diff --git a/searx/engines/quark.py b/searx/engines/quark.py
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+++ b/searx/engines/quark.py
@@ -0,0 +1,383 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Quark (Shenma) search engine for searxng"""
+
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+from datetime import datetime
+import re
+import json
+
+from searx.utils import html_to_text, gen_useragent
+from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException, SearxEngineCaptchaException
+
+# Metadata
+about = {
+    "website": "https://m.quark.cn/",
+    "wikidata_id": "Q48816502",
+    "use_official_api": False,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": "HTML",
+    "language": "zh",
+}
+
+# Engine Configuration
+categories = []
+paging = True
+results_per_page = 10
+
+quark_category = 'general'
+
+time_range_support = True
+time_range_dict = {'day': '4', 'week': '3', 'month': '2', 'year': '1'}
+
+CAPTCHA_PATTERN = r'\{[^{]*?"action"\s*:\s*"captcha"\s*,\s*"url"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"[^{]*?\}'
+
+
+def is_alibaba_captcha(html):
+    """
+    Detects if the response contains an Alibaba X5SEC CAPTCHA page.
+
+    Quark may return a CAPTCHA challenge after 9 requests in a short period.
+
+    Typically, the ban duration is around 15 minutes.
+    """
+    return bool(re.search(CAPTCHA_PATTERN, html))
+
+
+def init(_):
+    if quark_category not in ('general', 'images'):
+        raise SearxEngineAPIException(f"Unsupported category: {quark_category}")
+
+
+def request(query, params):
+    page_num = params["pageno"]
+
+    category_config = {
+        'general': {
+            'endpoint': 'https://m.quark.cn/s',
+            'params': {
+                "q": query,
+                "layout": "html",
+                "page": page_num,
+            },
+        },
+        'images': {
+            'endpoint': 'https://vt.sm.cn/api/pic/list',
+            'params': {
+                "query": query,
+                "limit": results_per_page,
+                "start": (page_num - 1) * results_per_page,
+            },
+        },
+    }
+
+    query_params = category_config[quark_category]['params']
+    query_url = category_config[quark_category]['endpoint']
+
+    if time_range_dict.get(params['time_range']) and quark_category == 'general':
+        query_params["tl_request"] = time_range_dict.get(params['time_range'])
+
+    params["url"] = f"{query_url}?{urlencode(query_params)}"
+    params["headers"] = {
+        "User-Agent": gen_useragent(),
+    }
+    return params
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    results = []
+    text = resp.text
+
+    if is_alibaba_captcha(text):
+        raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(
+            suspended_time=900, message="Alibaba CAPTCHA detected. Please try again later."
+        )
+
+    if quark_category == 'images':
+        data = json.loads(text)
+        for item in data.get('data', {}).get('hit', {}).get('imgInfo', {}).get('item', []):
+            try:
+                published_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(item.get("publish_time")))
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                published_date = None
+
+            results.append(
+                {
+                    "template": "images.html",
+                    "url": item.get("imgUrl"),
+                    "thumbnail_src": item.get("img"),
+                    "img_src": item.get("bigPicUrl"),
+                    "title": item.get("title"),
+                    "source": item.get("site"),
+                    "resolution": f"{item['width']} x {item['height']}",
+                    "publishedDate": published_date,
+                }
+            )
+
+    if quark_category == 'general':
+        # Quark returns a variety of different sc values on a single page, depending on the query type.
