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by Vivien Liu NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- An ancient pictograph evolving into a Chinese character; a child's mouth forming the sounds of a word; a brush sweeping across paper; and the centuries-old notes of a guqin filling the air... For students and visitors in New York, these became different entry points into Chinese culture -- ways to encounter it not just through books, but through sight, sound and direct experience. A series of cultural activities, recently held at the State University of New York at Old Westbury and the Long Island School of Chinese, featured exhibitions of Chinese poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal carving, guqin performances and a lecture on the origins and evolution of Chinese characters. At the center of the programs were Chinese artist and guqin pe...

TAIYUAN, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- For years, Yang Liangen saw strangers as a threat. After a series of break-in attempts at a 900-year-old temple in north China's Shanxi Province, Yang moved into the compound in 1997, sleeping behind its gates and guarding its rare sculptures and wooden structures. Nearly three decades later, he eagerly waits for strangers to arrive. "We used to be afraid when people came," Yang said. "Now we hope they will come." Located in Xiaonan Village in Jincheng City, Erxian Temple fully opened to the public in 2024 as interest in Shanxi's ancient architecture surged following the release of "Black Myth: Wukong," a blockbuster Chinese video game. During China's National Day holiday that year, Yang counted 1,280 visitors in a single day -- a record for a site whose...

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