The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 23 and ends on Oct 7.
A traditional Chinese wedding is held for 20 couples in Fengjing Ancient Town in Shanghai on Sunday.
Models present a Han-style costume or Hanfu at Hanfu Clothing Culture Festival in Yiyang county, East China's Jiangxi province, Sept 19, 2015. The Hanfu is traditional costume of Han people in China.
Contestants perform during a top spining contest in Shangqiu, Central China's Henan province, Sept 20, 2015. Some 2,000 contestants from 12 provinces and cities participated in the contest.
Monks wearing masks are seen before a rehearsal of Gesar opera at the Chalang Temple in Dari County, Northwest China's Qinghai province, Sept. 15, 2015. A total of 65 monks at the temple learn to perform Gesar opera, which has been chosen as Masterpieces of UNESCO Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
New first-graders attend a first writing ceremony at Binshan primary school in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, Sept 16, 2015.
Most of the people living in Weixi are of the Lisu ethnic group. The Lisu ethnic group boasts a long history and a special culture.
School education in China has a long history. The following lists four things you should know about teachers in ancient China.
White Dew, (Chinese: 白露), the 15th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 8 and ends on Sept 23.
The 8th International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" kicked off here on Sept 5 and will last until Sept 13 in Moscow, Russia.
The traditional "Anzhaonadun", which means "hearty entertainment" in Tu language, is an annual carnival observed by the Tu people to honor the year's crop production.
Compared to Valentine's Day, Qixi Festival, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, is more popular with post-90s born Chinese people.
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