Nyima Tsering reads books in his room at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region.
Rafters on Jiangxi's Luxi River depend on tourism.
Ten winners from Beijing will join another 40 competitors from other areas of China in an ongoing photography contest to shoot images that best represent the nostalgic mood for Chinese traditional villages.
As a traditional Chinese condiment, soy sauce was invented by the Chinese over 2,000 years ago and is still used in Chinese cooking every day.
Martial art lovers from over 20 countries around the world gathered at the Shaolin Temple on Tuesday showcasing their kung fu skills to the abbot.
John Salminen, born 1945, is an American watercolor painter who is well known for his realistic urban landscapes. He has won more than 230 major awards in national and international exhibitions.
In Luzhou's Fenshui, Southwest China's Sichuan province, the history of making oil paper umbrellas can be traced back more than 400 years.
As a traditional custom, people dry crops on bamboo baskets outside houses during the rainy season every year in Huangling, an ancient village surrounded by green mountains.
Various activities will be held during the festival in the name of Yang'esha, the goddess of beauty in Miao ethnic group.
During the summer vacation time, a traditional class in Lanzhou attracted many children. Students here wear traditional Chinese clothes, read historical books, and learn about the etiquette.
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.