+        source_category_parsers = {
+            'addition': parse_addition,
+            'ai_page': parse_ai_page,
+            'baike_sc': parse_baike_sc,
+            'finance_shuidi': parse_finance_shuidi,
+            'kk_yidian_all': parse_kk_yidian_all,
+            'life_show_general_image': parse_life_show_general_image,
+            'med_struct': parse_med_struct,
+            'music_new_song': parse_music_new_song,
+            'nature_result': parse_nature_result,
+            'news_uchq': parse_news_uchq,
+            'ss_note': parse_ss_note,
+            # ss_kv, ss_pic, ss_text, ss_video, baike, structure_web_novel use the same struct as ss_doc
+            'ss_doc': parse_ss_doc,
+            'ss_kv': parse_ss_doc,
+            'ss_pic': parse_ss_doc,
+            'ss_text': parse_ss_doc,
+            'ss_video': parse_ss_doc,
+            'baike': parse_ss_doc,
+            'structure_web_novel': parse_ss_doc,
+            'travel_dest_overview': parse_travel_dest_overview,
+            'travel_ranking_list': parse_travel_ranking_list,
+        }
+
+        pattern = r'<script\s+type="application/json"\s+id="s-data-[^"]+"\s+data-used-by="hydrate">(.*?)</script>'
+        matches = re.findall(pattern, text, re.DOTALL)
+
+        for match in matches:
+            data = json.loads(match)
+            initial_data = data.get('data', {}).get('initialData', {})
+            extra_data = data.get('extraData', {})
+
+            source_category = extra_data.get('sc')
+
+            parsers = source_category_parsers.get(source_category)
+            if parsers:
+                parsed_results = parsers(initial_data)
+                if isinstance(parsed_results, list):
+                    # Extend if the result is a list
+                    results.extend(parsed_results)
+                else:
+                    # Append if it's a single result
+                    results.append(parsed_results)
+
+    return results
+
+
+def parse_addition(data):
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(data.get('title', {}).get('content')),
+        "url": data.get('source', {}).get('url'),
+        "content": html_to_text(data.get('summary', {}).get('content')),
+    }
+
+
+def parse_ai_page(data):
+    results = []
+    for item in data.get('list', []):
+        content = (
+            " | ".join(map(str, item.get('content', [])))
+            if isinstance(item.get('content'), list)
+            else str(item.get('content'))
+        )
+
+        try:
+            published_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(item.get('source', {}).get('time')))
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            published_date = None
+
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "title": html_to_text(item.get('title')),
+                "url": item.get('url'),
+                "content": html_to_text(content),
+                "publishedDate": published_date,
+            }
+        )
+    return results
+
+
+def parse_baike_sc(data):
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(data.get('data', {}).get('title')),
+        "url": data.get('data', {}).get('url'),
+        "content": html_to_text(data.get('data', {}).get('abstract')),
+        "thumbnail": data.get('data', {}).get('img').replace("http://", "https://"),
+    }
+
+
+def parse_finance_shuidi(data):
+    content = " | ".join(
+        (
+            info
+            for info in [
+                data.get('establish_time'),
+                data.get('company_status'),
+                data.get('controled_type'),
+                data.get('company_type'),
+                data.get('capital'),
+                data.get('address'),
+                data.get('business_scope'),
+            ]
+            if info
+        )
+    )
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(data.get('company_name')),
+        "url": data.get('title_url'),
+        "content": html_to_text(content),
+    }
+
+
+def parse_kk_yidian_all(data):
+    content_list = []
+    for section in data.get('list_container', []):
+        for item in section.get('list_container', []):
+            if 'dot_text' in item:
+                content_list.append(item['dot_text'])
+
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(data.get('title')),
+        "url": data.get('title_url'),
+        "content": html_to_text(' '.join(content_list)),
+    }
+
+
+def parse_life_show_general_image(data):
+    results = []
+    for item in data.get('image', []):
+        try:
+            published_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(item.get("publish_time")))
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            published_date = None
+
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "template": "images.html",
+                "url": item.get("imgUrl"),
