Weekly Digest – 21st to 27th January 2013

News:

Tomb of Senior Ming Dynasty Official Discovered in Chongqing (Xinhua, Translated by Kelly M)

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a senior Ming Dynasty official and his wife in Chongqing’s Banan District (巴南区).

China Eyes Wider Coverage for Public Cultural Services (Xinhua)

The Chinese government plans to expand free public access to the country’s museums, libraries and art galleries by 2015 and hopes to make art collections and digitized cultural works more accessible to speakers of minority languages.

11 Guizhou Sites Listed in China’s UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List (China Daily)

Eleven sites and regions in Guizhou have made it onto China’s UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, including the Dong ethnic villages of Liping County (黎平县) and the Miao villages of Taijiang County (台江县).

Government Plan Set to Pin Down Movable Relics (Global Times)

The Chinese government plans to register all of the movable cultural relics currently in its possession following the success of a similar program in Chaoyang District (朝阳区) last year.

Mengle Temple in Yunnan (CRI English) 

Photos of the stunning Mengle Temple (勐泐大佛寺) in Jinghong (景洪), Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) in Yunnan.

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Blogs:

In Biasha and Biapa, a Tale of Two Villages (Welcome to the 中国)

Bayley and her family visit the Miao village of Biasha (芭沙) and Dong village of Biapa (芭扒) during their final days in Guizhou.

The Multicoloured Pools of Huanglong – Songpan, Sichuan (You’re Not From Around Here, Are You?)

Steve shares his travel advice for visiting the stunning multicoloured pools at Huanglong (黄龙) in Songpan County (松潘县), Sichuan.

English: Five-coloured-Pond, Huanglong, Sichuan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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