The winners of the ninth edition of the prestigious Lu Xun Literature Prize were announced on Wednesday. Among them was Wang Jibing, whose poetry collection Low Flight won the poetry award, bringing national recognition to a writer whose work has emerged from the streets and the lives of ordinary people.
A themed exhibition, The Tree of Life: Life and Guardianship on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, opened on July 16 and will run until Aug 31 in Beijing.
The country entered this year's sanfu period — the hottest days of the year, traditionally divided into three phases — on Wednesday, prompting people to seek different ways to stay cool and healthy. Some choose sanfu moxibustion therapy, others sip the traditional sour plum drink suanmei tang, while some escape to mountain resorts to beat the heat.
For Samar Kerkeni from Monastir, a coastal city in Tunisia, the trip marked her first close-up encounter with China's coastline.
A leather carving workshop in Xinjiang's pastoral area is helping herders supplement their incomes and preserve a tradition that stretches back millennia.
Every few days, Zhao Zhonghe circles an ancient pagoda, sweeps away fallen leaves and checks on a nearby cultural relics depot.
Veteran actor Yang Lixin directs a revival of a landmark drama, encouraging young actors to find fresh interpretations of Cao Yu's enduring masterpiece.
Inside the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute, rows upon rows of gray metal cabinets house thousands of transparent drawers filled with ancient ceramic shards.
Yuyuan's 52-day-long summer extravaganza brings four popular Chinese animated series and the characters to their fans.
For many visitors today, Shichahai is a place of quiet pleasures. But its calm beauty is the result of decades of restoration.
The 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Dialogue of Civilizations was held on Tuesday in Bishkek, where around 200 representatives from governments, media, cultural institutions and academia across SCO member states underscored the importance of dialogue and mutual learning among civilizations.