The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. End of Heat, (Chinese: 处暑), the 14th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 23 and ends on Sep 6.
Let's check out some expensive animal paintings, and go on a grand journey into the wilds of China.
The green-glazed pottery of Huili enjoys a great fame in Sichuan. It's named as "green" pottery because it contains malachite which turns green after burning in high temperature.
Jia Baomin, a Chinese painter known for ink and water paintings of bird and flowers is holding a solo painting exhibition at Yanhuang Art Museum in Beijing.
An exhibition of ancient Chinese Buddhas opens at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province on Tuesday.
A Beijing museum marks 35 years with a show on the city's traditional craftsmanship.
Running from Aug 5 to 29, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 features more than 3,000 incredible, unique and inspiring events including over 30 Chinese events.
The exhibition titled "The Great Spirit of the Craftsman" featuring eight superb crafts of Beijing opens at the Capital Museum on Tuesday and will run through November 9.
Bai Hao started taking photographs at an early age. In the late 1990s, he turned his lens towards old Beijing's traditional culture and history. His work brings dwellings, buildings, cityscapes, cultural activities and daily lives to life.
A collection of paintings of three celebrated women painters were posted on the internet recently. The painters, once called "three beauties in Shanghai", are: Lu Xiaoman, Wu Qingxia and Zhou Lianxia.
An exhibition featuring animal-shaped cultural relics unearthed from the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century) to the year 1949 is under way in Beijing.
On the northern bank of Yarlung Tsangpo River, Samye Monastery has its ultimate position in Tibetan Buddhism. With its 1,300-odd-year history, this monastery in Shannan, which is the south of the Xizang autonomous region, is the earliest Buddhist monastery in Tibet.
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