Looking for compelling period dramas to binge in Q3 2026? We’ve rounded up ten standout Chinese costume series spanning Xianxia, Wuxia, court intrigue and tomb adventure. Streaming across Youku, Tencent Video, iQIYI and TV channels, these hits mix sharp writing, striking visuals and magnetic lead performances. From light fantasy comedy to tense political revenge, there […]
A traditional-method qipao has almost no seams. It is cut flat from a single piece of cloth and shaped afterwards, which is why the pieces on the racks at a Chengdu mall this autumn read as calm and unforced rather than fitted. The exhibition that holds them began on September 18 at Xuhui Cmall in […]
The programming logic behind Sichuan’s newest heritage showcase is visible in its running order. Rather than arrange the province’s crafts as a list, the producers split the evening into six chapters and let each one carry a different material: a river chant, a woven thread, a length of bamboo, a stage tradition, a gathering of […]
Brides and grooms arrived by bus. On the morning of September 28, sixty couples and ten couples who had been married fifty years or more stepped off vehicles dressed as wedding cars and walked onto a stage at Wuzhou Lake Square in Linyi, Shandong, for a ceremony held under the title “One Nation Celebrating Together, […]
A pale celadon qipao in bamboo-joint hemp, worn with white sneakers to the office. A cherry-blossom print in Xiangyunsha, cut sleeveless with a back zipper. An emerald gown with a water-drop opening at the collar, photographed on a September evening and liked a million times within the hour. Each is a piece of the same […]
From September 3 to 6, the 2026 China Cultural Tourism Industry Expo filled the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, gathering nearly 2,000 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions. Among the stands, one county’s clothing drew a steady stream of visitors: Caoxian Hanfu, presented as one of three signature cultural-tourism calling cards of the […]
A 2026 animated film set in a mechanical, demon-populated Chang’an has become one of the summer’s quiet case studies in how Chinese animation builds its worlds. Demon Agent, co-directed by Huang Min and released in Chinese theaters in August, follows a sharp-tongued human detective and a wolf-demon constable through a fantastical Tang capital — and […]
A carnival dedicated to ethnic handicrafts made its debut at the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). On the afternoon of September 9, the first “Jingcai Jiangxin, Liuyun Huazhang” carnival for integrated innovation in ethnic handicraft industries opened in step with CIFTIS at Beijing’s Shougang Park, running through September 13 around the […]
Twenty-two complete outfits for a single character — that is the detail standard viewers are celebrating in a rewatch wave around Secret History of the Crown Prince, the 32-episode Qing-court drama directed by You Xiaogang. Actress Dai Jiaoqian’s character Ruyu, a folk girl who enters the palace, received a wardrobe that moves from street-common casual […]
Beijing’s Miaofengshan scenic area has turned itself into a living opera stage. On September 8, the 27th day of the seventh lunar month, the third Miaofengshan Opera Culture Festival opened in the Mentougou district under the theme “A Thousand Years of Liyuan Splendor, Golden Summit of Ten Thousand Blessings,” running on September 8, 12, 13 […]
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