Wuxi on Jan 30. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]The New York Fashion Week is set to make its debut at Nianhuawan Bay in Wuxi, Jiangsu pro

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Digital homecoming for a buried city's lost masterpieces

2026-01-27

Duplicate paintings bearing witness to the ancient Heishui City, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region today, are on show. LIAN ZHEN/XINHUAA remarkable collection of art, lost for centuries in the s

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Exchange inspires Thai students' photo stories

2026-01-21

At the exhibition Digital Footprint: My Six-Week Journey at HUST, which opened on Jan 10 in Bangkok, a Thai student explains the story behind her photos to her mother.[Photo provided to China Daily]Fr

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Steeped in meaning: China's tea culture

2026-01-06

Richard Bales picks tea leaves in Yunnan province. [Photo provided to China Daily]When I arrived in China to teach law, I didn't expect to come home with so much tea. Nor did I expect what the tea

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