As Lunar New Year approaches, the once-endangered folk tradition of stilt walking is undergoing something of a revival in ...

Third-generation seal engraver Yam Man-hong talks about preserving the craft at his tiny Hong Kong stall, and keeping up with ...

Once a traditional Spring Festival pastime, this 2,000-year-old game integrates elements of fantasy and imperial culture.

Visitors watch a performance made by a robot dog at the science and technology museum in Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang ...

but the know-how involved in this ancient craft is fading, with only a few of the owners still making stone seals by hand. Seal carving dates back to the Spring and Autumn period in China (770 ...

Today I’m trying ear candling, which has an ancient history in China and is related to moxibustion. It involves burning a flaming candle with mugwort smoke in and around someone’s ear.

From mythical guardians to symbols of transformation and terror, the snake has slithered its way into the annals of art ...

family tales and the ever-present beauty of rural China. Yu Zeling is a master of the ancient art of Ansai paper-cutting, a ...

While the world is increasingly dominated by modern pharmaceuticals and Western medical practices, the ancient art of ...

The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit ...