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全球征片|2025年联合国中文日暨总台第五届海外影像节正式启动！ Call for Entries | 2025 United Nations Chinese Language Day & The Fifth CMG Chinese Language Video Festival Is Now Open! This year’s theme is “China Travel中国行" for which we are inviting video submissions from foreign friends around the world with a passion for learning Chinese and Chinese culture. Participants can be individuals or organisations. Chinese citizens can also form teams with foreign friends, with no age limit. ”China Travel中国行" invites everyone to indulge in Chinese characters and culture through shooting travel videos, sharing life experiences, and more. Participants are encouraged to record China's natural landscapes and cultural customs, as well as unforgettable scenery, delicious food, and unique experiences. We welcome everyone to use images to showcase their travelogue in China, with tips, cultural encounters, comparisons between China and other countries, and their understanding and views about China's modernisation. The goal is to share their first-hand experiences and present an open, confident, civilised, and close-up image of China to a wider audience. Please submit your registration and video by 16:00 Beijing time on 26th May, 2025. The selection will result in 50 nominated works, with three first prizes, six second prizes, and ten third prizes. Those that reach the final evaluation round will be announced and showcased on CMG Video and official networks. The " Outstanding Organisation Award " (3 winners) will recognise the co-organisers and collaborators participating in the video festival. All winning individuals and organisations will receive honorary certificates jointly issued by European Bureau of China Media Group and the Cultural Committee of the UN Office at Geneva. Winners will receive exquisite cultural, creative prizes. Award recipients will also have the chance to participate in on-site activities at the Palais des Nations of the UN Office at Geneva. 现以“China Travel”（中国行）为主题，向全世界的外国朋友征集视频作品。参赛对象：面向全球热爱、学习中文和中国文化的外国籍友人，可以个人或者机构名义报名。中国公民可与外国友人组队参加。年龄不限。 “China Travel”（中国行） 邀请大家通过拍摄旅游视频、发布生活体验等方式，体验中国文字和文化，记录中国自然风光和人文风情，以及那些难以忘怀的美景、美食、美好生活；欢迎大家用影像展现自己在中国的旅行见闻、游玩攻略、文化体验、中外对比以及对中国现代化发展的理解和感受，向更多的朋友分享前往中国的实地感受和开放、自信、文明、安全的中国的风采和风貌。 2025年5月26日北京时间16点前提交报名及视频。 评选将产生50个提名作品，并最终决出一等奖3名、 二等奖 6名，三等奖10名。入围终审环节的作品将在央视频和活动官方账号公布并进行作品展播。“优秀组织奖”（3名）奖励积极组织、参与影像节的协办方、合作方。 所有获奖个人和组织将获得由中央广播电视总台欧洲总站和联合国日内瓦办事处文化委员会共同颁发的荣誉证书。获奖者将有机会获得精美文创奖品；获奖代表将有机会前往联合国日内瓦办事处万国宫参加现场活动。 第五届中文日报名表 Application form 2025： ovx9w79lp4p.feishu.cn/file/ZaYtbaoLh… 隐私说明Appendix: ovx9w79lp4p.feishu.cn/file/Da0wbdZ1Q…

Huamo: The perfect blend of tradition and craftsmanship

As dusk falls over Beijing's Summer Palace, the Seventeen-Arch Bridge seems to straddle worlds. The setting sun bathes its arches in brilliant gold during the winter solstice, casting a reflection over the liquid mirror of Kunming Lake.

Changchun Ice and Snow World opens to visitors

Handcrafted lanterns brighten up festive season

Picasso's legacy takes center stage in Shanghai exhibition

Under the night sky of Daliangshan in southwest China, a runway unfolds where traditional Yi clothing and silver adornments meet the modern stage. Models walk slowly through light and flame, revealing the intricate beauty and quiet strength of their ancestral attire.（CGTN）

China-Russia-Mongolia ice snow festival held in Inner Mongolia

People all over the country held diverse events on Thursday to mark the Winter Solstice, which will fall on Dec 21 this year.

Work on the main structure of the giant snowman, the star attraction at Music Promenade Square in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, was completed on Monday.

"Beyond the Mirror: Italian Contemporary Art Exhibition" opened at Beijing's Guardian Art Center on December 16, offering a cross-temporal dialogue that explores the themes of nature, humanity, history, and daily life through profound forms of Italian artistic expression.

Yi embroidery: Stitching the memory of the mountains In the hands of the Yi people, everything in nature has a spirit. The motifs of Yi embroidery come from the land itself—flowers, birds, animals, and mountains—all paired with colours as pure and vivid as the natural world.

Ice and easy: Over 260 snow sculptures ready for Harbin expo opening The 38th Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is poised to open, its grounds now populated by towering snow sculptures.

Winter serenity in Songling Snow Village facebook.com/share/p/1AfKPV…

Classic and contemporary art shines at Beijing show Co-hosted by the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), the "Old Masters, New Era" art exhibition is currently underway at the NCPA in Beijing.

Desert relic transforms into dance In the heart of China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, beneath the golden sands of the Niya ruins site in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, a discovery was made in 1995. facebook.com/share/p/1ARhZ7…

New 'Source of Jiangnan' cultural heritage park set to open in Deqing facebook.com/share/p/1KAUZR…

Workers build giant snowman in Heilongjiang

Geminid meteor shower seen across China

Hainan's tropical fruits go global under free trade port policies Hainan is China's only tropical island province, accounting for 42.5 percent of the country's tropical land area. With abundant sunshine and rainfall, it is highly suitable for growing tropical fruits.

'Fairytale Snowman Family' at Harbin Ice-Snow World greets visitors