While modern people marvel at wild animals in zoos, their ancestors in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) may have done something similar.
For more than a millennium, Chinese people have celebrated Spring Festival with fireworks from Liuyang, Hunan province.
One's fondest memories are often those spent with like-minded people.
With its dark, beady eyes, delightfully dorky expression, and wild mane of hair flying in the wind, a little horse is sprinting into the spotlight. As the Chinese Year of the Horse arrives, a culturally creative product named Ma Biaobiao from the Shandong Art Museum has become a smash hit.
When fingertips trace the surface of a bone that has survived thousands of years, a window through time gradually opens.
On show are fine examples drawn from the collections of museums and archaeological institutions in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei province.