Heritage

Where ancient craftsmanship meets a changing world

In a small workshop in Bafang Shisanxiang (eight neighborhoods and 13 lanes), Yang Xingguo holds an eggshell in one hand, carefully working its surface with a fine carving tool.
A lifetime devoted to Dunhuang's cultural heritage

Beijing-based CITIC Press Group recently published One Life, One Dunhuang: The Autobiography of Chang Shana, an authorized oral autobiography of the renowned Dunhuang art scholar, chronicling her 95 years of life.
Giving shared history a future

The effort took center stage at the 2026 China-Central Asia Seminar on Silk Road Cultural Heritage Conservation, held in Dunhuang in late September.
Gansu's folk opera selected for China's national audio-visual preservation project

A traditional opera from Gansu province has been selected for a national project to document and preserve regional Chinese opera traditions, marking the first time a work from Xihe county has been included.
Art gallery brings ancient compendium to life

An art gallery in Lanzhou, the capital of Northwest China's Gansu province, has turned a colossal ancient literary collection into something anyone can enjoy.
Tradition and tech team up to preserve 'orchard in the sky'

High above the terraces of the Yellow River in Northwest China's Gansu province, centuries-old pear branches weave together across elevated wooden scaffolding, casting a dense green roof over the basin below.

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