Fans of Tang Dynasty culture (618-907 C.E.) wear traditional costumes on a metro line in the city of Xi'an – the former Tang capital – in northwestern China's Shaanxi province on June 19. The metro line company organized the event to promote Tang culture and local tourism. [Photo: VCG]
Students of Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan province, watch instructors cooking during the Sichuan cuisine course. [Photo by LEI YUANDONG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
A college is hoping a new cooking class will inspire interest and help preserve one of China's most famous regional cuisines, with the courses intended to produce cooks capable of whipping up spicy meals of their own.
Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan province, wants students master the finer points of creating local delicacies, such as Chen's mapo tofu.
The university began offering the Sichuan cuisine course early last month, with students attending eight weekly training classes each lasting three and a half hours.
During each class, students will learn how to cook two dishes, and they should be able to cook 16 dishes when the course concludes. [Photo by LEI YUANDONG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Replicas of the World Cup trophy are produced at Wagon International Co, an authorized manufacturer based in Dongguan, Guangdong province, supplying products related to the World Cup. [Photo by Qiu Quanlin/China Daily]
Peng poses with 618 delivery parcels of food, clothing, and daily necessities she received in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, June 18, 2018. [Photo/IC]
How does it feel like to receive 618 delivery parcels at one go? A sophomore university student in Nanjing should know as she won hundreds of gifts on the online shopping site Tmall.com of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group during the "618" shopping festival that fell on Monday, or June 18.
The student who only gave her surname Peng was the winner of a lucky draw earlier this month launched by Tmall to promote the sale.
She received 618 delivery parcels of food, clothing, and daily necessities on Monday, the D-Day of the shopping festival. The gifts were worth more than 100,000 yuan ($15,437).
Exhibition Invisible Dialog shows artist Zhu Liyue's explorations to bring out the illusive beauty of glass and a magic play of light and shadow. (Photo provided to China Daily)
Giant panda Haizi and its twin cubs play at the Dujiangyan Base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, June 19, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)
Flower grower Ruz and his wife Tajinisa weigh rose petals used for making rose sauce at a village in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 6, 2018. People in the village are good at making rose sauce, and that is an important source of income for them. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)
Flower grower Ruz and his wife Tajinisa make rose sauce at a village in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 6, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)
Xi Jinping (2nd R), general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan (1st R) pose for photos with Kim Jong Un (2nd L), chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and his wife Ri Sol Ju at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2018. Xi Jinping held talks with Kim Jong Un here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
Football fans compete on a field in Wuzhi County of Jiaozuo City, central China's Henan Province, June 19, 2018. People enjoyed the fun of playing football as the 2018 FIFA World Cup goes on in Russia. (Xinhua/Feng Xiaomin)
Children compete in a football match at Yuanqu Central Primary School in Yuanqu County, north China's Shanxi Province, June 19, 2018. Children enjoyed the fun of playing football as the 2018 FIFA World Cup goes on in Russia. (Xinhua/Cui Songliang)
A member of the Chihu emergency rescue team demonstrates how to put out a fire at Nanshexing Primary School in Xinzhen Town of Wen'an County, north China's Hebei Province, June 19, 2018. The Chihu emergency rescue team, a commonweal organization in Wen'an County, promoted to pupils knowledge of disaster prevention and reduction, safety awareness and rescue skills ahead of the summer vacation. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoguo)
A member of the Chihu emergency rescue team demonstrates how to do basic first aid at Nanshexing Primary School in Xinzhen Town of Wen'an County, north China's Hebei Province, June 19, 2018.
A member of the Chihu emergency rescue team demonstrates how to do CPR at Nanshexing Primary School in Xinzhen Town of Wen'an County, north China's Hebei Province, June 19, 2018.
Students learn the carving skills of shadow puppets under the guidance of folk artist Liu Jiawen (C) at No. 3 experimental primary school in Laoting County, north China's Hebei Province, June 19, 2018. To protect and inherit the traditional culture, classes about the Laoting shadow puppet are offered at many local primary schools. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
Students rehearse a dance themed on shadow puppets at No. 3 experimental primary school in Laoting County, north China's Hebei Province, June 19, 2018. To protect and inherit the traditional culture, classes about the Laoting shadow puppet are offered at many local primary schools. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
Hou Jiamin takes photos for graduates at Taiyuan University of Technology on June 15, 2018. [Photo/IC]
With majority of graduates wanting to record their best memories on campus, Hou Jiamin spotted a business opportunity.
Hou, who will graduate from Communication University of Shanxi this year, has become popular with college students in the city due to her creative photography style.
