Saturday’s majestic open-air funeral for Pope Francis is now followed by election of the next pope by the College of Cardinals in a process shrouded in secrecy. Indeed, the Latin root for “conclave” ...

Chinese traditional religious practices, Zhongyuan Purdue, Chinese Ghost Festival, believers burned paper money China, traditional religion, customs, Zhongyuan Purdue, Chinese Ghost Festival, ...

The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), especially under current President Xi Jinping, has instituted a policy of "Sinicization of religions", particularly impacting non-traditional religions with ...

Berhampur: From Lord Krishna playfully pedalling a bicycle to Lord Hanuman weaving through bustling marketplaces, the streets ...

Editor's note: Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009.

An increasing number of domestic brands are incorporating Chinese cultural identity and traditional aesthetics into their designs, sparking a wave of high-end homegrown labels that resonate both ...

A performance is staged during the launching ceremony of a "Kaijiang" folk culture week in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 16, 2025. "Kaijiang" refers to the annual springtime ...

Born into a family of folk song artists on the Horqin Grassland in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Wu was immersed in Mongolian folk songs from an early age and developed a deep ...

You know, there's a huge plethora of organized and folk religions in China. So Yusuf is interesting to me because he writes so much and so prolifically as a Muslim scholar, and he has this ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including ...

As leaders from around the world pay tribute to the late Pope Francis, China's President Xi Jinping has not offered his ...