Pictures of door gods are traditional Chinese decorations placed on doors, which are believed to keep evil spirits from entering.
As the Year of Monkey approaches, the Beijing Capital Museum is presenting a special monkey-themed exhibition that decodes the cultural roots of the monkey in traditional Chinese culture.
A workshop on traditional folk art was held for children in St. Lazarus Church this Sunday as the Chinese Spring Festival draws near.
The Concert for the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey was held in Rome on Jan. 30, 2016.
A combined kickoff for the '2016 Happy Chinese New Year' celebration and the '2016 Chinese New Year Festival & Market Day' was held in Auckland on Jan 23.
Artists from Liaoning province staged a performance at the Grand National Theater in Dakar, Senegal, Jan 25. Around 1,000 people packed the theatre for the "2016 Happy Chinese New Year" performance hosted by the Ministry of Culture of China and other Chinese authorities.
A traditional Chinese dance drama entitled "The Silk Road on the Sea" was staged in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Jan. 26, 2016.
2016 is the Year of the Monkey and Feng has spent over a month cutting out approximately 100 monkeys out of red paper before the start of next month’s Spring Festival. The paper-cuts symbolize her best wishes for the upcoming new year.
Cultural exchanges will help China and Colombia grow closer together, said Chinese Ambassador to Colombia Li Nianping on Jan 22.
Dough models of opera characters created by Song are seen in Suzhou city, Jiangsu province, Jan 22, 2016
The sixth festival celebrating Chinese New Year was held on Jan 17 at the Bergara Theater in Viniar Delmar, a famous tourist destination in Chile.
The ancient cultural relics in the museum have inspired design of many modern cultral products, ranging from USB flash disks to necklaces and placemats, to meet the cultural needs of the general public in their everyday life.