+                "thumbnail_src": item.get("img"),
+                "img_src": item.get("bigPicUrl"),
+                "title": item.get("title"),
+                "source": item.get("site"),
+                "resolution": f"{item['width']} x {item['height']}",
+                "publishedDate": published_date,
+            }
+        )
+    return results
+
+
+def parse_med_struct(data):
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(data.get('title')),
+        "url": data.get('message', {}).get('statistics', {}).get('nu'),
+        "content": html_to_text(data.get('message', {}).get('content_text')),
+        "thumbnail": data.get('message', {}).get('video_img').replace("http://", "https://"),
+    }
+
+
+def parse_music_new_song(data):
+    results = []
+    for item in data.get('hit3', []):
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "title": f"{item['song_name']} | {item['song_singer']}",
+                "url": item.get("play_url"),
+                "content": html_to_text(item.get("lyrics")),
+                "thumbnail": item.get("image_url").replace("http://", "https://"),
+            }
+        )
+    return results
+
+
+def parse_nature_result(data):
+    return {"title": html_to_text(data.get('title')), "url": data.get('url'), "content": html_to_text(data.get('desc'))}
+
+
+def parse_news_uchq(data):
+    results = []
+    for item in data.get('feed', []):
+        try:
+            published_date = datetime.strptime(item.get('time'), "%Y-%m-%d")
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            # Sometime Quark will return non-standard format like "1天前", set published_date as None
+            published_date = None
+
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "title": html_to_text(item.get('title')),
+                "url": item.get('url'),
+                "content": html_to_text(item.get('summary')),
+                "thumbnail": item.get('image').replace("http://", "https://"),
+                "publishedDate": published_date,
+            }
+        )
+    return results
+
+
+def parse_ss_doc(data):
+    published_date = None
+    try:
+        timestamp = int(data.get('sourceProps', {}).get('time'))
+
+        # Sometime Quark will return 0, set published_date as None
+        if timestamp != 0:
+            published_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        thumbnail = data.get('picListProps', [])[0].get('src').replace("http://", "https://")
+    except (ValueError, TypeError, IndexError):
+        thumbnail = None
+
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(
+            data.get('titleProps', {}).get('content')
+            # ss_kv variant 1 & 2
+            or data.get('title')
+        ),
+        "url": data.get('sourceProps', {}).get('dest_url')
+        # ss_kv variant 1
+        or data.get('normal_url')
+        # ss_kv variant 2
+        or data.get('url'),
+        "content": html_to_text(
+            data.get('summaryProps', {}).get('content')
+            # ss_doc variant 1
+            or data.get('message', {}).get('replyContent')
+            # ss_kv variant 1
+            or data.get('show_body')
+            # ss_kv variant 2
+            or data.get('desc')
+        ),
+        "publishedDate": published_date,
+        "thumbnail": thumbnail,
+    }
+
+
+def parse_ss_note(data):
+    try:
+        published_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(data.get('source', {}).get('time')))
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        published_date = None
+
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(data.get('title', {}).get('content')),
+        "url": data.get('source', {}).get('dest_url'),
+        "content": html_to_text(data.get('summary', {}).get('content')),
+        "publishedDate": published_date,
+    }
+
+
+def parse_travel_dest_overview(data):
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(data.get('strong', {}).get('title')),
+        "url": data.get('strong', {}).get('baike_url'),
+        "content": html_to_text(data.get('strong', {}).get('baike_text')),
+    }
+
+
+def parse_travel_ranking_list(data):
+    return {
+        "title": html_to_text(data.get('title', {}).get('text')),
+        "url": data.get('title', {}).get('url'),
+        "content": html_to_text(data.get('title', {}).get('title_tag')),
+    }
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 0ce50f25f..55893f8a1 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1661,6 +1661,20 @@ engines:
     shortcut: pypi
     engine: pypi
 
+  - name: quark
+    quark_category: general
+    categories: [general]
+    engine: quark
+    shortcut: qk
+    disabled: true
+
+  - name: quark images
+    quark_category: images
+    categories: [images]
+    engine: quark
+    shortcut: qki
+    disabled: true
+
   - name: qwant
     qwant_categ: web
     engine: qwant