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A highlight of the Shanghai Book Fair, the Shanghai Municipal Archives unveiled the new book Shanghai Citizens' Life Memories, which offers a multifaceted portrayal of the city's past decades through the eyes of its residents, rare archival images, and distinctive comic drawings.
In an age when handwriting has largely given way to typing or speaking into digital devices, the National Museum of China in Beijing still draws visitors to its long-term display of ancient Chinese calligraphy. Here, the beauty of handwriting endures, expressed on paper, pottery, bronze, tiles, stone, and even coins.
From toy figurines of renowned writers and tote bags printed with puns and literary quotes to mystery boxes and hand-painted paper fans, book and literature-themed merchandise attracted wide public interest at this year's Shanghai Book Fair.
In a modest apartment in Tokyo, 80-year-old Narihiko Kimura dips his brush into black ink and writes graceful characters across a sheet of rice paper.
Generations of Chinese people grow up watching the 1965 cinematic classic Tunnel Warfare, a black-and-white film that dramatizes the ingenuity of villagers who fought invaders from beneath the ground.
A Special Exhibition Celebrating the Artistic and Scholarly Kinship of Qi Gong and Xu Wuwen, is now underway at Tsinghua University Art Museum.
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