In 2018, hip hop was censored in China. Today, rappers are looking forward to a coming golden age for the music genre – as long as songs do not involve swear words and other content deemed unacceptable.

An ancient tradition in China by which future brides are adopted by families with a son at a very young age and raised to be a wife still exists today, the Post explains why.

The idea of solar terms, such as “guyu” – grain rain – dates back to the Shang dynasty 3,600 years ago and was created by inhabitants near the Yellow River to optimise agricultural production.

Why do Chinese fisherfolk celebrate Tin Hau in an annual festival ? Once upon a time there was a girl called Lin Mo, who became a deity after she learned how to predict the future and saved people from the sea.

A new traditional Chinese medicine-based therapy is said to be helping people with psychological ailments such as stress, depression and grief, but not everybody is convinced of its effectiveness.

From Italy to Japan, a growing number of chefs around the world are borrowing techniques, recipes and ingredients from Cantonese cuisine – but is it a threat to the food’s authenticity?

A belief in divine intervention is as old as China itself, here, the Post explains some of the supernatural rituals still practised today.

Filial piety has been at the core of China’s elderly care system for centuries, but as society rapidly changes, new avenues are being explored to help make sure the country’s elderly are taken care of in their twilight years.

A testament to the Chinese love of clever wordplay, Chinese restaurants in Britain often have witty or pun-tastic Chinese names that are like encoded in-jokes for the diaspora.

China’s younger generations have spotted a gap in the funeral market and are creating vibrant new products to breathe new life into a sector steeped in tradition.

Every year, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration reveals its top 10 archaeological discoveries from the past year, sometimes called the “Oscars of Archaeology”.

Archaeologists in China found more than 10,000 bamboo slips from the Wu state of the Three Kingdoms dynasty that detailed regional governance.

The Chinese dumpling is being made more accessible to Western diners by Chinese millennials, who are creating new fillings inspired by international cuisines and catering to non-meat eaters.

A boy and girl in China, both of whom are younger than 15, were given permission to marry by their parents but local officials have “criticised and educated” them and ordered the girl to return home.

April 2024 brings the Earth Dragon month but will it be lucky for you? Read on to learn how your zodiac signs are lining up and what that means for your health, wealth, work and love

TeamLab has scattered giant light-emitting ovoids from Tamar Park into the harbour, while the Hong Kong Heritage Museum has a sculpture exhibition that brings to life characters from Jin Yong’s novels

Celebrity chef David Chang’s Momofuku angers small condiments producers by applying to trademark ‘chili crunch’. It ‘felt like a punch in the gut,’ says one who received a cease-and-desist letter.

The cost of traditional bride prices and dowries in eastern China has spiralled out of control so officials are pursuing unique policies to address the problem.

Local governments prohibit sale and production of joss paper, spirit money and other offerings used in ancestor worship during Tomb-Sweeping Day, sparking online debate and drawing rare dissent from state media over ‘crude and heavy-handed’ measures.

The Chinese Ching Ming Festival has seen a growth in the hiring of professional tomb-sweepers and ritual performers by family members who cannot make it to gravesites in China.

Ching Ming is an occasion for Chinese families to honour their dead by burning paper money and objects useful in the afterlife, offering food and wine, and clearing tombs of dust, weeds and debris.

People living in some rural areas in China are going to great lengths to visit long-departed relatives during the annual Ching Ming Festival that their efforts have been dubbed “survival training in the wild”.

In a new book, philosopher Xiang Shuchen argues that premodern China had no concept of biologically determined races. The Mount Hua professor of philosophy at Xidian University in Xian told the Post that Chinese society had a culture of mutual assimilation, a view that could serve as a template for modern cosmopolitanism.

A local authority in China that has forbidden traditional paper offerings during the annual Tomb Sweeping Festival is reconsidering its decision following a backlash.

A writer and filmmaker recounts her Chinese great-grandmother’s remarkable journey, from rejecting having her feet bound as a toddler in Shanghai to being matriarch of a far-flung and adoring family.

Official military site publishes blistering critique of sci-fi drama based on Hugo Award-winning novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin.

Archaeologists in China unearthed the Ming dynasty tomb of a high-ranking eunuch featuring beautifully preserved ornate artwork, funerary sacrifices, and a gorgeous doorway.

Gallerists says 2024 event is offering more higher-quality pieces than last year, showing city’s continued status as leading art trading hub.