These accounts rather lowered my expectations, and I mentally prepared myself for the dismal scenery of smaller Chinese cities: struggling trees and rows of identical shoebox apartments, probably beneath a choking sulphur haze.
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A foreigner traveling in China sees many wonderful things, and first among them are the beautiful buildings. Traditional Chinese architecture, familiar from photographs and films, is remarkable to see in person.
Staff members make Zongzi, a glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, to mark the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival at a pastry store in ancient Tangqi Township, east China's Zhejiang Province.
One of the top fashion designers in China showcased her work on the catwalk at the China Cultural Center in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
The restored statue of "Qianshou Guanyin" in Dazu district, Southwest China's Chongqing. Experts have completed the restoration of the famous 800-year-old Buddha statue after seven years of work.
File photo taken on Aug 27, 2005 shows Peking Opera mask combs during a folk art expo in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong province.
Song Guochao, successor of the national intangible cultural heritage of shadow play, manipulates a leather puppet during a performance in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province.
15th Meet in Beijing Arts Festival comes to successful conclusion
Peking Opera artist Zhang Huoding performs during the closing ceremony of the 15th Meet in Beijing Arts Festival at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, May 28, 2015.
Local residents perform drunk dragon dance during the Drunken Dragon Festival to celebrate Buddha's birthday falls on Monday this year according to the Chinese lunar calendar.
The Miao ethnic minority celebrate their traditional “April 8” festival, the date of the lunar year, on Monday.
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