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Exciting folk customs for the "Pingyao Chinese New Year"
Updated:2015-01-30 17:04The Pingyao Chinese New Year will be arranging folk activities centered on traditional culture.
Shanxi welcomes provincial two sessions
Updated:2015-01-28 17:42The third session of the 11th Shanxi Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress kicks off in the province’s capital, Taiyuan, on Jan 27.
Chinese county spending big on cultural industry
Updated:2015-01-28 16:16The government of Pingyao county, Shanxi province, has called for the allocation of 10-million yuan ($ 1.6 million) for a fund for culture industry development.
Pingyao Chinese New Year wishes go online
Updated:2015-01-28 16:10Pingyao county, in Shanxi province has plans to collect Spring Festival wishes on its account with Weibo, a Chinese "twitter-style" site, Jan 22 - Feb 5, complete with awards for the best.
Shanxi halts colliery approval to tackle overcapacity
Updated:2015-01-28 09:35Shanxi province in North China will approve no new coal mines for the next five years to tackle excess capacity.
12th standing committee session of the 11th Shanxi CPPCC concludes
Updated:2015-01-27 17:34The 12th standing committee session of the 11th Shanxi CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) was concluded on Jan 24 and finished all agendas.
Antique sword manufacturing makes it to TV
Updated:2015-01-27 17:20A TV program on the Shanxi Channel, in taking a close look at traditional and contemporary culture in Shanxi province recently, did an episode from Pingyao county on traditional sword making at its Wentao antique weapons museum.
Tea culture micro film
Updated:2015-01-27 17:11A tea culture micro-film exchange, where experts from tea associations across China got together to discuss the winning micro films from a tea culture competition was host in Pingyao county.
"Angel Project" gives sick children some much-needed love, care, and attention
Updated:2015-01-27 09:09"Red Cross Angel Project" is a key welfare program of the Chinese Red Cross Foundation that focuses on rural hospital construction, training of rural doctors and setting up relief system.
Cultural value of old Pingyao county
Updated:2015-01-23 17:33Pingyao county, in Shanxi province, is in a land-locked area with a more than 2,000-year history, and one of China's best preserved historic sites and a typical example of Han culture.
