Liu Bang was born into a peasant family in Pei County in modern-day Jiangsu Province in eastern China in the mid-3rd century BCE. Liu rose to become a minor provincial official. Around 210 BCE ...

"Some scholars outside China consider the dwellings to be a natural ... in which privileged youth were sent to rural areas to experience peasant life. Read next ...

The film follows a 15-year-old girl named Nien living in central China, who is passionate about peasant painting, a tradition that began in her village in 1958. She attends summer art classes led by ...