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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

How China’s Dancing Lions Get Their Heads

Peek inside the workshop of a Chinese artisan, who is trying to keep alive the centuries-old craft of making “heads” for traditional lion dance

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LIVING IN CHINA

Pump Iron With Beijing Uncles in an Old Locomotive Factory

On the outskirts of Beijing, a gym with homemade equipment offers a special community for retired factory workers

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Revel in Minor Pageantry With Cantonese ‘Floating Kids’ Parade

Children take center stage in Guangdong’s “floating colors” ceremony, which celebrates the God of Wealth and other festivities during the Lunar New Year

SOCIETY

Buying Words and Flowers: Scenes of Preparation for the Lunar New Year

These scenes of pre-New Year celebrations in southern China will put you in the mood for the holiday

The Photos That Defined 2022

From climate change to picnics to testing kiosks, these were the photos that captured the mood around China in 2022

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LIFE

How China Lives, Works, and Plays by the Sea

Photographer Xin Ting captures ordinary and extraordinary scenes along China’s coastline

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FOOD, TRADITIONAL CULTURE

King Cabbage

The people’s vegetable that helped northerners get through winter

ARTS

En Pointe

The highs and lows of a life dedicated to ballet

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SOCIETY

First Man

A colorful ceremony honors the prehistoric Yellow Emperor, known as the “forefather of all Chinese”

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LIVING IN CHINA

Pedal Power

Take a seat in the kingdom of the tricycle