On June 13, 2026, the stone courtyards of Xiuchuan Academy β a Ming-dynasty Confucian school in Chengdu’s Chengxiang Ancient Town β became a runway. Models emerged from the academy’s deep corridors wearing Shu brocade (shujin) garments that ranged from formal ceremonial robes to everyday streetwear, as sunlight filtered through ancient gingko trees onto silk woven […]
On June 19, 2026 β the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival β actress Tang Yan released a set of hanfu-themed photographs that immediately dominated Chinese social media. Shot by photographer Zhu Shanjin, the series presents two radically different aesthetic visions: a sumptuous “Flower Goddess” look dripping with gold-thread embroidery […]
On June 12, 2026, the ancient town of Xunxian in Hebi, Henan Province, transformed into an immersive intangible cultural heritage experience zone. The occasion was the county’s Cultural and Natural Heritage Day event, themed “ICH Makes Life Better,” and the programming covered all the senses: the thunderous percussion of dapingdiao opera, the precarious grace of […]
On June 13, 2026 β Cultural and Natural Heritage Day β the National Library of China in Beijing launched its 2026 ICH lecture and film screening series, anchored by the 100th session of its flagship “ICH Protection Lecture Month” program. The milestone lecture was delivered by Liu Kuili, a renowned Chinese folklorist and honorary academician […]
A cultural gift box named “Kuixing Dian Dou” from the Nanjing Yunjin Museum has become an unexpected hit among Chinese high-school and college-entrance exam students in June 2026. The product, co-developed with copper-art brand Zhu Bingren Tong, combines four auspicious items β a Kuixing desk ornament, a victory sachet, a “fish-landing” pendant, and a yunjin […]
On June 2, 2026, Suzhou Museum opened the fourth installment of its “Jiangnan Zao” craft exhibition series: the Cai Nianqun Tuan Shan Art Exhibition. Running through September 3, the show presents 54 round-fan works by Cai Nianqun and her team, tracing the full scope of Jiangnan tuan shan craft β from frame shaping and lacquer […]
At the 2026 Xinjiang Cultural and Tourism Development Conference held in Hotan on June 17, a Beijing delegation brought something unexpected to the conference’s ICH creative market at Hotan Guest House: qipao pan-kou (frog closure) crafts redesigned as standalone jewelry β brooches, pendants, earrings, and bracelets that allow wearers to carry a fragment of Beijing-style […]
During the 2026 Duanwu Festival (June 19β21), the Beijing Kongmiao and Guozijian Museum hosted “Duanyang Xi Li, Wenmai Run Xin” β a three-day parent-child event combining hanfu wearing, classical reading, etiquette practice, and festival craft-making. The program was one of over 70 museum activities organized under the Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau’s unified Duanwu cultural […]
Summer hanfu shopping often starts with a single question: which Tang-dynasty style actually keeps you cool? Three garments dominate the conversation β the Tang beizi (θ€ε), the Tang banbi (εθ), and the Tang tanling (ε¦ι’) β yet their historical origins, structural differences, and practical cooling properties are routinely blurred by marketing copy. This guide separates […]
On June 11, 2026, Handan’s Fuxing District brought an ancient palace craft to a setting where most participants had never held scissors before β a kindergarten classroom. Fuxing District intangible heritage inheritor Zhang Jian walked into Fuxing District Second Kindergarten with colorful craft wire and a mission: to let four- and five-year-olds make velvet flowers […]
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